Peer-reviewed Articles
László Oláh, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, Toward joint muography and ground deformation monitoring for volcanic unrest assessment, Journal of Applied Physics, 138, 060701. DOI: 10.1063/5.0275038 (2025). (WEB) (PDF)
Gergely Surányi, Dezső Varga, Gergő Hamar, Gábor Nyitrai, László Balázs, Boglárka Stefán, Bence Rábóczki, Underground muography measurements by the HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics. Journal of Applied Physics 138, 064903 (2025). (WEB) (PDF)
László Balázs, Gergő Hamar, Ádám Csicsek, Gergely Surányi, Dezső Varga, Detection of fractured zones, faults, and cavities by high resolution muon tomography in the Buda Hills. Scientific Reports 15, 17514 (2025). (WEB) (PDF)
Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, Elena Cantoni, Giancarlo Cerretto, Alan Duffy, Marko Holma, Shanti Krishnan, László Oláh, Marco Sellone, Sara Steigerwald, Dezső Varga, Autonomous password generation and setting system with cosmic coding and transfer (COSMOCAT) and cosmic time calibrator (CTC). Scientific Reports 15, 5378 (2025). (WEB) (PDF)
László Oláh, Gergő Hamar, Takao Ohminato, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, Dezső Varga, Branched Conduit Structure Beneath the Active Craters of Sakurajima Volcano Inferred From Muography, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB028514. DOI: 10.1029/2023JB028514 (2024). (WEB) (PDF)
Conference Proceedings
László Oláh, Susumo Umino, Yuki Kusano, Tomoaki Morishita, Said M. Al Musharrafi, Ibrahim Al Sawafi, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, and Dezső Varga: Plans for Muography of Samail Ophiolite, Journal of Advanced Instrumentation in Science, 499, DOI: 10.31526/JAIS.2024.499 (2024) (PDF)
Theses
Bence Rábóczki (Supervisors: Gergő Hamar, Gergely Surányi and László Balázs) Mapping of the internal structure of Mount Esztramos using muographic methods, MSc Thesis, ELTE TTK, 2024. 05. 20. (PDF)
Boglárka Abigél Stefán (Supervisors: Gergő Hamar and László Balázs) Investigating of the model of muographic direct problem and its geophysical application, MSc Thesis, ELTE TTK, 2024. 05. 20. (PDF)
Dissemination and Further Publications
Report about the results achieved in 2024 by the Research Group (PDF)
Presentations
László Oláh, Yuki Kusano, Tomoaki Morishita, Said Mohammed Almusharafi, Nasser Saif Said Al-Maawali, Ibrahim Awadh Mohammed Al Sawafi, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, László Tercsi, Susumu Umino, Dezső Varga: Studying Oceanic Lithosphere via Cosmic-ray Muography of Samail Ophiolite, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025, 27 May, SCG55-09, (WEB) (PDF)
László Oláh, Gergő Hamar, Haruhisa Nakamichi, Takao Ohminato, József Szűcs, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, László Tercsi, Soshi Tsuno, Dezső Varga: Studying Active Volcanism with Joint Muon and Ground Surface Deformation Monitoring at Sakurajima Volcano, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025, 26 May, SVC32-04, (WEB) (PDF)
Boglárka Abigél Stefán, László Balázs, Gergő Hamar, Gergely Surányi, and Dezső Varga: Design of MWPC-based muography measurements for geophysical research, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr - 2 May 2025, EGU25-940, (WEB) (PDF)
Bence Rábóczki, Gergely Surányi, Gergő Hamar, and László Balázs: Muography: A novel method of density measurement for mining and surveying, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr - 2 May 2025, EGU25-983, (WEB) (PDF)
Bence Rábóczki, Gergő Hamar, László Oláh, Gergely Surányi, László Balázs: Müográfia: Geofizikai kutatások részecskefizikai módszerekkel (In Hungarian), ELTE TDK week, 2024. 12. 05. (PDF)
