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Updates on MURAVES Project at Mt. Vesuvius
Abstract
The MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) project aims to employ muography imaging techniques to investigate the internal structure of the summit of Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano located near Naples, Italy. This paper reports recent advancements in data analysis and simulation tools that significantly improve the quality and reliability of the experiment’s results. A new track selection method, referred to as the Golden Selection, has been developed to identify high-quality muon tracks by applying an improved χ 2 -based criterion. This method enhances the signal-to-background ratio and improves the resolution of the resulting muographic images. Moreover, the simulation framework has been upgraded through the integration of the MULDER (MUon simuLation for DEnsity Reconstruction) library, which consolidates the functionalities of previously used libraries into a single, unified platform. MULDER enables efficient and accurate modeling of muon flux variations induced by topographical features. A good agreement is observed between the simulated and measured muon flux maps, validating the effectiveness of the new analysis and simulation approaches.
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Hong, Yanwen [Vrije Univ., Amsterdam (Netherlands); Ghent Univ. (Belgium)] (ORCID:0000000347522458), Al Moussawi, Marwa [Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium); Muon vision, Inc, Cambridge MA (United States)], Ambrosino, Fabio [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Napoli (Italy); Univ. of Naples Federico II (Italy)] (ORCID:0000000155771820), Anastasio, Antonio [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Napoli (Italy)], Basnet, Samip [Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium); Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. (China)], Bonechi, Lorenzo [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Florence (Italy)], Borselli, Diletta [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Florence (Italy); Univ. of Perugia (Italy)] (ORCID:0000000279505620), Bross, Alan [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)] (ORCID:0000000216159222), Caputo, Antonio [Vesuvius Observatory, Naples (Italy)], Ciaranfi, Roberto [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Florence (Italy)], Cimmino, Luigi [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Napoli (Italy); Univ. of Naples Federico II (Italy)] (ORCID:0000000288888029), Ciulli, Vitaliano [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Florence (Italy); Univ. of Florence (Italy)] (ORCID:0000000319473396), D’Alessandro, Raffaello [Univ. of Florence (Italy)] (ORCID:0000000179970306), Frosin, Catalin [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Florence (Italy); Univ. of Florence (Italy)] (ORCID:0000000163147390), Nyitrai, Gabor [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Napoli (Italy); Univ. of Naples Federico II (Italy)] (ORCID:0000000275830928), Giammanco, Andrea [Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)] (ORCID:0000000196408294), Giudicepietro, Flora [Vesuvius Observatory, Naples (Italy)], Gonzi, Sandro [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Florence (Italy); Univ. of Florence (Italy)] (ORCID:000000034754645X), Macedonio, Giovanni [Vesuvius Observatory, Naples (United States)] (ORCID:0000000166041479), Masone, Vincenzo [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Napoli (Italy)] (ORCID:0009000911661916), Orazi, Massimo [Vesuvius Observatory, Naples (Italy)] (ORCID:0000000327722989), Paccagnella, Andrea [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Florence (Italy); Univ. of Florence (Italy)], Peluso, Rosario [Vesuvius Observatory, Naples (Italy)], Pla-Dalmau, Anna [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)], Samalan, Amrutha [Ghent Univ. (Belgium); Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)], Saracino, Giulio [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Napoli (Italy); Univ. of Naples Federico II (Italy)] (ORCID:0000000207145777), Scarpato, Giovanni [Vesuvius Observatory, Naples (Italy)], Strolin, Paolo [Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Napoli (Italy); Univ. of Naples Federico II (Italy)], Tytgat, Michael [Vrije Univ., Amsterdam (Netherlands); Ghent Univ. (Belgium)] (ORCID:0000000239902074), Vertechi, Enrico [Vesuvius Observatory, Naples (Italy)]. 2025-08-13. Updates on MURAVES Project at Mt. Vesuvius. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0275078
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