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Characterization of some stone samples of archaeological interest via Compton profile analysis

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In the present investigation, Compton profiles of archaeologically important samples such as White marble, Black stone and soap stone were normalized by using the effective atomic number determined from their single differential scattering cross section measured in a goniometer assembly with a HpGe detector. Normalized Compton profiles so obtained show reasonably good agreement with the free atom Hartree-Fock wave function based values of Biggs’ et al. Further, we make an attempt to demonstrate that an analysis based on the trend of normalized Compton profiles can provide a discrimination among such samples thereby resulting in their consequent characterization and provenance classification.

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We thank the University of Mysore, Mysuru for the facilities provided throughout this work. One of the authors (BMS) would like to thank the management of The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru, India for their support and encouragement during the course of the present investigation. We gratefully acknowledge the kind gesture of Physics department, Mangalore University, Mangaluru for lending \(^{241}\)Am source.

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  1. Department of Physics, The National Institute of Engineering, Manandavadi Road, Mysuru, 570008, India

    B. M. Sankarshan

  2. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India

    C. D. Athrey

  3. DoS in Physics, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysuru, 570006, India

    T. K. Umesh

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Sankarshan, B.M., Athrey, C.D. & Umesh, T.K. Characterization of some stone samples of archaeological interest via Compton profile analysis. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 329, 1353–1360 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07882-x

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