Exploration of Hidden Topography Beneath Alpine Glaciers with Muography

Scampoli, Paola; Nishiyama, Ryuichi; Ariga, Akitaka; Ariga, Tomoko; Ereditato, Antonio; Lechmann, Alessandro; Mair, David; Pistillo, Ciro; Schlunegger, Fritz; Vladymyrov, Mykhailo (2022). Exploration of Hidden Topography Beneath Alpine Glaciers with Muography. In: Oláh, László; Tanaka, Hiroyuki K. M.; Varga, Dezső (eds.) Muography: Exploring Earth’s Subsurface with Elementary Particles. Geophysical Monograph Series (pp. 175-184). Wiley 10.1002/9781119722748.ch13

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Over the last ten years, radiography by means of absorption of cosmic-ray muons (muography) has been estab- lished as a tool for volcano internal structure investigation. Meanwhile, muography has spread out to many other applications. The Eiger-mu project (2015–2019, University of Bern) represents one such development in the field of glaciology, where the high penetration power of muons can be exploited to precisely estimate the topography of the mountains hidden by overlying glaciers. Technological progress and prospects of muography in glaciology are reviewed in this chapter through the pilot experiments performed at the Aletsch and Eiger glaciers in Switzerland.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC)
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP)
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geological Sciences

UniBE Contributor:

Scampoli, Paola, Nishiyama, Ryuichi, Ariga, Akitaka, Ariga, Tomoko, Ereditato, Antonio, Lechmann, Alessandro Diego, Mair, David, Pistillo, Ciro, Schlunegger, Fritz, Vladymyrov, Mykhailo

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics
500 Science > 550 Earth sciences & geology

ISBN:

9781119723028

Series:

Geophysical Monograph Series

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Fritz Schlunegger

Date Deposited:

10 Mar 2022 12:22

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:11

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/9781119722748.ch13

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/166127

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/166127

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