2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Anaheim, California

Decision Sciences Research Scientist Andre Lehovich will present at the 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium on Monday, October 29, 2012 from 5:45-6:00 p.m. The presentation is titled: Forbrush decrease of March 2012 detected using a commercially available muon tomography cargo scanner. Muon-tomography (MT) scanners are built and operated to detect the smuggling of contraband in cargo. Simultaneously with cargo scanning, MT systems can be used to measure naturally occurring changes in cosmic radiation. Decision Sciences’ commercially-available MT system detected the decrease in muon flux following the March 6, 2012 coronal mass ejection. Lehovich discusses the practical implications for cargo scanning posed by variation in background cosmic radiation. For further details visit: http://www.nss-mic.org/2012/Program/ListProgramDB.asp?session=N3

Disneyland Hotel, Ballroom 1, Anaheim, California