Can a latent image explain the characteristics of the Shroud body image?

Abstract

The distribution of the fibrils that have yielded the body image on the Shroud is stochastic. In this paper, we show that the hypothesis of latent image can explain the chemical and physical characteristics of the above body image. It is also concluded that the “Shroud question” requires new radiocarbon dating done on a sample selected after careful chemical analysis.

Keywords:

• Shroud of Turin
• characteristics of the body and latent images
• radiocarbon dating

PACS :

• 05.20.−y
• 07.75.+h
• 61.80.−x
• 87.50.−a

Acknowledgements

This article is dedicated to the memory of Raymond N. Rogers, scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and expert scholar of the Shroud of Turin. The authors thank Letterio Ruggeri who advised one of us (G.F.) to study the linen.