Thursday July 25th, 2019 h tanaka media Comments Off on To ascertain how much matter the muons must cross, it is essential to know exactly the depth at which the site is located and the composition of the terrain above the measuring point, information available thanks to the mining studies achieved during the construction of the mine itself. It is exactly the inverse process of a muography: we know the layer and its composition, we know the flux at the surface, and we determine the attenuation.