Physical Methodologies for Cultural Heritage

Provide a broad overview of the main physical investigation techniques for Cultural Heritage, with particular regard to dating using nuclear methods, non-destructive techniques for elemental analysis, colorimetry, and multi-band imaging techniques.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to navigate through the broad overview of the main physical investigation techniques on Cultural Heritage, with particular regard to the foundations of nuclear physics for dating, to recognize through the reading of graphs the types of non-destructive analysis techniques, and will have acquired the basics of colorimetry and imaging techniques using X-rays and IR radiation at different spectral bands.