Muography applied to Archaeology: Search and 3D reconstruction of hidden cavities

D’Errico, M. (2020) Muography applied to Archaeology: Search and 3D reconstruction of hidden cavities. Il nuovo cimento C, 43 (4-5). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

Muon radiography, also known as muography, is an imaging technique which exploits cosmic-ray muons to obtain an image of the internal structure of large volume bodies, such as volcanoes, pyramids or hills. It is in principle very similar to the common X-ray radiography, it indeed can provide the density distribution inside the object of interest measuring the absorbtion degree of muons after crossing the body along different directions. Muography allows also to reveal the existance of unknown void regions, underground or inside large bodies; this feature is of particular interest in the field of Archaeology giving the possibility to discover hidden cavities using a non-destructive technique. In this paper the application of muon radiography in the archaeological field will be presented, focusing particularly on the development of a novel approach to threedimensional imaging, where the usual bidimensional muographies, taken from at least three different positions, are combined in order to localise cavities in space and reconstruct their shape.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica
Depositing User:	Marina Spanti
Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2021 09:09
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 09:09
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20861

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