Gamma-ray detector gives sharper view of deep subsurface
Gamma radiation is the shortest wavelength, highest energy class of electromagnetic waves, given off by the very hottest objects in the cosmos such as black holes, supernovas and superheated gas clouds.
Yet gamma rays have also found industrial uses down on Earth. Down on the ground they are produced by naturally and human-made radioactive elements presenting business opportunities to the detector’s maker – Integrated Detector Electronics AS,
IDEAS, in Norway.