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- C. SBARRA
Primary authors
- Dr. Giovanni IMPONENTE (Museo Storico della Fisica, Centro Studi e Ricerche "E. Fermi", Roma)
- A. ANTOLINI (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)
- A. BADALA' (INFN and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania)
- Rinaldo BALDINI FERROLI (Museo Storico della Fisica, Centro Studi e Ricerche "E. Fermi", Roma and INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)
- G. BENCIVENNI (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)
- F. BLANCO (INFN and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania)
- Ellisa BRESSAN (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- A. CHIAVASSA (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Torino)
- Luisa CIFARELLI (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- Federico CINDOLO (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- E. COCCIA (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)
- Salvatore DE PASQUALE (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Salerno)
- A. DI GIOVANNI (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)
- M. D'INCECCO (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)
- F.L. FABBRI (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)
- Marco GARBINI (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- C. GUSTAVINO (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)
- Despina HATZIFOTIADOU (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- J. KIM (World Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Paola LA ROCCA (INFN and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania)
- F. LIBRIZZI (INFN and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania)
- Helenia MENGHETTI (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- Silvia MIOZZI (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)
- Elisabetta PACE (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)
- G.S. PAPPALARDO (INFN and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania)
- G. PIRAGINO (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Torino)
- Franco RIGGI (INFN and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania)
- Gabriella SARTORELLI (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- C. SBARRA (Museo Storico della Fisica, Centro Studi e Ricerche "E. Fermi", Roma and INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- Shaoui AN (World Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland)
- Marco SELVI (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- Crispin WILLIAMS (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
- Antonino ZICHICHI (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Museo Storico della Fisica, Centro Studi e Ricerche "E. Fermi", Roma, CERN Geneva, Switzerland)
- Roman ZUYENSKI (World Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Abstract content
The EEE (/Extreme Energy Event/) Project is an experiment for the study of very high-energy extensive air showers, actually starting in Italy. It is based on the detection of the shower muon component by means of a network of tracking detectors, installed in Italian High Schools.
The Project, supported by the Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “E. Fermi” has been conceived by its leader Professor Antonino Zichichi.
In its first phase the detector telescopes will be installed in 21 High Schools in 7 piloting cities all over Italy. The network will soon be heavily upgraded by increasing the number of High Schools and cities.
The single tracking telescope is composed by 3 large (~ 2 m2 ) Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC), realized with float glass electrodes. The use of particle detectors based on such MRPCs will allow to determine with a very high accuracy the direction of the axis of cosmic ray showers initiated by primaries of ultra-high energy, together with a high temporal resolution.
The first MRPC telescope, installed in the Liceo Scientifico “B.Touschek” in Grottaferrata near the LNF-INFN site (nearby Rome), is successfully running. By the end of year 2007, the installation of the other telescopes will open the way for the first search of high-energy cosmic rays distant coincidences.
In the future, serving many High Schools scattered all over the Italian territory, the EEE Project will also allow to investigate coincidences between multiple primaries producing distant showers. Here we present the experimental apparatus and its tasks.
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EEE Extreme Energy Events
Reference
Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 5 (HE part 2), pages 977-980
