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1. Detailed Report on the Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.20 ppm

Author: Aguillard, D. P., Albahri, T., Allspach, D., Anisenkov, A., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., Bailey, I., Bailey, L., Baranov, V. A., Barlas-Yucel, E., Barrett, T., Barzi, E., Bedeschi, F., Berz, M., Bhattacharya, M., Binney, H. P., Bloom, P., Bono, J., Bottalico, E., Bowcock, T., Braun, S., Bressler, M., Cantatore, G., Carey, R. M., Casey, B. C. K., Cauz, D., Chakraborty, R., Chapelain, A., Chappa, S., Charity, S., Chen, C., Cheng, M., Chislett, R., Chu, Z., Chupp, T. E., Claessens, C., Convery, M. E., Corrodi, S., Cotrozzi, L., Crnkovic, J. D., Dabagov, S., Debevec, P. T., Di Falco, S., Di Sciascio, G., Donati, S., Drendel, B., Driutti, A., Duginov, V. N., Eads, M., Edmonds, A., Esquivel, J., Farooq, M., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fertl, M., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Flay, D., Foster, S. B., Friedsam, H., Froemming, N. S., Gabbanini, C., Gaines, I., Galati, M. D., Ganguly, S., Garcia, A., George, J., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Giovanetti, K. L., Girotti, P., Gohn, W., Goodenough, L., Gorringe, T., Grange, J., Grant, S., Gray, F., Haciomeroglu, S., Halewood-Leagas, T., Hampai, D., Han, F., Hempstead, J., Hertzog, D. W., Hesketh, G., Hess, E., Hibbert, A., Hodge, Z., Hong, K. W., Hong, R., Hu, T., Hu, Y., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Kammel, P., Kargiantoulakis, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Kawall, D., Kelton, L., Keshavarzi, A., Kessler, D. S., Khaw, K. S., Khechadoorian, Z., Khomutov, N. V., Kiburg, B., Kiburg, M., Kim, O., Kinnaird, N., Kraegeloh, E., Krylov, V. A., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Labe, K. R., LaBounty, J., Lancaster, M., Lee, S., Li, B., Li, D., Li, L., Logashenko, I., Campos, A. Lorente, Lu, Z., Lucà, A., Lukicov, G., Lusiani, A., Lyon, A. L., MacCoy, B., Madrak, R., Makino, K., Mastroianni, S., Miller, J. P., Miozzi, S., Mitra, B., Morgan, J. P., Morse, W. M., Mott, J., Nath, A., Ng, J. K., Nguyen, H., Oksuzian, Y., Omarov, Z., Osofsky, R., Park, S., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Pilato, R. N., Pitts, K. T., Plaster, B., Počanić, D., Pohlman, N., Polly, C. C., Price, J., Quinn, B., Qureshi, M. U. H., Ramachandran, S., Ramberg, E., Reimann, R., Roberts, B. L., Rubin, D. L., Sakurai, M., Santi, L., Schlesier, C., Schreckenberger, A., Semertzidis, Y. K., Shemyakin, D., Sorbara, M., Stapleton, J., Still, D., Stöckinger, D., Stoughton, C., Stratakis, D., Swanson, H. E., Sweetmore, G., Sweigart, D. A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D. A., Teubner, T., Tewsley-Booth, A. E., Tishchenko, V., Tran, N. H., Turner, W., Valetov, E., Vasilkova, D., Venanzoni, G., Volnykh, V. P., Walton, T., Weisskopf, A., Welty-Rieger, L., Winter, P., Wu, Y., Yu, B., Yucel, M., Zeng, Y., and Zhang, C.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We present details on a new measurement of the muon magnetic anomaly, $a_\mu = (g_\mu -2)/2$. The result is based on positive muon data taken at Fermilab's Muon Campus during the 2019 and 2020 accelerator runs. The measurement uses $3.1$ GeV$/c$ polarized muons stored in a $7.1$-m-radius storage ring with a $1.45$ T uniform magnetic field. The value of $ a_{\mu}$ is determined from the measured difference between the muon spin precession frequency and its cyclotron frequency. This difference is normalized to the strength of the magnetic field, measured using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). The ratio is then corrected for small contributions from beam motion, beam dispersion, and transient magnetic fields. We measure $a_\mu = 116 592 057 (25) \times 10^{-11}$ (0.21 ppm). This is the world's most precise measurement of this quantity and represents a factor of $2.2$ improvement over our previous result based on the 2018 dataset. In combination, the two datasets yield $a_\mu(\text{FNAL}) = 116 592 055 (24) \times 10^{-11}$ (0.20 ppm). Combining this with the measurements from Brookhaven National Laboratory for both positive and negative muons, the new world average is $a_\mu$(exp) $ = 116 592 059 (22) \times 10^{-11}$ (0.19 ppm)., Comment: 48 pages, 29 figures; 4 pages of Supplement Material; version accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Published: 2024

2. Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.20 ppm

Author: Aguillard, D. P., Albahri, T., Allspach, D., Anisenkov, A., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., Bailey, I., Bailey, L., Baranov, V. A., Barlas-Yucel, E., Barrett, T., Barzi, E., Bedeschi, F., Berz, M., Bhattacharya, M., Binney, H. P., Bloom, P., Bono, J., Bottalico, E., Bowcock, T., Braun, S., Bressler, M., Cantatore, G., Carey, R. M., Casey, B. C. K., Cauz, D., Chakraborty, R., Chapelain, A., Chappa, S., Charity, S., Chen, C., Cheng, M., Chislett, R., Chu, Z., Chupp, T. E., Claessens, C., Convery, M. E., Corrodi, S., Cotrozzi, L., Crnkovic, J. D., Dabagov, S., Debevec, P. T., Di Falco, S., Di Sciascio, G., Drendel, B., Driutti, A., Duginov, V. N., Eads, M., Edmonds, A., Esquivel, J., Farooq, M., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fertl, M., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Flay, D., Foster, S. B., Friedsam, H., Froemming, N. S., Gabbanini, C., Gaines, I., Galati, M. D., Ganguly, S., Garcia, A., George, J., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Giovanetti, K. L., Girotti, P., Gohn, W., Goodenough, L., Gorringe, T., Grange, J., Grant, S., Gray, F., Haciomeroglu, S., Halewood-Leagas, T., Hampai, D., Han, F., Hempstead, J., Hertzog, D. W., Hesketh, G., Hess, E., Hibbert, A., Hodge, Z., Hong, K. W., Hong, R., Hu, T., Hu, Y., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Kammel, P., Kargiantoulakis, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Kawall, D., Kelton, L., Keshavarzi, A., Kessler, D. S., Khaw, K. S., Khechadoorian, Z., Khomutov, N. V., Kiburg, B., Kiburg, M., Kim, O., Kinnaird, N., Kraegeloh, E., Krylov, V. A., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Labe, K. R., LaBounty, J., Lancaster, M., Lee, S., Li, B., Li, D., Li, L., Logashenko, I., Campos, A. Lorente, Lu, Z., Lucà, A., Lukicov, G., Lusiani, A., Lyon, A. L., MacCoy, B., Madrak, R., Makino, K., Mastroianni, S., Miller, J. P., Miozzi, S., Mitra, B., Morgan, J. P., Morse, W. M., Mott, J., Nath, A., Ng, J. K., Nguyen, H., Oksuzian, Y., Omarov, Z., Osofsky, R., Park, S., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Pilato, R. N., Pitts, K. T., Plaster, B., Počanić, D., Pohlman, N., Polly, C. C., Price, J., Quinn, B., Qureshi, M. U. H., Ramachandran, S., Ramberg, E., Reimann, R., Roberts, B. L., Rubin, D. L., Santi, L., Schlesier, C., Schreckenberger, A., Semertzidis, Y. K., Shemyakin, D., Sorbara, M., Stapleton, J., Still, D., Stöckinger, D., Stoughton, C., Stratakis, D., Swanson, H. E., Sweetmore, G., Sweigart, D. A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D. A., Teubner, T., Tewsley-Booth, A. E., Tishchenko, V., Tran, N. H., Turner, W., Valetov, E., Vasilkova, D., Venanzoni, G., Volnykh, V. P., Walton, T., Weisskopf, A., Welty-Rieger, L., Winter, P., Wu, Y., Yu, B., Yucel, M., Zeng, Y., and Zhang, C.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We present a new measurement of the positive muon magnetic anomaly, $a_\mu \equiv (g_\mu - 2)/2$, from the Fermilab Muon $g\!-\!2$ Experiment using data collected in 2019 and 2020. We have analyzed more than 4 times the number of positrons from muon decay than in our previous result from 2018 data. The systematic error is reduced by more than a factor of 2 due to better running conditions, a more stable beam, and improved knowledge of the magnetic field weighted by the muon distribution, $\tilde{\omega}'^{}_p$, and of the anomalous precession frequency corrected for beam dynamics effects, $\omega_a$. From the ratio $\omega_a / \tilde{\omega}'^{}_p$, together with precisely determined external parameters, we determine $a_\mu = 116\,592\,057(25) \times 10^{-11}$ (0.21 ppm). Combining this result with our previous result from the 2018 data, we obtain $a_\mu\text{(FNAL)} = 116\,592\,055(24) \times 10^{-11}$ (0.20 ppm). The new experimental world average is $a_\mu (\text{Exp}) = 116\,592\,059(22)\times 10^{-11}$ (0.19 ppm), which represents a factor of 2 improvement in precision., Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2023
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3. Measurement of the anomalous precession frequency of the muon in the Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment

Author: Albahri, T., Anastasi, A., Anisenkov, A., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., Bailey, I., Baranov, V. A., Barlas-Yucel, E., Barrett, T., Basti, A., Bedeschi, F., Berz, M., Bhattacharya, M., Binney, H. P., Bloom, P., Bono, J., Bottalico, E., Bowcock, T., Cantatore, G., Carey, R. M., Casey, B. C. K., Cauz, D., Chakraborty, R., Chang, S. P., Chapelain, A., Charity, S., Chislett, R., Choi, J., Chu, Z., Chupp, T. E., Corrodi, S., Cotrozzi, L., Crnkovic, J. D., Dabagov, S., Debevec, P. T., Di Falco, S., Di Meo, P., Di Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Driutti, A., Duginov, V. N., Eads, M., Esquivel, J., Farooq, M., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fertl, M., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Flay, D., Frlež, E., Froemming, N. S., Fry, J., Gabbanini, C., Galati, M. D., Ganguly, S., Garcia, A., George, J., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Giovanetti, K. L., Girotti, P., Gohn, W., Gorringe, T., Grange, J., Grant, S., Gray, F., Haciomeroglu, S., Halewood-Leagas, T., Hampai, D., Han, F., Hempstead, J., Herrod, A. T., Hertzog, D. W., Hesketh, G., Hibbert, A., Hodge, Z., Holzbauer, J. L., Hong, K. W., Hong, R., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Kammel, P., Kargiantoulakis, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Kawall, D., Kelton, L., Keshavarzi, A., Kessler, D., Khaw, K. S., Khechadoorian, Z., Khomutov, N. V., Kiburg, B., Kiburg, M., Kim, O., Kim, Y. I., King, B., Kinnaird, N., Kraegeloh, E., Kuchibhotla, A., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Labe, K. R., LaBounty, J., Lancaster, M., Lee, M. J., Lee, S., Leo, S., Li, B., Li, D., Li, L., Logashenko, I., Campos, A. Lorente, Lucà, A., Lukicov, G., Lusiani, A., Lyon, A. L., MacCoy, B., Madrak, R., Makino, K., Marignetti, F., Mastroianni, S., Miller, J. P., Miozzi, S., Morse, W. M., Mott, J., Nath, A., Nguyen, H., Osofsky, R., Park, S., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Pilato, R. N., Pitts, K. T., Plaster, B., Počanić, D., Pohlman, N., Polly, C. C., Price, J., Quinn, B., Raha, N., Ramachandran, S., Ramberg, E., Ritchie, J. L., Roberts, B. L., Rubin, D. L., Santi, L., Schlesier, C., Schreckenberger, A., Semertzidis, Y. K., Shemyakin, D., Smith, M. W., Sorbara, M., Stöckinger, D., Stapleton, J., Stoughton, C., Stratakis, D., Stuttard, T., Swanson, H. E., Sweetmore, G., Sweigart, D. A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D. A., Teubner, T., Tewsley-Booth, A. E., Thomson, K., Tishchenko, V., Tran, N. H., Turner, W., Valetov, E., Vasilkova, D., Venanzoni, G., Walton, T., Weisskopf, A., Welty-Rieger, L., Winter, P., Wolski, A., and Wu, W.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) has measured the muon anomalous precession frequency $\omega_a$ to an uncertainty of 434 parts per billion (ppb), statistical, and 56 ppb, systematic, with data collected in four storage ring configurations during its first physics run in 2018. When combined with a precision measurement of the magnetic field of the experiment's muon storage ring, the precession frequency measurement determines a muon magnetic anomaly of $a_{\mu}({\rm FNAL}) = 116\,592\,040(54) \times 10^{-11}$ (0.46 ppm). This article describes the multiple techniques employed in the reconstruction, analysis and fitting of the data to measure the precession frequency. It also presents the averaging of the results from the eleven separate determinations of \omega_a, and the systematic uncertainties on the result., Comment: 29 pages, 19 figures. Published in Physical Review D
Published: 2021
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4. Magnetic Field Measurement and Analysis for the Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab

Author: Albahri, T., Anastasi, A., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., Bailey, I., Baranov, V. A., Barlas-Yucel, E., Barrett, T., Bedeschi, F., Berz, M., Bhattacharya, M., Binney, H. P., Bloom, P., Bono, J., Bottalico, E., Bowcock, T., Cantatore, G., Carey, R. M., Casey, B. C. K., Cauz, D., Chakraborty, R., Chang, S. P., Chapelain, A., Charity, S., Chislett, R., Choi, J., Chu, Z., Chupp, T. E., Conway, A., Corrodi, S., Cotrozzi, L., Crnkovic, J. D., Dabagov, S., Debevec, P. T., Di Falco, S., Di Meo, P., Di Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Driutti, A., Duginov, V. N., Eads, M., Esquivel, J., Farooq, M., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fertl, M., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Flay, D., Froemming, N. S., Gabbanini, C., Galati, M. D., Ganguly, S., Garcia, A., George, J., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Giovanetti, K. L., Girotti, P., Gohn, W., Gorringe, T., Grange, J., Grant, S., Gray, F., Haciomeroglu, S., Halewood-Leagas, T., Hampai, D., Han, F., Hempstead, J., Herrod, A. T., Hertzog, D. W., Hesketh, G., Hibbert, A., Hodge, Z., Holzbauer, J. L., Hong, K. W., Hong, R., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Kammel, P., Kargiantoulakis, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Kawall, D., Kelton, L., Keshavarzi, A., Kessler, D., Khaw, K. S., Khechadoorian, Z., Khomutov, N. V., Kiburg, B., Kiburg, M., Kim, O., Kim, Y. I., King, B., Kinnaird, N., Kraegeloh, E., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Labe, K. R., LaBounty, J., Lancaster, M., Lee, M. J., Lee, S., Li, B., Li, D., Li, L., Logashenko, I., Campos, A. Lorente, Lucà, A., Lukicov, G., Lusiani, A., Lyon, A. L., MacCoy, B., Madrak, R., Makino, K., Marignetti, F., Mastroianni, S., Miller, J. P., Miozzi, S., Morse, W. M., Mott, J., Nath, A., Nguyen, H., Osofsky, R., Park, S., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Pilato, R. N., Pitts, K. T., Plaster, B., Počanić, D., Pohlman, N., Polly, C. C., Price, J., Quinn, B., Raha, N., Ramachandran, S., Ramberg, E., Ritchie, J. L., Roberts, B. L., Rubin, D. L., Santi, L., Schlesier, C., Schreckenberger, A., Semertzidis, Y. K., Shemyakin, D., Smith, M. W., Sorbara, M., Stöckinger, D., Stapleton, J., Stoughton, C., Stratakis, D., Stuttard, T., Swanson, H. E., Sweetmore, G., Sweigart, D. A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D. A., Teubner, T., Tewsley-Booth, A. E., Thomson, K., Tishchenko, V., Tran, N. H., Turner, W., Valetov, E., Vasilkova, D., Venanzoni, G., Walton, T., Weisskopf, A., Welty-Rieger, L., Winter, P., Wolski, A., and Wu, W.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has measured the anomalous precession frequency $a^{}_\mu = (g^{}_\mu-2)/2$ of the muon to a combined precision of 0.46 parts per million with data collected during its first physics run in 2018. This paper documents the measurement of the magnetic field in the muon storage ring. The magnetic field is monitored by nuclear magnetic resonance systems and calibrated in terms of the equivalent proton spin precession frequency in a spherical water sample at 34.7$^\circ$C. The measured field is weighted by the muon distribution resulting in $\tilde{\omega}'^{}_p$, the denominator in the ratio $\omega^{}_a$/$\tilde{\omega}'^{}_p$ that together with known fundamental constants yields $a^{}_\mu$. The reported uncertainty on $\tilde{\omega}'^{}_p$ for the Run-1 data set is 114 ppb consisting of uncertainty contributions from frequency extraction, calibration, mapping, tracking, and averaging of 56 ppb, and contributions from fast transient fields of 99 ppb., Comment: Added one citation and corrected missing normalization in Eqs (35) and (36)
Published: 2021
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5. Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.46 ppm

Author: Abi, B., Albahri, T., Al-Kilani, S., Allspach, D., Alonzi, L. P., Anastasi, A., Anisenkov, A., Azfar, F., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., Bailey, I., Baranov, V. A., Barlas-Yucel, E., Barrett, T., Barzi, E., Basti, A., Bedeschi, F., Behnke, A., Berz, M., Bhattacharya, M., Binney, H. P., Bjorkquist, R., Bloom, P., Bono, J., Bottalico, E., Bowcock, T., Boyden, D., Cantatore, G., Carey, R. M., Carroll, J., Casey, B. C. K., Cauz, D., Ceravolo, S., Chakraborty, R., Chang, S. P., Chapelain, A., Chappa, S., Charity, S., Chislett, R., Choi, J., Chu, Z., Chupp, T. E., Convery, M. E., Conway, A., Corradi, G., Corrodi, S., Cotrozzi, L., Crnkovic, J. D., Dabagov, S., De Lurgio, P. M., Debevec, P. T., Di Falco, S., Di Meo, P., Di Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Drendel, B., Driutti, A., Duginov, V. N., Eads, M., Eggert, N., Epps, A., Esquivel, J., Farooq, M., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fertl, M., Fiedler, A., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Flay, D., Foster, S. B., Friedsam, H., Frlež, E., Froemming, N. S., Fry, J., Fu, C., Gabbanini, C., Galati, M. D., Ganguly, S., Garcia, A., Gastler, D. E., George, J., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Giovanetti, K. L., Girotti, P., Gohn, W., Gorringe, T., Grange, J., Grant, S., Gray, F., Haciomeroglu, S., Hahn, D., Halewood-Leagas, T., Hampai, D., Han, F., Hazen, E., Hempstead, J., Henry, S., Herrod, A. T., Hertzog, D. W., Hesketh, G., Hibbert, A., Hodge, Z., Holzbauer, J. L., Hong, K. W., Hong, R., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Johnstone, C., Johnstone, J. A., Kammel, P., Kargiantoulakis, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Kawall, D., Kelton, L., Keshavarzi, A., Kessler, D., Khaw, K. S., Khechadoorian, Z., Khomutov, N. V., Kiburg, B., Kiburg, M., Kim, O., Kim, S. C., Kim, Y. I., King, B., Kinnaird, N., Korostelev, M., Kourbanis, I., Kraegeloh, E., Krylov, V. A., Kuchibhotla, A., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Labe, K. R., LaBounty, J., Lancaster, M., Lee, M. J., Lee, S., Leo, S., Li, B., Li, D., Li, L., Logashenko, I., Campos, A. Lorente, Lucà, A., Lukicov, G., Luo, G., Lusiani, A., Lyon, A. L., MacCoy, B., Madrak, R., Makino, K., Marignetti, F., Mastroianni, S., Maxfield, S., McEvoy, M., Merritt, W., Mikhailichenko, A. A., Miller, J. P., Miozzi, S., Morgan, J. P., Morse, W. M., Mott, J., Motuk, E., Nath, A., Newton, D., Nguyen, H., Oberling, M., Osofsky, R., Ostiguy, J. -F., Park, S., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Pilato, R. N., Pitts, K. T., Plaster, B., Počanić, D., Pohlman, N., Polly, C. C., Popovic, M., Price, J., Quinn, B., Raha, N., Ramachandran, S., Ramberg, E., Rider, N. T., Ritchie, J. L., Roberts, B. L., Rubin, D. L., Santi, L., Sathyan, D., Schellman, H., Schlesier, C., Schreckenberger, A., Semertzidis, Y. K., Shatunov, Y. M., Shemyakin, D., Shenk, M., Sim, D., Smith, M. W., Smith, A., Soha, A. K., Sorbara, M., Stöckinger, D., Stapleton, J., Still, D., Stoughton, C., Stratakis, D., Strohman, C., Stuttard, T., Swanson, H. E., Sweetmore, G., Sweigart, D. A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D. A., Teubner, T., Tewsley-Booth, A. E., Thomson, K., Tishchenko, V., Tran, N. H., Turner, W., Valetov, E., Vasilkova, D., Venanzoni, G., Volnykh, V. P., Walton, T., Warren, M., Weisskopf, A., Welty-Rieger, L., Whitley, M., Winter, P., Wolski, A., Wormald, M., Wu, W., and Yoshikawa, C.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We present the first results of the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment for the positive muon magnetic anomaly $a_\mu \equiv (g_\mu-2)/2$. The anomaly is determined from the precision measurements of two angular frequencies. Intensity variation of high-energy positrons from muon decays directly encodes the difference frequency $\omega_a$ between the spin-precession and cyclotron frequencies for polarized muons in a magnetic storage ring. The storage ring magnetic field is measured using nuclear magnetic resonance probes calibrated in terms of the equivalent proton spin precession frequency ${\tilde{\omega}'^{}_p}$ in a spherical water sample at 34.7$^{\circ}$C. The ratio $\omega_a / {\tilde{\omega}'^{}_p}$, together with known fundamental constants, determines $a_\mu({\rm FNAL}) = 116\,592\,040(54)\times 10^{-11}$ (0.46\,ppm). The result is 3.3 standard deviations greater than the standard model prediction and is in excellent agreement with the previous Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) E821 measurement. After combination with previous measurements of both $\mu^+$ and $\mu^-$, the new experimental average of $a_\mu({\rm Exp}) = 116\,592\,061(41)\times 10^{-11}$ (0.35\,ppm) increases the tension between experiment and theory to 4.2 standard deviations, Comment: 10 pages; 4 figures
Published: 2021
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6. Beam dynamics corrections to the Run-1 measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment at Fermilab

Author: Albahri, T., Anastasi, A., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., Bailey, I., Baranov, V. A., Barlas-Yucel, E., Barrett, T., Bedeschi, F., Berz, M., Bhattacharya, M., Binney, H. P., Bloom, P., Bono, J., Bottalico, E., Bowcock, T., Cantatore, G., Carey, R. M., Casey, B. C. K., Cauz, D., Chakraborty, R., Chang, S. P., Chapelain, A., Charity, S., Chislett, R., Choi, J., Chu, Z., Chupp, T. E., Corrodi, S., Cotrozzi, L., Crnkovic, J. D., Dabagov, S., Debevec, P. T., Di Falco, S., Di Meo, P., Di Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Driutti, A., Duginov, V. N., Eads, M., Esquivel, J., Farooq, M., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fertl, M., Fiedler, A., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Flay, D., Frlež, E., Froemming, N. S., Fry, J., Gabbanini, C., Galati, M. D., Ganguly, S., Garcia, A., George, J., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Giovanetti, K. L., Girotti, P., Gohn, W., Gorringe, T., Grange, J., Grant, S., Gray, F., Haciomeroglu, S., Halewood-Leagas, T., Hampai, D., Han, F., Hempstead, J., Herrod, A. T., Hertzog, D. W., Hesketh, G., Hibbert, A., Hodge, Z., Holzbauer, J. L., Hong, K. W., Hong, R., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Kammel, P., Kargiantoulakis, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Kawall, D., Kelton, L., Keshavarzi, A., Kessler, D., Khaw, K. S., Khechadoorian, Z., Khomutov, N. V., Kiburg, B., Kiburg, M., Kim, O., Kim, Y. I., King, B., Kinnaird, N., Korostelev, M., Kraegeloh, E., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Labe, K. R., LaBounty, J., Lancaster, M., Lee, M. J., Lee, S., Li, B., Li, D., Li, L., Logashenko, I., Campos, A. Lorente, Lucà, A., Lukicov, G., Lusiani, A., Lyon, A. L., MacCoy, B., Madrak, R., Makino, K., Marignetti, F., Mastroianni, S., Miller, J. P., Miozzi, S., Morse, W. M., Mott, J., Nath, A., Newton, D., Nguyen, H., Osofsky, R., Park, S., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Pilato, R. N., Pitts, K. T., Plaster, B., Počanić, D., Pohlman, N., Polly, C. C., Price, J., Quinn, B., Raha, N., Ramachandran, S., Ramberg, E., Ritchie, J. L., Roberts, B. L., Rubin, D. L., Santi, L., Sathyan, D., Schlesier, C., Schreckenberger, A., Semertzidis, Y. K., Smith, M. W., Sorbara, M., Stöckinger, D., Stapleton, J., Stoughton, C., Stratakis, D., Stuttard, T., Swanson, H. E., Sweetmore, G., Sweigart, D. A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D. A., Teubner, T., Tewsley-Booth, A. E., Thomson, K., Tishchenko, V., Tran, N. H., Turner, W., Valetov, E., Vasilkova, D., Venanzoni, G., Walton, T., Weisskopf, A., Welty-Rieger, L., Winter, P., Wolski, A., and Wu, W.
Subjects: Physics - Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: This paper presents the beam dynamics systematic corrections and their uncertainties for the Run-1 data set of the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment. Two corrections to the measured muon precession frequency $\omega_a^m$ are associated with well-known effects owing to the use of electrostatic quadrupole (ESQ) vertical focusing in the storage ring. An average vertically oriented motional magnetic field is felt by relativistic muons passing transversely through the radial electric field components created by the ESQ system. The correction depends on the stored momentum distribution and the tunes of the ring, which has relatively weak vertical focusing. Vertical betatron motions imply that the muons do not orbit the ring in a plane exactly orthogonal to the vertical magnetic field direction. A correction is necessary to account for an average pitch angle associated with their trajectories. A third small correction is necessary because muons that escape the ring during the storage time are slightly biased in initial spin phase compared to the parent distribution. Finally, because two high-voltage resistors in the ESQ network had longer than designed RC time constants, the vertical and horizontal centroids and envelopes of the stored muon beam drifted slightly, but coherently, during each storage ring fill. This led to the discovery of an important phase-acceptance relationship that requires a correction. The sum of the corrections to $\omega_a^m$ is 0.50 $\pm$ 0.09 ppm; the uncertainty is small compared to the 0.43 ppm statistical precision of $\omega_a^m$., Comment: 35 pages, 29 figures. Accepted by Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams
Published: 2021
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7. The laser-based gain monitoring system of the calorimeters in the Muon $g-2$ experiment at Fermilab

Author: Anastasi, A., Basti, A., Bedeschi, F., Boiano, A., Bottalico, E., Cantatore, G., Cauz, D., Chapelain, A. T., Corradi, G., Dabagov, S., Di Falco, S., Di Meo, P., Di Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Donati, S., Driutti, A., Ferrari, C., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Gabbanini, C., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Girotti, P., Hampai, D., Hempstead, J. B., Hertzog, D. W., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Khaw, K. S., Lusiani, A., Marignetti, F., Mastroianni, S., Miozzi, S., Nath, A., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Raha, N., Santi, L., Smith, M., Sorbara, M., Sweigart, D. A., and Venanzoni, G.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The Muon $g-2$ experiment, E989, is currently taking data at Fermilab with the aim of reducing the experimental error on the muon anomaly by a factor of four and possibly clarifying the current discrepancy with the theoretical prediction. A central component of this four-fold improvement in precision is the laser calibration system of the calorimeters, which has to monitor the gain variations of the photo-sensors with a 0.04\% precision on the short-term ($\sim 1\,$ms). This is about one order of magnitude better than what has ever been achieved for the calibration of a particle physics calorimeter. The system is designed to monitor also long-term gain variations, mostly due to temperature effects, with a precision below the per mille level. This article reviews the design, the implementation and the performance of the Muon $g-2$ laser calibration system, showing how the experimental requirements have been met., Comment: 33 pages,24 figures. Matches the published version
Published: 2019
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8. First results from the upgrade of the Extreme Energy Events experiment

Author: Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Votano, M. C. Vistoli. L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment is the largest system in the world completely implemented with Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs). Presently, it consists of a network of 59 muon telescopes, each made of 3 MRPCs, devoted to the study of secondary cosmic rays. Its stations, sometimes hundreds of kilometers apart, are synchronized at a few nanoseconds level via a clock signal delivered by the Global Positioning System. The data collected during centrally coordinated runs are sent to INFN CNAF, the largest center for scientific computing in Italy, where they are reconstructed and made available for analysis. Thanks to the on-line monitoring and data transmission, EEE operates as a single coordinated system spread over an area of about $3 \times 10^5$ km$^2$. In 2017, the EEE collaboration started an important upgrade program, aiming to extend the network with 20 additional stations, with the option to have more in the future. This implies the construction, testing and commissioning of 60 chambers, for a total detector surface of around 80 m$^2$. In this paper, aspects related to this challenging endeavor are covered, starting from the technological solutions chosen to build these state-of-the-art detectors, to the quality controls and the performance tests carried on., Comment: Prepared for the proceedings of the XIVth Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and related detectors, Feb. 19-23/2018, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, MEXICO
Published: 2018
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9. New Eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events MRPCs: results and plans

Author: Pisano, S., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Ferroli, L. Baldini, Baldini, L., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events observatory is an extended muon telescope array, covering more than 10 degrees both in latitude and longitude. Its 59 muon telescopes are equipped with tracking detectors based on Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber technology with time resolution of the order of a few hundred picoseconds. The recent restrictions on greenhouse gases demand studies for new gas mixtures in compliance with the relative requirements. Tetrafluoropropene is one of the candidates for tetrafluoroethane substitution, since it is characterized by a Global Warming Power around 300 times lower than the gas mixtures used up to now. Several mixtures have been tested, measuring efficiency curves, charge distributions, streamer fractions and time resolutions. Results are presented for the whole set of mixtures and operating conditions, %. A set of tests on a real EEE telescope, with cosmic muons, are being performed at the CERN-01 EEE telescope. The tests are focusing on identifying a mixture with good performance at the low rates typical of an EEE telescope., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, proceedings for the "XIV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors" (19-23 February 2018), Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, Mexico
Published: 2018
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10. Performance of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers of the Extreme Energy Events Project

Author: De Gruttola, D., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votan, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: The muon telescopes of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project are made of three Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC). The EEE array is composed, so far, of 59 telescopes and is organized in clusters and single telescope stations distributed all over the Italian territory. They are installed in High Schools with the aim to join research and teaching activities, by involving researchers, teachers and students in the construction, maintenance, data taking and data analysis. The unconventional working sites, mainly school buildings with non-controlled environmental parameters and heterogeneous maintenance conditions, are a unique test field for checking the robustness, the low-ageing features and the long-lasting performance of the MRPC technology for particle tracking and timing purposes. The measurements performed with the EEE array require excellent performance in terms of time and spatial resolution, efficiency, tracking capability and stability. The data from two recent coordinated data taking periods, named Run 2 and Run 3, have been used to measure these quantities and the results are described, together with a comparison with expectations and with the results from a beam test performed in 2006 at CERN., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, conference RPC 2018
Published: 2018
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11. The Extreme Energy Events experiment: an overview of the telescopes performance

Author: Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Ferroli, L. Baldini, Baldini, L., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votan, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract: Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC). The EEE network is composed, so far, of 53 telescopes, each made of three MRPC detectors; it is organized in clusters and single telescope stations distributed all over the Italian territory and installed in High Schools, covering an area larger than $3\times10^{5}$ km$^{2}$. The study of Extensive Air Showers (EAS), that is one of the goal of the project, requires excellent performance in terms of time and spatial resolution, efficiency, tracking capability and long term stability. The data from two recent coordinated data taking periods, named Run 2 and Run 3, have been used to measure these quantities and the results are here reported, together with a comparison with expectations and with the results from a beam test performed in 2006 at CERN., Comment: 21 pages, 17 figures
Published: 2018
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12. The Extreme Energy Events HECR array: status and perspectives

Author: Gnesi, I., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadu, D., Liciulli, F., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Martelli, B., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Stori, L., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Visnyei, O. B., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events Project is a synchronous sparse array of 52 tracking detectors for studying High Energy Cosmic Rays (HECR) and Cosmic Rays-related phenomena. The observatory is also meant to address Long Distance Correlation (LDC) phenomena: the network is deployed over a broad area covering 10 degrees in latitude and 11 in longitude. An overview of a set of preliminary results is given, extending from the study of local muon flux dependance on solar activity to the investigation of the upward-going component of muon flux traversing the EEE stations; from the search for anisotropies at the sub-TeV scale to the hints for observations of km-scale Extensive Air Shower (EAS)., Comment: XXV ECRS 2016 Proceedings - eConf C16-09-04.3
Published: 2017

13. OCRA - An outreach program on cosmic rays for teachers and students

Author: Hemmer, S, Aramo, C, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Bottino, B, Caccianiga, L, Canella, S, Coluccia, M, Dimiccoli, F, Di Pierro, F, Donnini, F, Evoli, C, Giampaoli, A, La Vacca, G, Leonora, E, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Paoletti, R, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Tiberio, A, Hemmer S., Aramo C., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Bottino B., Caccianiga L., Canella S., Coluccia M., Dimiccoli F., Di Pierro F., Donnini F., Evoli C., Giampaoli A., La Vacca G., Leonora E., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Morsani F., Munini R., Paoletti R., Rozza D., Schioppa M., Tiberio A., Hemmer, S, Aramo, C, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Bottino, B, Caccianiga, L, Canella, S, Coluccia, M, Dimiccoli, F, Di Pierro, F, Donnini, F, Evoli, C, Giampaoli, A, La Vacca, G, Leonora, E, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Paoletti, R, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Tiberio, A, Hemmer S., Aramo C., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Bottino B., Caccianiga L., Canella S., Coluccia M., Dimiccoli F., Di Pierro F., Donnini F., Evoli C., Giampaoli A., La Vacca G., Leonora E., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Morsani F., Munini R., Paoletti R., Rozza D., Schioppa M., and Tiberio A.
Abstract: The Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA) project was created in 2018 within the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) to offer a platform for all outreach activities focusing on cosmic rays within the institute. OCRA now counts 22 of the institute's divisions all over Italy as members. The project offers activities both for students and teachers. The one activity common to all local groups is the participation in the yearly International Cosmic Day, organized by DESY, inviting high school students to carry out hands-on measurements of the cosmic ray flux and learn about the related physics background. Two students from each division are then selected to participate in the annual OCRA science camp, a three-day full immersion into the life of a physicist. For both teachers and students, the OCRA website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, offers a series of online laboratories designed both to be used by students individually but also to be offered in the classroom by teachers. A section dedicated to teachers provides ample material to help bring these laboratories to the classroom. The online materials were presented in a course for teachers in spring 2021. In addition to the national efforts, there are also local initiatives of the OCRA member groups: workshops and secondments, science competitions and the development of new detectors for outreach activities offer a multitude of possibilities for students to engage with our researchers and to explore the world of cosmic rays. This article provides an overview on all activities offered by OCRA with a particular focus on the 2022 science camp.
Published: 2023

14. OCRA - An outreach program on cosmic rays for teachers and students

Author: Hemmer, S., Aramo, C., Bissaldi, E., Bocci, V., Bottino, B., Caccianiga, L., Canella, S., Coluccia, M., Dimiccoli, F., Di Pierro, F., Donnini, F., Evoli, C., Giampaoli, A., La Vacca, G., Leonora, E., Menegolli, A., Miozzi, S., Morsani, F., Munini, R., Paoletti, R., Rozza, D., Schioppa, M., Tiberio, A., Hemmer, S, Aramo, C, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Bottino, B, Caccianiga, L, Canella, S, Coluccia, M, Dimiccoli, F, Di Pierro, F, Donnini, F, Evoli, C, Giampaoli, A, La Vacca, G, Leonora, E, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Paoletti, R, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, and Tiberio, A
Subjects: History, cosmic rays, outreach, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract: The Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA) project was created in 2018 within the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) to offer a platform for all outreach activities focusing on cosmic rays within the institute. OCRA now counts 22 of the institute’s divisions all over Italy as members. The project offers activities both for students and teachers. The one activity common to all local groups is the participation in the yearly International Cosmic Day, organized by DESY, inviting high school students to carry out hands-on measurements of the cosmic ray flux and learn about the related physics background. Two students from each division are then selected to participate in the annual OCRA science camp, a three-day full immersion into the life of a physicist. For both teachers and students, the OCRA website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, offers a series of online laboratories designed both to be used by students individually but also to be offered in the classroom by teachers. A section dedicated to teachers provides ample material to help bring these laboratories to the classroom. The online materials were presented in a course for teachers in spring 2021. In addition to the national efforts, there are also local initiatives of the OCRA member groups: workshops and secondments, science competitions and the development of new detectors for outreach activities offer a multitude of possibilities for students to engage with our researchers and to explore the world of cosmic rays. This article provides an overview on all activities offered by OCRA with a particular focus on the 2022 science camp.
Published: 2023

15. MoCRiS a low-cost stratospheric balloon platform to measure the particle flux of cosmic ray showers in the high atmosphere

Author: Bocci, V, Brosio, A, Muscio, G, Iacoangeli, F, Liguori, D, Tripodi, M, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Aramo, C, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Otto-Nello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Se-Rini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Bocci V., Brosio A., Muscio G. G., Iacoangeli F., Liguori D., Tripodi M. A., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Aramo C., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga B., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Cataldi G., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Colalillo R., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Evoli C., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giampaoli A., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Hemmer S., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Otto-Nello G., Pantaleo F., Paoletti R., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Rozza D., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Schioppa M., Scotti V., Se-Rini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., Zampa G., Bocci, V, Brosio, A, Muscio, G, Iacoangeli, F, Liguori, D, Tripodi, M, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Aramo, C, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Otto-Nello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Se-Rini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Bocci V., Brosio A., Muscio G. G., Iacoangeli F., Liguori D., Tripodi M. A., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Aramo C., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga B., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Cataldi G., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Colalillo R., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Evoli C., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giampaoli A., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Hemmer S., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Otto-Nello G., Pantaleo F., Paoletti R., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Rozza D., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Schioppa M., Scotti V., Se-Rini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., and Zampa G.
Abstract: In June 2019 from the region of Calabria (Italy) our group launched the Stratospheric Balloon MoCRiS (Measurement of Cosmic Ray in Stratosphere) that reached up to 35111 meters. MoCRiS is a didactical project that uses a Light Balloon with a payload of only 2.1 Kg payload box included. The capsule was Lithium-ion batteries operated and fully instrumented with two Hi-Res Camera, one for picture and one for video, GPS Tracker, two Particle detectors, and sensors for temperature and pressure. Two ArduSiPM [6] scintillation detectors, made by the INFN group in Rome, were used as cosmic ray flux meters. The technology used for these types of devices makes them very economical, light (<150 g), and with low power consumption (<1 Watt). These characteristics are optimal for use with the balloon and in space (e.g. in CubeSat), and very attractive for educational use, even on the ground. During the school year, the students of the scientific high school "Stefano Patrizi" of Cariati (CS) Italy, participated in the definition of the project following theoretical and practical lessons on aerospace techniques and particle physics with regard to cosmic ray showers in the atmosphere. The mission was completely successful by experimentally verifying the pressure-to-height relation, the height of the thermal inversion in the atmosphere, reaching and exceeding the maximum Regener-Pfotzer level of the shower development. The instrumental and didactic platform created is easily replicable even with further upgrades. We are expanding the collaboration with other schools for further launches.
Published: 2022

16. The online laboratories for OCRA - Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities INFN project

Author: Aramo, C, Antolini, R, Bocci, V, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Cataldi, G, Colalillo, R, Convenga, F, Coluccia, M, de Palma, F, Di Nezza, P, Di Sciascio, G, Evoli, C, Galbato, G, Hemmer, S, Giampaoli, A, Iacoangeli, F, Liguori, D, Miozzi, S, Paoletti, R, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Veronesi, I, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Caccianiga, B, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Zampa, G, Aramo C., Antolini R., Bocci V., Buscemi M., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Cataldi G., Colalillo R., Convenga F., Coluccia M. R., de Palma F., Di Nezza P., Di Sciascio G., Evoli C., Galbato G., Hemmer S., Giampaoli A., Iacoangeli F., Liguori D., Miozzi S., Paoletti R., Rossi N., Rozza D., Schioppa M., Veronesi I., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Caccianiga B., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Zampa G., Aramo, C, Antolini, R, Bocci, V, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Cataldi, G, Colalillo, R, Convenga, F, Coluccia, M, de Palma, F, Di Nezza, P, Di Sciascio, G, Evoli, C, Galbato, G, Hemmer, S, Giampaoli, A, Iacoangeli, F, Liguori, D, Miozzi, S, Paoletti, R, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Veronesi, I, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Caccianiga, B, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Zampa, G, Aramo C., Antolini R., Bocci V., Buscemi M., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Cataldi G., Colalillo R., Convenga F., Coluccia M. R., de Palma F., Di Nezza P., Di Sciascio G., Evoli C., Galbato G., Hemmer S., Giampaoli A., Iacoangeli F., Liguori D., Miozzi S., Paoletti R., Rossi N., Rozza D., Schioppa M., Veronesi I., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Caccianiga B., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., and Zampa G.
Abstract: OCRA - Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities was born in 2018 as a national outreach project of INFN with the aim of collecting, within a national framework, the numerous public engagement activities in the field of cosmic ray physics already present at a local level in the divisions and laboratories. Since spring 2020 OCRA offers also a series of online laboratories on its website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, designed not only to be used by students individually but also to be offered in the classroom by teachers. The cosmic ray path, present on the website, will be presented together with the online laboratories on the measurement of muons, from the one related to the dependence on the zenith angle made during the International Cosmic Day up to measurements of the flux dependency on the altitude in the atmosphere and in the water. Also, a laboratory allowing to analyze public data of the Pierre Auger Observatory will be presented. In addition, some teaching methods included in the "Teachers' area" of the OCRA website will be described. The developed cosmic ray path was also used to organize an online course for teachers of Italian high schools with the purpose of accompanying teachers when approaching the subject for the first time. About 70 teachers participated for a total of 9 lessons. ã Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Published: 2022

17. Discovering cosmic rays with OCRA: outreach activities for students and teachers

Author: Hemmer, S, Aramo, C, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, L, Cataldi, G, Dimiccoli, F, Di Pierro, F, Evoli, C, Giampaoli, A, La Vacca, G, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Paoletti, R, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Tomassetti, N, Vannuccini, E, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Caccianiga, B, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Hemmer S., Aramo C., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga L., Cataldi G., Dimiccoli F., Di Pierro F., Evoli C., Giampaoli A., La Vacca G., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Morsani F., Munini R., Paoletti R., Rozza D., Schioppa M., Tomassetti N., Vannuccini E., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Caccianiga B., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Colalillo R., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Iacoangeli F., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Liguori D., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., Zampa G., Hemmer, S, Aramo, C, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, L, Cataldi, G, Dimiccoli, F, Di Pierro, F, Evoli, C, Giampaoli, A, La Vacca, G, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Paoletti, R, Rozza, D, Schioppa, M, Tomassetti, N, Vannuccini, E, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Caccianiga, B, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Hemmer S., Aramo C., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga L., Cataldi G., Dimiccoli F., Di Pierro F., Evoli C., Giampaoli A., La Vacca G., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Morsani F., Munini R., Paoletti R., Rozza D., Schioppa M., Tomassetti N., Vannuccini E., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Caccianiga B., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Colalillo R., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Iacoangeli F., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Liguori D., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., and Zampa G.
Abstract: The Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities (OCRA) project offers a platform for all outreach activities focusing on cosmic rays within the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN). Created in 2018, OCRA now counts 21 of the institute's divisions all over Italy as members. The project's core activity is the participation of all its members in the International Cosmic Day, organized by DESY, and inviting high school students to carry out hands-on measurements of the cosmic ray flux and learn about the related physics background. Two students from each division are then selected to participate in the annual OCRA science camp, a three-day full immersion into the life of a physicist. The national activities are complemented by local initiatives of the OCRA member groups: workshops and tutorship programs, science competitions and the development of new detectors for outreach activities offer a multitude of possibilities for students to engage with our researchers and to explore the world of cosmic rays. Since spring of 2020 OCRA also offers a series of online laboratories on its website https://web.infn.it/OCRA/, designed not only to be used by students individually but also to be used in the classroom by teachers. Here we will give an overview on all activities offered by OCRA with a particular focus on the 2020 online event organized in occasion of the International Cosmic Day, that saw the participation of more than 3000 students.
Published: 2022

18. “A scuola di Astroparticelle”: a synergy between school education and scientific research

