Detecting metal elements inside the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence using cosmic ray muons

Blasi, Carlo; Bonechi, Lorenzo; D’Alessandro, Raffaello; Guardincerri, Elena; Vaccaro, Vincenzo

doi:10.1088/1757-899X/364/1/012072

Detecting metal elements inside the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence using cosmic ray muons

Journal Article · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/364/1/012072· OSTI ID:1473823

Blasi, Carlo ^[1]; Bonechi, Lorenzo ^[2]; D’Alessandro, Raffaello ^[2]; ^[3]; Vaccaro, Vincenzo ^[4]

Univ. of Parma, Parma (Italy)
Univ. of Florence, Florence (Italy)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (Italy)

As part of the ongoing study of Brunelleschi's great dome in Florence, the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore has approved a proposal to solve the age-old problem of the possible presence of hoops or iron stirrups within the dome's inner wall by exploiting the flux of natural muons traversing the dome. Ascertaining presence of a metal hoop in the dome would of course be relevant to assess the static and seismic safety of the monument. The project, proposed by Dr. Elena Guardincerri from LANL and by Prof. Carlo Blasi, began in 2016 at LANL with the construction of special prototype-panels for the tracking of muons, and has expanded this year to include researchers from the Department of Physics of the University of Florence and INFN-Florence.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1473823

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1557758
OSTI ID: 23051394

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--18-28207; LA-UR--18-31487

Journal Information:: IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering, Journal Name: IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 364; ISSN 1757-8981

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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