What is it about?
On the Shroud of Turin, gamma rays may have induced neutrons and protons which would have respectively produced radiocarbon, biased its later radio-dating, and contributed to the formation of the image. We make the assumption that efficient interactions such as 16O(γ, n)15O , and similar reactions on 14N, 12C, 40Ca, … producing neutrons could have been followed by 14N(n,p)14C interactions producing protons..
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Why is it important?
The Shroud of Turin, a linen cloth that tradition associates with the crucifixion and burial of Jesus, has undergone numerous scientific tests, the most notable of which is radiocarbon dating, In 1988 it was radio-dated 1260–1390 AD, but this result was in contradiction with most of the other scientific tests. It is important to try to understand the origin of this contradiction. Our hypothesis is compatible with the characteristics of the image of the body on the Shroud, whith the images of coin, the transfer of lettermarks, the flowers images, and is compatible with nearby underlying hand bones on Shroud image up to now unexplained by other theorties, and often misinterpreted as «long fingers». Our hypothesis and review of the experimental results are in favor of the authenticity of the relic.
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Many thanks to J.- B. Rinaudo who first proposed a "nucleonic hypothesis" in regards to the Turin Shroud. .J.- B. Rinaudo entrusted us several years ago with a couple of his precious samples of proton bombarded linen, by asking us to continue studies that his great age no longer allowed him to do.
Dr Jean-Pierre Robert Laude
Laude Consulting
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This page is a summary of: Hypothetical photo-nuclear effects, dating and imaging on the Shroud of Turin, May 2022, SPIE,
DOI: 10.1117/12.2620953.
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