Simulation Studies of a Novel Muography Detector for the Great Pyramids

  • Shereen Aly Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt; Canadian International college, Sheikh Zayed Campus, Giza, Egypt
  • Michael Tytgat Ghent University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent, Belgium
  • Basma ElMahdy Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt; Centre for Theoretical Physics, The British University in Egypt, El Sherouk City, Cairo, Egypt
  • Yasser Assran Centre for Theoretical Physics, The British University in Egypt, El Sherouk City, Cairo, Egypt; Suez university, El Salam City, Suez-Cairo Road, Suez, Egypt
  • Richard Thomas Kouzes Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
  • Ayman Mahrous Institute of Basic and Applied Science, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt
  • Alain Bonneville Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
  • Azaree Lintereur Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Isar Mostafanezhad Nalu Scientific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  • Ryan Pang Nalu Scientific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  • Ben Rotter Nalu Scientific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  • Farjana Snigdha Nalu Scientific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
  • Mohammed Nabil Yaseen Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31526/jais.2022.306
Keywords: muography, detector modelling and simulation, scintillators

Abstract

Muography is an imaging technique that can be used to examine the interior structure of large-size objects. The technique is based on measurements of the absorption of cosmic-ray muons passing through the object under study. Muographic imaging was already successfully applied to the discovery of a new void inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, Egypt. With the aim of studying the Pyramid of Khafre, the second largest pyramid at Giza, a new muography detector is currently being constructed. In this paper we report on the development of a corresponding new simulation framework of the Great Pyramids and the detector setup. This simulation will serve as a basis to develop the data and image reconstruction algorithms to be used during our future muography campaign in the Pyramid of Khafre, and will allow us to study the relevant experimental conditions at the site.

Published
2022-04-01
How to Cite
[1]
S. Aly, “Simulation Studies of a Novel Muography Detector for the Great Pyramids”, Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science, vol. 2022, Apr. 2022.
Issue
Volume 2022
Section
International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muography2021), Ghent, Belgium
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