Muons penetrate much further than X-rays, they do essentially zero damage, and they are provided for free by the cosmos.
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- Charles A. Dorisona,1,
- Ke Wanga,
- Vaughan W. Reesb,
- Ichiro Kawachib,
- Keith M. M. Ericsonc, and
- Jennifer S. Lernera,d
- aHarvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138;
- bHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115;
- cQuestrom School of Business, Boston University, Boston, MA 02115;
- dDepartment of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved November 13, 2019 (received for review June 9, 2019)
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Author contributions: C.A.D., K.W., V.W.R., I.K., K.M.M.E., and J.S.L. designed research; C.A.D., K.W., and J.S.L. performed research; C.A.D., K.W., V.W.R., I.K., K.M.M.E., and J.S.L. analyzed data; and C.A.D., K.W., V.W.R., I.K., K.M.M.E., and J.S.L. wrote the paper.
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