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Optimisation of Muon Portals for Border Controls Using TomOpt

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: TomOpt is a software package designed to optimize the geometric configuration and specifications of detectors intended for tomography using cosmic-ray muon scattering. Differentiable programming is utilized in this software to model muon interactions with detectors and scanned volumes, infer volume properties, and perform loss minimization in an optimization cycle. In this paper, we introduce the implementation in TomOpt of a case study related to cargo scanning at border control points, such as cargo harbors and truck inspection stations.

Source: Transactions on Maritime Science

DOI: 10.7225/toms.v14.n03.w01

Authors: Zahraa Zaher, Maxime Lagrange, Samuel Alvarez, Giles C. Strong, Florian Bury, Tommaso Dorigo, Andrea Giammanco, Aitor Orio, Pietro Vischia, Haitham Zaraket

Institutions: UCLouvain, Universidad de Oviedo, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, University of Bristol, Euskaltzaindia, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble Alpes

Language: English

Topic: Nuclear Physics and Applications

Subfield: Radiation

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: European Commission, Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS, European Regional Development Fund, Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Awards: G1622782223, G3480869486, G434337789, Cosmic Ray Tomograph for Identification of Hazardous and Illegal Goods hidden in Trucks and Sea Containers, G7084143925, G8575951276, G8746587028

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