In a muon tomography detector, cosmic-ray muons interact with an object and strike scintillators that emit photons. Wavelength-shifting fibers transmit the photons to photodetectors that digitize the ...

Muons are elementary particles that resemble electrons, but they are heavier and decay very rapidly (i.e., in just a few microseconds). Studying muons can help to test and refine the standard of ...

A portable detector the size of a cookie box reveals in real time the cosmic particles that pass through your body every ...

The standard model of particle physics is beginning to show cracks. A fundamental particle called the muon has been caught behaving strangely, and new experimental results from Fermilab in Illinois ...

Yoshiteru Maeno and Rustem Khasanov at the muon facility immediately after discovering that the previous measurement method had a pitfall. Kyoto, Japan -- Quantum materials and superconductors are ...