The MU-RAY project: Summary of the round-table discussions

• Published in: Earth, planets, and space Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 145 - 151
• Main Authors: Beauducel, F., Bross, A., Buontempo, S., D'Auria, L., Déclais, Y., De Lellis, G., Festa, G., Gasparini, P., Gibert, D., Hoshina, K., Iacobucci, G., Lesparre, N., Macedonio, G., Marotta, A., Marteau, J., Martini, M., Miele, G., Migliozzi, P., Moura, C. A., Orazi, M., Pla-Dalmau, A., Pisanti, O., Pastor, S., Peluso, R., Rubinov, P., Scarpato, G., Sekhniaidze, G., Strolin, P., Taira, H., Tanaka, M., Tanaka, H. K. M., Tarantola, A., Uchida, T., Vassallo, M., Yokoyama, I., Zollo, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2010; Springer Nature B.V; Springer / Terra Scientific Publishing Company
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Geology; Geophysics; Geophysics/Geodesy; Global Changes; Instrumentation and Detectors; Physics; Sciences of the Universe; volcanoes; Muon; radiography
• ISSN: 1343-8832; 1880-5981
• DOI: 10.5047/eps.2009.03.004

The MU-RAY project has the challenging aim of performing muon radiography of the summit cone of Mt. Vesuvius. The muon telescopes developed for this purpose will be available for the radiography of other volcanoes, in particular Stromboli. The scientific goals, the strategy for their implementation and the baseline detector design are discussed in detail. A tentative time schedule for the project is drawn.