Meetings - Activities - Campaigns

2018-07-26

Cristina Cârloganu Seminar

Abstract: "Muography: from dreams to reality"

Presentations (not exactly the one shown in the seminar but close):

- "Muography - C. Cârloganu"

- "Muography on Puy de Dôme - C. Cârloganu"

Visit to the Lousal

Visit to the Living Science Center of Lousal and the Lousal Mine

Photos: Visit to the Lousal (by Pedro Teixeira)

2019-02-19

Meeting at Ciência Viva in Lousal Mine

Agenda and presentations: [Link]>

LIP News: "Protótipo instalado na mina do Lousal"

Photos: Prototype Instalation in Lousal Mine (by Pedro Assis)

2019-06-04/05

First Geophysical Campaign

This first two-day campaign took place in a selected area on the surface around the Valdemar Well and involved the following geophysical methods:

• seismic 2D (using geophones),
• georadar (with 2 antennas working in 100 MHz),
• and photogrammetry (using a drone).

The photographic record was made by Vanessa Pais, geologist of the Living Science Center of Lousal.

Photos: First Geophysical Campaign in Lousal

2019-07-27 & 2019-08-17

Summer Activity - Cosmic Muons at Lousal Mine

Summer activity in the Lousal Mine open for the public.
Presentation about the muography application in the Lousal Mine, followed by a visit to the detector inside the mine and a slideshow of the geophysic work.

CCVLousal Event Page: [Link]>

Photos: [Link]>

2019-12-16

2nd LouMu Meeting at Coimbra University

The LIP Lab at Coimbra University where the detectors and the new telescope are being built was visited.
The progress of the work since the last meeting was reviewed and the next steps were discussed.

Photos: LIP-Coimbra Lab and "almost-finished" Muon Telescope

2020-10-?

Poster Instalation in the Gallery

Installation of the mine poster in the Waldemar Gallery, at the well site. It is located next to the MiniMu telescope and offers auxiliary information about the LouMu project during visits.

Picture: [Link]>

2020-11-23

3rd LouMu Meeting

Online meeting with the LouMu members from Minho, Coimbra, Lisboa and Évora.
Discussion of the developments of the CorePix telescope, the muon tomography simulations and the geophysic work.

2021-02-09

4th LouMu Meeting - Progress Status & PTDC

Meeting online with the LouMu members.
Discussion and presentation of the progress status of all work teams. Discussion of the PTDC application for project funding.

2021-04-?

Poster Instalation in the CCV Lousal Hall

Hall poster installation at the Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal entrance. It is now an integral part of visits to the museum in the center and provides auxiliary information for visitors.

Picture: [Link]>

2021-06-25

5th LouMu Meeting - Progress Status: Lousal and Detectors

Meeting online with the LouMu members.
Discussion and presentation of ascpects of muography dissemination and telescope survey locations in the Lousal Mine.
Presentations about the muon detectors analysis progress.
Presentations available in indico.

2021-08-01

Summer Activity - Cosmic Muons in the Mine

Summer activity organized by Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal, open for the public.
Presentations about muography, muon detectors and the application in the Lousal Mine. Guided tour to the detector inside the mine and a slideshow of the geophysical work.

CCVLousal Event Page: [Link]>

Photos: [Link]>

2021-10-12

6th LouMu Meeting - First General Meeting after LouMu approval

Meeting online with the LouMu members. Team updates and work calendar discussion and presentation of the new LouMu webpage.

Presentations available in indico.

LouMu Webpage: [Link]>

2021-11-17

7th LouMu Collaboration General Meeting

Meeting online with the LouMu members.
Team updates, CorePix exhibition discussion, João Matos presentation about Lousal geology, LouMu webpage translation.

LouMu Webpage: [Link]>

2021-11-18

2nd Geophysical Campaign

Geophisics and Geology Meeting at Lousal
Tour with João Matos (LNEG) to know the geology of the Lousal Mine and the Waldemar Gallery.
Collection of rock samples to study their density.
Drone photogrammetry of the whole surface extension of the terrain above the mine. Laser scanner photogrammetry of the entrance and exit of the gallery.

