Organizer: International Muography Research Organization, The University of Tokyo
Date and Time:
March 25, 2024 (Monday) 13:30 - 18:00 (JST)
Location: Online (Zoom)
Languages: Japanese, English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Participation Fee: Free
Registration (limited to 100 participants): Register via the following website by March 23. Zoom information will be sent to registered participants around March 24.
https://forms.gle/cuvn91kzmuMjUce68
Purpose of the Workshop:
Muography, a technology for visualizing the density distribution inside objects using the penetrative nature of cosmic ray muons, has been promoted by researchers with a background in particle physics and has been applied as an internal imaging technique for objects such as volcanoes and pyramids. In recent years, due to innovations in measurement techniques such as further miniaturization and higher precision of measurement equipment, there has been increasing worldwide interest in expanding the application areas and forming new trends. In particular, observation targets have expanded from the geosphere to the hydrosphere and even the atmosphere, and diverse and versatile developments have been made in extended application fields such as positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), and encryption technology. This workshop aims to introduce cutting-edge muography technologies and provide a platform for forming interdisciplinary networks.
Program:
March 25 (Monday)
13:30-13:40
Opening Remarks:
Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka
The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) | VMI, International Virtual Muography Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
13:40-14:10
Galactic Cosmic-ray Positioning System (GCPS) for Positioning, Navigation, Timing, and Cryptography (PNT&C) with Galactic Cosmic-ray Arrival Time (G-CAT) technology.
Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka
The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) | VMI, International Virtual Muography Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
14:10-14:40
Muography in discovering geological structures in mineral exploration
Zhiyi Liu
Lanzhou University (Gansu, China) | VMI, International Virtual Muography Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
14:40-15:10
Possibilities and Future Prospects of High-altitude Meteorological Sensing by Muons
Yuuki Wada
Osaka University (Osaka, Japan)
15:10-15:20
Break
15:20-15:50
Joint measurement of cosmic ray muons and elastic waves at laboratory scale
Jun Matsushima
The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) | VMI, International Virtual Muography Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
15:50-16:20
Muography's contribution to advancing geophysical exploration technologies toward carbon neutrality
Susumu Abe* and Kenichi Akama*
(*) JGI, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)
16:20-16:50
Expectations for Muography in Mineral Exploration and Mining
Kazuya Okada
Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (Tokyo, Japan)
16:50-17:20
Muography of Samail ophiolite: preliminary results and future perspectives of studying oceanic lithosphere
László Oláh1,6, Susumu Umino2, Yuki Kusano3, Tomoaki Morishita2,
Said M. Al Musharrafi4, Nasser Saif Said Al-Maawali4, Ibrahim Al Sawafi4,
Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka5,6, László Tercsi1, Dezső Varga1,6
1 HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary
2 Kanazawa University, Japan
3 Geological Survey of Japan, Japan
4 Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Oman
5 The University of Tokyo, Japan
6 International Virtual Muography Institute (VMI), Global
17:20-17:50
CTS for Time Metrology: first experimental results at INRIM and possible perspectives for timing with muons
G. Cerretto*, E. Cantoni*, M. Sellone*, I. Gnesi**, H.K.M Tanaka***
(*) INRIM, Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (Torino, Italy) | VMI, International Virtual Muography Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
(**) Centro Enrico Fermi (Roma, Italy) | INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (Frascati, Italy) | CERN (Geneva, Switzerland) | UniTo - Dipartimento di Management | VMI, International Virtual Muography Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
(***) The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) | VMI, International Virtual Muography Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
17:50-18:00
Closing Remarks
Jun Matsushima
The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) | VMI, International Virtual Muography Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
Contact:
Jun Matsushima
The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) | VMI, International Virtual Muography Institute (Tokyo, Japan)
E-MAIL: jun-matsushima@edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp