Comparison among the Shroud body image formation mechanisms by the linen fibrils distributions

• Published in: Journal of the Textile Institute Vol. 106; no. 8; pp. 896 - 899
• Main Authors: Fazio, Giovanni, De Leo, Veronica, Curciarello, Francesca, Mandaglio, Giuseppe
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2015
• Subjects: energy; stochastic processes; ultraviolet radiation

Some recent studies on the mechanisms of the body image formation of the Shroud of Turin showed several tentative explanations: (i) attempts to demonstrate that it is a forgery, (ii) experiments devoted to explain the image formation by corona discharge or using UV radiation, and (iii) the hypothesis that the image was naturally produced by stochastic process triggered by an unknown energy source. In this paper, taking into account the microscopic linen structure, we compare the above mechanisms with the physical and chemical characteristics of the body image. The processing supports the stochastic hypothesis as the mechanism able to explain the yellowed fibrils distribution and the Shroud image formation as a natural phenomenon.