Photos: 2nd Geophysical Campaign in Lousal

2021-11-23

CorePix Telescope muographs UCoimbra buinding

During the Science and Technology Week, LIP is muographing the Physics Department of the University of Coimbra within the scope of the LouMu project.

LIP News: Link >

2021-12-16

8th LouMu Collaboration General Meeting

Meeting online with the LouMu members.
Team updates about:
CorePix building observation at Coimbra, Geant4 simulation / inversion model, Lousal reference model, dissemination and Muography21 Conference highlights.

2022-04- 12 & 13

9th LouMu Collaboration General Meeting

Meeting online with the LouMu members.

Team updates about simulations analysis, telescope and next steps.

Presentations: Indico Link

2022-04-26

!CorePix moved to Lousal

CorePix telescope moved from Coimbra laboratory to the Paiol 4, inside the Lousal Mine.

Scanning of the mine with the ground Lidar was also initiated and done in parallel.

Photos: CorePix in Lousal

2022-05-6

Lousal Muon Detection Begins and Geophysical Campaign

CorePix last proceadures and beggining of muography detection.
Continuation of the gallery scanning with the ground lidar, photogrametry data aquisition of the surface area above the mine and execution of the seismic refraction work above the paiol 4, on the surface.

LIP News: Link >

2022-05-17

10th LouMu Collaboration General Meeting

Meeting online with the LouMu members.
Information sharing about the telescope installation in the Lousal Mine and first week of detection data.
Muography simulations updates.

2022-05-20

Geophysical Campaign

Completion of the gallery scanning with the ground lidar and execution of the ground penetrating radar work above the paiol 4, on the surface.

Photos: Geo May Campaign

2022-06-22

LouMu radio sharing in Antena 1

Sofia Andringa was in the Antena 1 broadcast "90 segundos de ciência" talking about the muon tomography project at the Lousal mine.

LIP News: Link >

2022-07-23 and 2022-07-30

Science in the Summer - Cosmic Muons in the Mine

Summer activity organized by Centro Ciência Viva do Lousal, open for the public.
Presentations about muography and the application in the Lousal Mine. Guided tour to the telescopes inside the mine and a slideshow of the geophysical work.

LIP News: [Link]>

Photos: [Link]>

2022-11-21

Science and Technology Week - Schools

During Science and Technology Week, LIP researchers were in primary and secondary schools, talking about topics ranging from the Higgs boson to space exploration, passing through cosmic rays and muon tomography for geological studies and women in science. A Muography talk was done in Rio Tinto High School during this week.

LIP News: [Link]>

2023-02-7

11th LouMu Collaboration General Meeting

Online meeting with members from all LouMu groups.
Presentatiosn showing the work progression in the muography simulations, CorePix data analisys and geophisical work.
Discussion about next steps of the muography survey and about joining muography and geophisical data.

Presentations: Indico Link

2023-02-17

Lousal - CorePix Maintenance and Geologic Observation

Maintenance and changing of the CorePix gas tubes.
Observation the mine geology and geological structures, such as the faults, in the gallery that are observed in the geophysics surveys

2023-03-6 & 13 and 2023-04-05

Seismic Tomography Campaign

During three days, a seismic tomography was done in the terrain around and above the paiol 4. A setup with geophones was put inside the Waldemar gallery area close to the paiol 4 and also inside the paiol. The square grid of points of hammer strikes was done on the surface as the seismic signal that could be read on the geophones below to create a tomography of the terrain.

Photos: Seismic Campaign

2023-12-04

Thesis on muography by Magda Duarte successfully defended

Magda Duarte, member of the LouMu Particle Phisycs Group, successfully defended her Master thesis "Muon tomography: application of image reconstruction algorithms within the LouMu project". She worked on the application of the muon tomography technique to produce two-dimensional and three-dimensional images of the Physics Department building at the University of Coimbra.

LIP News: [Link]>