László Oláh, Gergő Hamar, Takao Ohminato, József Szűcs, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, László Tercsi, Soshi Tsuno, Dezső Varga: Development of the technique to visualize the internal structure of a volcano, and its extension to monitor undeground position, The Integrated Program for Next Generation Volcanic Research and Human Resource Development (INeVRH) Workshop 2024, Tokyo, Japan, 2024. 12. 03. (PDF)
László Balázs, Gergely Surányi, Dezső Varga, Gergő Hamar: Inversion problems of small-angle transmission tomography. Inversion of muontomographic measurements. Inversion Workshop, Miskolc, 2024. 11. 18. (In Hungarian) (PDF)
Bence Rábóczki, Gergely Surányi: Cavity Research in Esztramos Mountain with muographic methods. Speleology Research ''Péter Szablyár” General Assembly, Tés, 2024. 11. 16. (In Hungarian) (PDF)
László Oláh, Gergő Hamar, Yuki Kusano, Tomoaki Morishita, Said M. Al Musharafi, Nasser Saif Said Al-Maawali, Takao Ohminato, Ibrahim Al Sawafi, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, László Tercsi, Susumu Umino, Dezső Varga: Studying Volcanoes and Oceanic Lithosphere with Muography, Muographers 2024 Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, 2024. 11. 04-07. (PDF)
Alexander Ordentlich, László Oláh: Imaging Volcanoes with Cosmic Particles, Science Symposium of Bowdoin College, October 2024, (PDF)
László Oláh, Dezső Varga, Gergő Hamar: Nuclear Safety and Security by Measuring Cosmic Muons. Hungarian Nuclear Physicist Meeting, ATOMKI, Debrecen 2024. 09. 04. (WEB) (PDF)
László Oláh, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, Dezső Varga, Gergő Hamar, Gergely Surányi, László Balázs, Gábor Nyitrai, Gábor Galgóczi, Gergely Gábor Barnaföldi, et al. Applications of HEP innovations of HUN-REN Wigner RCP for Earth Sciences and Geotechnics. HEPTech Workshop, Tihany, Hungary, 2024. 05. 30. (WEB) (PDF)
Boglárka Abigél Stefán, László Balázs, Gergő Hamar, Gergely Surányi, and Dezső Varga: Application of MWPC based muography in geophysics, experiments and planning, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14-19 Apr 2024, EGU24-1013, (WEB) (PDF)
László Balázs, József Gábor Szűcs, Bence Rabóczki, Boglárka Abigél Stefán, Gábor Nyitrai, Gergely Surányi, Gergő Hamar, László Oláh, and Dezső Varga: Artifacts in muon-tomography, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14-19 Apr 2024, EGU24-3832, (WEB)
Bence Rábóczki, Gergely Surányi, Gergő Hamar, László Balázs: Exploring the inner structure of the Esztramos Mountain using muographic measurements. Ifjú Szakemberek Ankétje, Magyar Geofizikusok Egyesülete, Eger, 2024. 04. 05-06. (PDF)
Boglárka Abigél Stefán, Gergő Hamar, László Balázs: Muography in geophysics: model validation and optimization. Ifjú Szakemberek Ankétje, Magyar Geofizikusok Egyesülete, Eger, 2024. 04. 05-06. (PDF)
László Oláh, Susumu Umino, Yuki Kusano, Tomoaki Morishita, Said M. Al Musharrafi, Nasser Saif Said Al-Maawali, Ibrahim Al Sawafi, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, László Tercsi, Dezső Varga: Muography of Samail ophiolite: preliminary results and future perspectives of studying oceanic lithosphere, Workshop on Recent Avances in Muography, Tokyo/Online, 2024. 03. 25. (WEB) (PDF)
László Oláh, Gábor Galgóczi , Gergő Hamar, Osamu Kamoshida, Edward. W. Llewellin, Gábor Nyitrai, Takao Ohminato, Shouhei Ohno , Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, László Tercsi, and Dezső Varga: Diagnosis of Volcanic Activities with High-Definition Muographic Images, Symposium on earthquake and volcano observation plan (2nd phase) to contribute to disaster mitigation, Tokyo, 2024. 03. 13-14. (WEB) (PDF)
László Oláh, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, and Dezső Varga: Geophysical Research via Cosmic-ray Muon Tracking, AHEAD 2020 workshop on the synergies between astrophysics and geoscience, European Gravitational Observatory, Pisa, 2024. 03. 04-05. (PDF)