How to detect IR?
Examples of IR equipment at the MIVIM laboratory, Laval University
Visible photographs The passive approach is used when the object of interest has enough thermal contrast with respect to the background in order to be detected with an infrared Infrared sensor, e.g. a thermal IR thermograms camera. Muography Basics
❖ Discovered in 1930 Muons are Elementary particles coming naturally from the atmosphere ❖ Approximately 10,000 muons per minute strike each square meter ❖ About 2∼3 MILLIONS muons pass through our body each day. About 2∼3 MILLION muons pass through your body each day. Muon radiography’s basis is just like X-ray Silver Photographic Films
Nagoya University Plastic Scintillator
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Gaz Detector
Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) 3D Reconstruction SETUP
29/09/2016| 11 Thermal anomaly on Khufu’s Pyramid November 2015
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It’s impossible to setup emulsions films in the subterranean chamber because at such depth, as the number of observed / collected Muons is very low thanks to the massive volume of stones above. The area has been 3D reconstructed to be integrated in the simulations
3D Reconstruction with photogrammetry of the eroded area for Muons Simulation We observe a significant extra red area. There is an unknown void!
Simulation Results
ScanPyramids North Face Corridor 2017 detection
SP-NFC What we should observe on the muographies from the Queen Chamber (simulations)
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Nagoya NA Position Nagoya QA Position KEK Position 2 What we have obtained from the Queen Chamber (results)
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Nagoya NA Position Nagoya QA Position KEK Position 2 3 muography teams, 3 techniques, 99.9999% confidence level
SP-BV The different muons excesses observed by 3 teams working independantly of each other Grand Gallery detect unambiguously the existence of ScanPyramids Big Void (SP-BV)
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