Thesis supervisor: László Oláh
Location of studies (in Hungarian): HUN-REN Wigner Abbreviation of location of studies: H-REN
Description of the research topic:
"Muography is a novel geophysical measurement technique that can be used for remote, passive and high spatial resolution mapping of the internal structure of large-scale solid, liquid and gaseous media by measuring the yield of muon particles passing through them. Muography has opened up new opportunities in Earth sciences and geotechnics, many applications have already been demonstrated: from the examination of volcanoes, via monitoring of typhoons, to exploring ores above underground mines. Different structures have different environmental properties (e.g. low-energy muons scatter on the surface of the volcano into the detector and the presence of natural ionizing background radiation originating from the rocks in underground mines create backgrounds that worsens the signal/noise ratio), so their assessment requires different measurement arrangements and require different muographic imaging procedures. The Innovative Detector Development ""Momentum"" Research Group and the High-Energy Geophysics Research Group of HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics working on the development of muographic observation instruments and imaging procedures, and applying those for Earth sciences (volcanology, geology, meteorology, mining, etc.).
The objective of this doctoral training would be the analysis of the already collected large statistical muographic data and optimization of imaging procedures that can be applied to improve the signal/noise ratio of various surface and underground muographic measurements. This is planned to be achieved via the better understanding of the nature of physical background and developing appropriate noise suppression procedures. The developed mehods are planned to be applied for exploring hidden rock inhomogeneities (cavities, ores, magma, etc.).
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Required language skills: English Further requirements: basic experimental particle physics, basic geophysics, programming and data evaluation skills
Number of students who can be accepted: 1
Deadline for application: 2024-05-31
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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