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[img]2018m9s/ct_etoefz_etoeflistz_201808_0009[/img] [br] What is the lecture mai
[img]2018m9s/ct_etoefz_etoeflistz_201808_0009[/img] [br] What is the lecture mai
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2024-01-03
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问题
[br] What is the lecture mainly about?
Listen to part of a lecture in an Archaeology class.
Professor: Let’s clarify one popular myth in Archaeology. Some people think excavation is simply digging a site until something valuable is found. Well, while there is an element of luck involved, we have an array of high tech devices to help us figure out where to apply our efforts. It wouldn’t make a lot of sense to just dig up a random site looking for an ancient structure. There is one of the newer tools actually created by a different field of study, The machine, a muon detector, or muon counter relies on particle physics. I’d say this is quite an interdisciplinary approach.
A muon is a charged elementary particle similar to electron. Okay, let me start over. On Earth, most naturally occurring muons are created by cosmic rays, which consist mostly of protons, many arriving from deep space at very high energy. When these charged particles of cosmic rays collide with molecules in the upper atmosphere, they break up into smaller particles, muons. Traveling at the speed of light, muons can penetrate tens of meters into rocks and other matter on Earth’s surface. ln fact, they can pass through solid matter, so they can transmit deep into the surface. Thus, this property of muon is perfect for archaeologists to take advantage of.
Let me explain. Over the course of several months, one detector can build up a picture showing the shadows of structures they’re studying —like the Mayan pyramid in Central America, for example. We’re interested in finding out if there are buried chambers or other rooms inside. Well, a muon detector can track a great number of muon passing through the less dense space inside the pyramid. Yes, you have your hand up?
Student: I don’t think I get how this device works exactly.
Professor: Okay, well, when muons pass through ... uh ... say ... stone walls of a pyramid, dense material, they lose energy. So, in the case of empty space, more muons can pass through because they lose less energy. The muon detector can identify the area by measuring the amount of muons in each place. We can see darker colors in empty spaces, so we wind up with a sort of... picture of the site and its internal structure.
Student: Picture?
Professor: Yes, in the same way that CT scans produce a 3-D picture of your body using X-rays. It literally is like tomography in the medical sense.
Student: Okay, so if darker areas show up inside the pyramid, we assume it’s an empty space with more muons.
Professor: You got it. This technology enables us to see what’s inside of the structure before we dig up the site. So now we know exactly where to excavate, and we can minimize the damage. You know, even a little damage could result in losing crucial information forever.
Now, it was when archaeologists began to use muon detectors that they improved. Four decades ago, in 1967, a physicist buried these detectors in the ground, surrounding the Egyptian pyramids. He was looking for buried chambers. However, he saw no surprises in that experiment. But he did demonstrate that the technique worked, One of the problems was that the machine he used was about the size of a water heater. It was so big that many archaeologists doubted its practicality.
Then, there was another issue of range. With the detector used in 1967, we could only scan from muon directly above it, but not from the sides. So, it actually had to be placed underneath the pyramid first, so we could look up into the inside of the ancient structure. Wouldn’t it be nice, for instance, to have a system that didn’t take six months to produce an image? I believe that’s way better than the year it took for the 1967 study to get the results, but let’s continue...
Well, there’s good reason to believe that with better equipment, we’re going to find many more novel applications of muons. Muon detectors can also be used in other areas of science, for instance, to scope our nuclear waste sites or even to look underground.
选项
A、The collaboration between physicists and archaeologists in the development of the muon detector
B、Benefits that archaeologists can obtain from muon detectors
C、Misconceptions about muon detectors in Archaeology
D、An excavation of an ancient structure using a muon detector
答案
B
解析
内容主旨题。讲座主要讲解了muon detector作为考古中使用的一种新型辅助工具,它的特点、原理及各种优点,故B选项合适。虽然该技术是物理和考古学结合的产物,但讲座主线并不是两个领域专家合作的过程,所以A选项不正确。讲座中,教授在说明这项技术的具体原理部分以pyramid为例子进行解释说明,但注意这仅仅是例子不能作为主旨,所以D选项不正确。
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