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Muography of the Cave Church of the Holy Dormition Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery

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The method for visualizing the internal structure of objects (muography method) based on the analysis of the features of passages of atmospheric muons generated in cosmic ray interactions, is based on the spatial distributions of trajectories of penetrating muons recorded by detectors. The method is at the junction of elementary particle physics with many other areas of natural science, e.g., with archaeology. The article presents the results of a muographic study of two objects in the cave complex of a unique historical and archaeological monument, i.e., the Holy Dormition Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery. The experimental technique is based on nuclear emulsion detectors.

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This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 23-12-00054, program “Performance of fundamental and exploratory scientific research by independent scientific groups.”

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  1. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. B. Alexandrov, S. G. Vasina, A. A. Gippius, S. A. Gorbunov, N. S. Konovalova, N. M. Okateva, N. G. Polukhina, Zh. T. Sadykov, N. I. Starkov, E. N. Starkova, V. E. Tioukov, M. M. Chernyavskii & T. V. Shchedrina

  2. National University of Science and Technology MISiS, 119049, Moscow, Russia

    A. B. Alexandrov, A. M. Anokhina, N. S. Konovalova, Yu. O. Krasilnikova, I. A. Melnichenko, N. M. Okateva, S. S. Paramonov, N. G. Polukhina, Zh. T. Sadykov, N. I. Starkov & T. V. Shchedrina

  3. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234, Moscow, Russia

    A. M. Anokhina, A. K. Managadze & T. M. Roganova

  4. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, 115409, Moscow, Russia

    V. M. Grachev, A. A. Larionov, A. A. Petrukhin, N. G. Polukhina & V. I. Shevchenko

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Alexandrov, A.B., Anokhina, A.M., Vasina, S.G. et al. Muography of the Cave Church of the Holy Dormition Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 50, 603–611 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335623120023

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