Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025)
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Muography, X-Ray imaging with muons

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  • Lorenzo Bonechi,
  • Raffaello D’Alessandro
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/cdg-16725

Published 2025-09-28

Keywords

  • muography,
  • imaging,
  • archaeology

How to Cite

Bonechi, L., & D’Alessandro, R. (2025). Muography, X-Ray imaging with muons. Il Colle Di Galileo, 14(2), 33–48. https://doi.org/10.36253/cdg-16725

Copyright (c) 2025 Lorenzo Bonechi, Raffaello D’Alessandro

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Abstract

How atmospheric muons made a comeback to the Department of Physics and Astronomy in Firenze. The same Department that saw the birth of cosmic ray physics with Bruno Rossi and Giuseppe Occhialini.

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