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SUMMARY:FPGA-BASED MUON REGISTRATION CHANNEL FOR POSITIONING SYSTEM
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Maksim Lapshin ([1] (http://government.ru/docs/all/1
 05187/))\nFPGA-BASED MUON REGISTRATION CHANNEL FOR POSITIONING SYSTEM\n\nM
 . A. Lapshin¹\, A. V. Kantsyrev¹\, A. A. Golubev¹\, A.V. Bognadov¹\n\n
 1NRC «Kurchatov Institute»\, Russia\nE-mail: lapshin.mm.aa@gmail.com\n\n
 Cosmic-ray muons are a natural source of penetrating particles that can be
  used for positioning and navigation in underground environments where con
 ventional positioning systems have limited applicability [1\, 2]. Muon-bas
 ed positioning methods can use the temporal correlation of muon detection 
 events recorded by surface and underground detectors to estimate the relat
 ive position of the underground detector.\nThis work presents the developm
 ent of an FPGA-based muon registration channel intended for a positioning 
 system of a borehole muon cylindrical detector [3] of muon tomography syst
 em for undeground geological object investigation or for in build position
 ing systems.  The proposed channel is a compact reference detector located
  at the surface above the borehole or installed above the second muon dete
 ctor for in-building systems. Its main purpose is to register the passage 
 of a muon and generate an event timestamp in the same time reference syste
 m as the borehole detector\, without the need for muon track reconstructio
 n. The reference detector is planned to be based on a plastic scintillator
  and a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)\, while the signal processing is per
 formed using an FPGA (Xilinx Artix 7) operating at a frequency of 100 MHz.
  The surface muon registration channel and underground muon detector (of s
 econd flat muon detector) are planned to be synchronized using synchro pul
 se sended via suspension cable for a borehole muon detector. The resulting
  timestamps can be used to identify correlated muon detection events recor
 ded by both detectors and determine the time difference between their dete
 ction. In the future\, this technology can be used to estimate the angular
  azimutal position of the borehole detector.\nThe proposed approach does n
 ot require reconstruction of individual muon tracks in the reference detec
 tor and therefore allows a relatively simple detector configuration to be 
 used. The developed system is considered as a basis for further experiment
 al studies of the possibility of positioning borehole instruments and unde
 rground navigation using cosmic-ray muons.\n\nReferences\n1.	Tanaka H. K. 
 M. Muometric positioning system (μPS) with cosmic muons as a new underwat
 er and underground positioning technique //Scientific Reports. – 2020. 
 – Т. 10. – №. 1. – С. 18896.\n2.	Tanaka H. K. M. Wireless muomet
 ric navigation system //Scientific Reports. – 2022. – Т. 12. – №.
  1. – С. 10114.\n3.	Golubev A. A. et al. Borehole muon tomograph for se
 arch and evaluation of ore deposits //Review of Scientific Instruments. 
 – 2025. – Т. 96. – №. 11.\n\nhttps://indico.particle.mephi.ru/eve
 nt/626/contributions/6447/
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URL:https://indico.particle.mephi.ru/event/626/contributions/6447/
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