Interview: Arturo Menchaca discusses how the muon detector he is installing in Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun may help archaeologists

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LINDA WERTHEIMER
Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)
03-27-2004
Interview: Arturo Menchaca discusses how the muon detector he is installing in Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun may help archaeologists

Host: LINDA WERTHEIMER
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM

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Nearly a million people celebrated the vernal equinox last weekend at one of Mexico's most sacred sites, the Pyramid of the Sun. This week, physicists will visit the site for another cosmic purpose: to search for muons. Muons are subatomic particles. They float about everywhere, through space, through our bodies, through rock. And ...

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