Muons in the Cathedral
Abstract
Muon-imaging technology — far better at penetrating materials than x-rays — makes it ideal for peering into thick, dense objects. While muon-imaging technology was developed for national security purposes, such as searching cargo shipments for nuclear materials, it could also be useful for determining what is inside any structure. Now, scientists at Los Alamos are using muons to look inside a nearly 600-year-old Italian church in hopes of preserving it for centuries to come.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1375948
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; LANL; MUONS; MUON RADIOGRAPHY; DRIFT TUBE; MUON TRACKERS; BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME; ITALY; STRUCTURAL IMAGING
Citation Formats
Guardincerri, Elena. Muons in the Cathedral. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web.
Guardincerri, Elena. Muons in the Cathedral. United States.
Guardincerri, Elena. Thu .
"Muons in the Cathedral". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1375948.
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year = {Thu Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
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