Open AccessAstroparticle physics obtaining more attention from a new type of audience
Author(s) -
Marko Holma,
Jari Joutsenvaara,
P. Kuusiniemi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012178
Subject(s) - astroparticle physics , physics , happening , multidisciplinary approach , cosmic ray , astronomy , computer science , sociology , art , art history , social science , performance art
Cosmic-ray muography is a group of density-imaging techniques based on directional measurements of muon attenuation in liquid or solid media. The foundations of this emerging multidisciplinary research field were already laid in the 1950s-1970s, but the number of applications and research publications has witnessed a constant increase only in the last 15 years. We describe here what is currently happening on different fronts, where we may go next, and what this means for astroparticle physicists.