Where no man has gone before--A new research project on the horizon for CMIC

摘要

Muon tomography is a technology using high-energy muons from cosmic rays. The study of its potential application to mining and exploration is fairly new. Since 2005, Douglas Bryman, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has been investigating this application in exploring for high-density mineral deposits deep within the Earth.CMIC is currently reviewing a proposal to further develop this technique for the mapping of potential mineralization. As part of its research program, CMIC's Explorationprogram, CMIC's Exploration Innovation Consortium is considering taking on a portion of this ongoing research project advocated by Bryman and Advanced Applied Physics Solutions Inc. (AAPS), a research group affiliated with TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, located on UBC's campus in Vancouver.