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Towards a muon radiography of the Puy de D meDOI: 10.5194/gi-2-55-2013 Abstract: High-energy (above a few hundred GeV) atmospheric muons are a natural probe for geophysical studies. They can travel through kilometres of rock allowing for a radiography of the density distribution within large structures, like mountains or volcanoes. A collaboration between volcanologists, astroparticle and particle physicists, Tomuvol was formed in 2009 to study tomographic muon imaging of volcanoes with high-resolution, large-scale tracking detectors. We report on two campaigns of measurements at the flank of the Puy de D me using glass resistive plate chambers (GRPCs) developed for particle physics, within the CALICE collaboration.
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