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Searching for possible hidden chambers in The Pyramid of the Sun.
Speakers
- Dr. Arturo MENCHACA-ROCHA
Primary authors
- Dr. Arturo MENCHACA-ROCHA (Instituto de Fisica, UNAM)
Co-authors
- Dr. Ruben ALFARO (Instituto de Fisica, UNAM)
- Dr. Ernesto BELMONT-MORENO (Instituto de Fisica, UNAM)
- Dr. Varlen GRASBKI (Instituto de Fisica, UNAM)
- Dr. Linda MANZANILLA (Instituto de Investigaciones Antropologicas, UNAM)
- Dr. Arnulfo MARTINEZ-DAVALOS (Instituto de Fisica, UNAM)
- Dr. Matias MORENO (Instituto de Fisica, UNAM)
- Dr. Andres SANDOVAL (Instituto de Fisica, UNAM)
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Abstract content
The Pyramid of the Sun, at Teotihuacan, Mexico, is being searched for possible hidden chambers, using a muon tracking technique inspired in the experiment carried out by Luis Alvarez over 30 years ago at the Chephren Pyramid, in Giza. A fortunate similarity between this monument and the Pyramid of the Sun is a tunnel, running 8 m below the base and ending close to the symmetry axis, which permits the use muon attenuation measurements. A brief account of the project, including planning, detector design, construction and simulations, as well as the current status of the project is presented
Reference
Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 5 (HE part 2), pages 1265-1268
