3-11 July 2007
Merida, Mexico
Mexico/General timezone
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Contribution Oral

Merida, Mexico - Kabah (Holiday Inn)
HE.2.5

Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers for EAS study in the EEE Project

Speakers

  • Giovanni IMPONENTE

Primary authors

  • Luisa CIFARELLI (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
  • Federico CINDOLO (INFN and Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
  • Eugenio 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)
  • Marco D'INCECCO (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)
  • F.L. FABBRI (INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)
  • Marco GARBINI (Museo Storico della Fisica, Centro Studi e Ricerche "E. Fermi", Roma and 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)
  • Giovanni IMPONENTE (Museo Storico della Fisica, Centro Studi e Ricerche "E. Fermi", Roma and INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)
  • Jinsook 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)
  • R. ANTOLINI (INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso)
  • 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)
  • 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)

Abstract content

The EEE (Extreme Energy Event) Project is an extensive air shower experiment devoted to the study of very high energy events through the detection at ground of the muon component of the shower. The detectors are installed inside many Italian High Schools, involving students in the experiment. The detector used is a tracking telescope made of 3 planes of Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs), a simplified, large and cheap version of the detector designed for the time of flight measurements (TOF) of the ALICE experiment at LHC. Exploiting the concept of the multiple small gas gaps combined with the use of high gain and fast gas mixture (Freon and SF6 based), the MRPCs show an overall time resolution of 100 ps. The particle tracking is performed equipping MRPCs with 24 copper strips read at both ends by front end electronics based on NINO ASIC and using commercial multi-hit TDCs. The MRPCs for the EEE experiment are built at CERN by Italian High School students and teachers under the supervision of INFN and Centro “E. Fermi” experts. After construction they are shipped to Italy and after preliminary tests they are installed inside the schools. Here we present the status and first results of the already operating stations.

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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 1565-1568