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author Giammanco, Andrea
Hong, Yanwen
Moussawi, Marwa Al
Ambrosino, Fabio
Anastasio, Antonio
Basnet, Samip
Bonechi, Lorenzo
Bongi, Massimo
Borselli, Diletta
Bross, Alan
Caputo, Antonio
Ciaranfi, Roberto
Cimmino, Luigi
Ciulli, Vitaliano
D'Alessandro, Raffaello
D'Errico, Mariaelena
Frosin, Catalin
Giudicepietro, Flora
Gonzi, Sandro
Macedonio, Giovanni
Masone, Vincenzo
Orazi, Massimo
Paccagnella, Andrea
Peluso, Rosario
Pla-Dalmau, Anna
Samalan, Amrutha
Saracino, Giulio
Scarpato, Giovanni
Strolin, Paolo
Tytgat, Michael
Vertechi, Enrico
Viliani, Lorenzo
author_facet Giammanco, Andrea
Hong, Yanwen
Moussawi, Marwa Al
Ambrosino, Fabio
Anastasio, Antonio
Basnet, Samip
Bonechi, Lorenzo
Bongi, Massimo
Borselli, Diletta
Bross, Alan
Caputo, Antonio
Ciaranfi, Roberto
Cimmino, Luigi
Ciulli, Vitaliano
D'Alessandro, Raffaello
D'Errico, Mariaelena
Frosin, Catalin
Giudicepietro, Flora
Gonzi, Sandro
Macedonio, Giovanni
Masone, Vincenzo
Orazi, Massimo
Paccagnella, Andrea
Peluso, Rosario
Pla-Dalmau, Anna
Samalan, Amrutha
Saracino, Giulio
Scarpato, Giovanni
Strolin, Paolo
Tytgat, Michael
Vertechi, Enrico
Viliani, Lorenzo
contents The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims at the study of Mt. Vesuvius, an active and hazardous volcano near Naples, Italy, with the use of muons freely and abundantly produced by cosmic rays. In particular, the MURAVES experiment intends to perform muographic imaging of the internal structure of the summit of Mt. Vesuvius. The challenging measurement of the rock density distribution in its summit by muography, in conjunction with data from other geophysical techniques, can help model possible eruption dynamics. The MURAVES apparatus consists of an array of three independent and identical muon trackers, with a total sensitive area of 3 square meters. In each tracker, a sequence of 4 XY tracking planes made of plastic scintillators is complemented by a 60 cm thick lead wall inserted between the two downstream planes to improve rejection of background from low energy muons. The apparatus is currently acquiring data. This paper presents preliminary results from the analysis of the first data samples acquired with trackers pointing towards Mt. Vesuvius, including the first relative measurement of the density projection of two flanks of the volcano at three different altitudes; we also present the workflow of the simulation chain of the MURAVES experiment and its ongoing developments.
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spellingShingle Simulation tools, first results and experimental status of the MURAVES experiment
Giammanco, Andrea
Hong, Yanwen
Moussawi, Marwa Al
Ambrosino, Fabio
Anastasio, Antonio
Basnet, Samip
Bonechi, Lorenzo
Bongi, Massimo
Borselli, Diletta
Bross, Alan
Caputo, Antonio
Ciaranfi, Roberto
Cimmino, Luigi
Ciulli, Vitaliano
D'Alessandro, Raffaello
D'Errico, Mariaelena
Frosin, Catalin
Giudicepietro, Flora
Gonzi, Sandro
Macedonio, Giovanni
Masone, Vincenzo
Orazi, Massimo
Paccagnella, Andrea
Peluso, Rosario
Pla-Dalmau, Anna
Samalan, Amrutha
Saracino, Giulio
Scarpato, Giovanni
Strolin, Paolo
Tytgat, Michael
Vertechi, Enrico
Viliani, Lorenzo
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims at the study of Mt. Vesuvius, an active and hazardous volcano near Naples, Italy, with the use of muons freely and abundantly produced by cosmic rays. In particular, the MURAVES experiment intends to perform muographic imaging of the internal structure of the summit of Mt. Vesuvius. The challenging measurement of the rock density distribution in its summit by muography, in conjunction with data from other geophysical techniques, can help model possible eruption dynamics. The MURAVES apparatus consists of an array of three independent and identical muon trackers, with a total sensitive area of 3 square meters. In each tracker, a sequence of 4 XY tracking planes made of plastic scintillators is complemented by a 60 cm thick lead wall inserted between the two downstream planes to improve rejection of background from low energy muons. The apparatus is currently acquiring data. This paper presents preliminary results from the analysis of the first data samples acquired with trackers pointing towards Mt. Vesuvius, including the first relative measurement of the density projection of two flanks of the volcano at three different altitudes; we also present the workflow of the simulation chain of the MURAVES experiment and its ongoing developments.
title Simulation tools, first results and experimental status of the MURAVES experiment
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13663