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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

MICHAEL TYTGAT

Michael Tytgat is currently appointed as a professor in physics in the High Energy Physics Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). He obtained his PhD in Experimental Particle Physics in 2001, after
which has was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). He was a visiting scientist at CERN in the period 2006-2007. In 2010 he obtained a tenured staff position at Ghent University, where he stayed until his current appointment at VUB in 2023. He served as guest lecturer at Mons University from 2013 to 2023, and still maintains a part time guest professorship at Ghent
University.
Over the years, he has participated in several projects at various particle accelerator facilities in Europe, including the HERMES experiment at the HERA lepton-proton collider at DESY Hamburg and the currently ongoing CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. His current research focuses on searches for new physics beyond the Standard Model in particle physics and on instrumentation
development for applications in high-energy physics and interdisciplinary science.

Muon Radiography - Cosmic-ray muons for archaeology

Muon radiography is an innovative imaging technique based on cosmic-ray muons that can be used to visualize the internal structure of a wide range of macroscopically large objects which otherwise cannot be imaged with traditional methods. In muon radiography one uses conventional techniques from experimental particle physics to detect and process muons passing through the object under study. This visualization method has gained a significant amount of interest over the past two decades, with an ever increasing number of applications appearing in interdisciplinary research, industry, homeland security and many other areas.
In this seminar, the main principles of muon radiography will be explained, including the commonly used detector technologies. Several key examples of current applications and projects will be discussed,
focussing on the use of muon radiography in archaeology.