Two Italian pupils building an MRPC muon chamber in CERN’s Building 29

For several months, Italian secondary school pupils have been coming to CERN each week and heading for Building 29. They are participating in the EEE (Extreme Energy Events) Project, the aim of which is to carry out a real-life experiment in search of large atmospheric showers using muon detectors located in their schools. In this hall at CERN they are helping to build and test muon chambers - MRPCs (Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers).