公开(公告)号：US12105230B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-01

申请号：US17673567

申请日：2022-02-16

Applicant: KoBold Metals Company

Inventor： Jean-Luc Gauvreau ,  Daniel Snowden-Ifft ,  Jessica Kirkpatrick

IPC: G01T1/185 ,  G01V5/04 ,  H01J47/00 ,  H01J47/02

CPC classification number: G01T1/185 ,  G01V5/04 ,  H01J47/005 ,  H01J47/02

Abstract: A muon detector includes: a chamber having a maximum cross-sectional dimension of 30 cm or less; a gas sealed inside the chamber ionized by the passage of atmospheric muons to form ions in the chamber; a cathode in the chamber at a first position; an anode in the chamber displaced from the first position, the anode including a mesh of wires; a micropattern gaseous detector arranged between the cathode and the anode and proximate to the anode and configured to receive the ions formed in the chamber between the anode and the cathode and generate electrons in response to each ion sufficient to generate a current in one or more of the mesh wires of the anode; and readout electronics in electrical communication with the anode to detect signals in response to the current generated in the mesh wires.

公开(公告)号：US20230258827A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US17673567

申请日：2022-02-16

Applicant: KoBold Metals Company

Inventor： Jean-Luc Gauvreau ,  Daniel Snowden-Ifft ,  Jessica Kirkpatrick

IPC: G01T1/185 ,  G01V5/04 ,  H01J47/00 ,  H01J47/02

CPC classification number: G01T1/185 ,  G01V5/04 ,  H01J47/005 ,  H01J47/02

Abstract: A muon detector includes: a chamber having a maximum cross-sectional dimension of 30 cm or less; a gas sealed inside the chamber ionized by the passage of atmospheric muons to form ions in the chamber; a cathode in the chamber at a first position; an anode in the chamber displaced from the first position, the anode including a mesh of wires; a micropattern gaseous detector arranged between the cathode and the anode and proximate to the anode and configured to receive the ions formed in the chamber between the anode and the cathode and generate electrons in response to each ion sufficient to generate a current in one or more of the mesh wires of the anode; and readout electronics in electrical communication with the anode to detect signals in response to the current generated in the mesh wires.