Frontier Physics Group

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In 2017 the ScanPyramids collaboration announced the discovery of a hidden chamber in the Great Pyramid. The announcement caused quite a stir in the Egyptology community, and the international press. The Egyptian Ministry of Antquities requested proposals for a follow-up study. In 2018 a small group from Cairo Univeristy, the University of Chicago, the Oriental Institute, Fermilab, and the UVA applied and were approved. Rather than using small emulsion(!) detectors inside the confines of the pyramid, we propose to use detectors based on the CRV design placed in shipping containers outside of the pyramid.

The UVA group has designed the counters, which are very similar to the quad-counters proposed for Mu2e-II, done the simulation work using tools developed for the Cosmic Ray Veto detector, and developed a CAD module of the Great Pyramid. Seed funding was awarded by a grant from the University of Chicago's Big Ideas Generator; matching funding was provided by Fermilab/DOE.

We are very close to a complete design and are exploring funding from private and other sources.

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