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

Journal Article · · IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering
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  1. Univ. of Parma, Parma (Italy)
  2. Univ. of Florence, Florence (Italy)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (Italy)
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Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396; 89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1473823
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1557758
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-28207; LA-UR-18-31487
Journal Information:
IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 364; ISSN 1757-8981
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 1 work
Citation information provided by
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Imaging the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore using cosmic rays
  • Guardincerri, E.; Bacon, J. D.; Barros, N.
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 377, Issue 2137 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0136
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