Advances in muometric navigation system and its use in underwater localization

Abstract As a kind of widely existed cosmic ray particles, muons have strong penetrativity to water layer and rock layer, which is suitable for anti-interference navigation and positioning at underwater depth of one hundred meters, and its positioning ability in the environments such as strong electromagnetic suppression and electromagnetic silence can become a new type of auxiliary means for underwater positioning. This paper summarizes the latest progress of muometric navigation technology, introduces its generation mechanism and basic physical properties, reviews the research results of domestic and foreign research in muon detection and localization, analyzes the principle and key technology of its underwater navigation and localization, looks forward to the future direction of the research and technological breakthroughs, and discusses the prospects for its application in underwater navigation and the challenges it faces.