Particle experiments at Kolar Gold Fields

[2] The initial experiments that took place in KGF were related to the study of cosmic ray muons.

[3] KGF was chosen because the depths of its mines allowed muons to be studied in a better environment than what was possible with magnet spectrometers operated at sea level.

These were followed by experiments in 1961 by S. Miyake, V. S. Narasimham, P. V. Ramana Murty (also spelled Ramanamurty in some occasions), the trio sometimes called MNR, and sponsored by TIFR.

During 1984, Naba Kumar Mondal, TIFR, and Prof. Ito, Osaka City University, Japan, performed experimental studies on proton decay and indirectly observed the scatter of muons.

Seven detectors were deployed at a depth of 2.3 km in Heathcote shaft and Champion Reefs mines.