Author: Colalillo, R, Aramo, C, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Colalillo R., Aramo C., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga B., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Cataldi G., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Evoli C., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giampaoli A., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Hemmer S., Iacoangeli F., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Liguori D., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Paoletti R., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Rozza D., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Schioppa M., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., Zampa G., Colalillo, R, Aramo, C, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, Zampa, G, Colalillo R., Aramo C., Alemanno F., Aloisio R., Altomare C., Antolini R., Arcaro C., Barbato F. C. T., Battaglieri M., Battisti M., Bau A., Bellinzona V. E., Bernardini P., Bersani A., Bertaina M., Berti A., Bertucci B., Bisconti F., Bissaldi E., Bocci V., Boezio M., Boncioli D., Bondi M., Bonechi L., Bonino R., Bonnoli G., Bonvicini V., Bossini E., Bottino B., Buscemi M., Caccianiga B., Caccianiga L., Candela A., Capone A., Cariello M., Caruso R., Cataldi G., Chiodi G., Chiodini G., Coluccia M. R., Convenga F., Copello S., Corosu M., D'Urso D., Dal Corso F., Davini S., De Deo M., De Gateano S., De Laurentis M., De Mitri I., De Palma F., De Vito E., Dell'Aquila D., Depaoli D., Di Luca A., Di Pierro F., Di Ruzza B., Di Santo M., Di Sciascio G., Di Venere L., Dimiccoli F., Dimitrios K., Donnini F., Doro M., Duranti M., Evoli C., Fenu F., Fontanelli F., Fusco P., Gargano F., Gervasi M., Giampaoli A., Giglietto N., Giordano F., Gnesi I., Gonzi S., Grandi D., Graziani M., Hemmer S., Iacoangeli F., Insolia A., Iovenitti S., Ippolito V., La Vacca G., La Verde G., Leonora E., Levorato S., Liguori D., Lipari P., Longo F., Loparco F., Lopez Coto R., Loporchio S., Marino A., Marsella G., Martello D., Mazziotta M. N., Menegolli A., Miozzi S., Miyamoto H., Mocchiutti E., Morganti S., Morsani F., Munini R., Mussa R., Nozzoli F., Nucita A., Organtini G. C., Ottonello G., Pantaleo F., Paoletti R., Parodi F., Perrone L., Pesenti L., Petrera S., Petronio C., Pillera R., Pilo F., Pizzolotto C., Prandini E., Pugliese M., Raino S., Randazzo N., Rando R., Recchia L., Ricci E., Rinaudo M., Rizi V., Rossi N., Rozza D., Salamida F., Savina P., Scherini V., Schioppa M., Scotti V., Serini D., Sipala V., Surdo A., Tiberio A., Tomassetti N., Tomei C., Tosta E Melo I., Turco P., Vannuccini E., Vecchiotti V., Veronesi I., and Zampa G.
Abstract: The outreach program “A scuola di Astroparticelle” was proposed in 2016 by the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN - Napoli Division) in collaboration with the Physics Department “Ettore Pancini” of the Federico II University in Napoli, CNR-SPIN and CNR-ISASI Institutes. Its main goal is to engage teachers and students of High Schools in astroparticle physics projects. For the third edition (2018/19), the activities, which are also part of the Italian Educational Program PCTO - “Percorsi per le Competenze Trasversali e per l'Orientamento”, involved 18 schools for a total of 21 projects on several topics. Some projects were strictly related to astroparticles as cosmic rays, while others were more technical, as the development of particle detectors, or cross-disciplinary projects. Students worked for the entire school year and prepared materials for the final event. More than 600 students attended the event and presented their work to a jury with a poster and an oral presentation in plenary sessions. Since 2018, the program is part of OCRA - Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities - a national outreach project of INFN with the aim of collecting, within a common framework, the numerous outreach activities in cosmic-ray field carried out at the local level. The fourth edition (2019-20), in spite of the difficult situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has also seen the participation of 22 schools that carried out part of the activities in an online format. The project realized using the open data of the Pierre Auger Observatory will be presented in detail.
Published: 2022

19. OCRA – an outreach program on cosmic rays for teachers and students

Author: Hemmer, S., primary, Aramo, C., additional, Bissaldi, E., additional, Bocci, V., additional, Bottino, B., additional, Caccianiga, L., additional, Canella, S., additional, Coluccia, M., additional, Dimiccoli, F., additional, Di Pierro, F., additional, Donnini, F., additional, Evoli, C., additional, Giampaoli, A., additional, La Vacca, G., additional, Leonora, E., additional, Menegolli, A., additional, Miozzi, S., additional, Morsani, F., additional, Munini, R., additional, Paoletti, R., additional, Rozza, D., additional, Schioppa, M., additional, and Tiberio, A., additional
Published: 2023
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20. Time and orientation long-distance correlations between extensive air showers detected by the MRPC telescopes of the EEE Project

Author: Riggi, F, Abbrescia, M, Baldini, L, Ferroli, Rb, Batignani, G, Battaglieri, M, Boi, S, Bossini, E, Carnesecchi, F, Chiavassa, A, Cicalo, C, Cifarelli, L, Coccetti, F, Coccia, E, De Gruttola, D, De Pasquale, S, Fabbri, Fl, Frolov, V, Galeotti, P, Garbini, M, Gemme, G, Gnesi, I, Grazzi, S, Gustavino, C, Hatzifotiadou, D, La Rocca, P, Mandaglio, G, Rodriguez, Om, Maron, G, Mazziotta, Mn, Miozzi, S, Nania, R, Noferini, F, Nozzoli, F, Palmonari, F, Panareo, M, Panetta, Mp, Paoletti, R, Park, W, Perasso, L, Pilo, F, Piragino, G, Pisano, S, Righini, Gc, Ripoli, C, Sartorelli, G, Scapparone, E, Schioppa, M, Scribano, A, Selvi, M, Serci, S, Squarcia, S, Taiuti, M, Terreni, G, Trifiro, A, Trimarchi, M, Vistoli, Mc, Votano, L, Williams, Mcs, Zheng, L, Zichichi, A, Zuyeuski, R, F. Riggi, M. Abbrescia, L. Baldini, R. Baldin Ferroli, G. Batignani, M. Battaglieri, S. Boi, E. Bossini, F. Carnesecchi, A. Chiavassa, C. Cicalo, L. Cifarelli, F. Coccetti, E. Coccia, D. De Gruttola, S. De Pasquale, F. L. Fabbri, V. Frolov, P. Galeotti, M. Garbini, G. Gemme, I. Gnesi, S. Grazzi, C. Gustavino, D. Hatzifotiadou, P. La Rocca, G. Mandaglio, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, G. Maron, M. N. Mazziotta, S. Miozzi, R. Nania, F. Noferini, F. Nozzoli, F. Palmonari, M. Panareo, M. P. Panetta, R. Paoletti, W. Park, L. Perasso, F. Pilo, G. Piragino, S. Pisano, G. C. Righini, C. Ripoli, G. Sartorelli, E. Scapparone, M. Schioppa, A. Scribano, M. Selvi, S. Serci, S. Squarcia, M. Taiuti, G. Terreni, A. Trifirò, M. Trimarchi, M. C. Vistoli, L. Votano, M. C. S. Williams, L. Zheng, A. Zichichi, R. Zuyeuski, Riggi, F., Abbrescia, M., Baldini, L., Baldin Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: EVENTS, EVENTS, SEARCH, Cosmic Rays, Extensive Air Showers, MRPC, SEARCH, EEE Project, Cosmic Ray Showers, MRPC
Abstract: A search for long-distance correlations between Extensive Air Show- ers (EAS) detected by pairs of MRPC telescopes of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) network was carried out. A dataset obtained by all possible pairings between ten EEE cluster sites (hosting at least two telescopes) with an overall exposure of 3968 days was analyzed. A few candidate events with unusually small time difference and angular distance were observed.
Published: 2017

21. Proposal for an MRPC system with high-precision timing in the LVD structure

Author: Abbrescia, M, Agafonova, N. Yu, Aglietta, M., Agostinelli, A., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alici, A., Amati, E., Amerigo, S., Angelotti, A. M., Antolini, R., Antonioli, P., Arcelli, S., Asta, A., Atalmi, A., Attanasi, A., Avanzini, C., Baldini Ferroli, R., Bari, G., Bartolucci, S., Belligan, N., Bellini, F., Bencivenni, G., Bessi, C., Boi, M., Bologna, M., Bonardi, A., Bonetti, C., Borromeo, A., Bossini, E., Boyarkin, V. V., Bragagnolo, A., Bressan, E., Brunelli, C., Brunetti, G., Brunos, G., Burato, M., Burzi, S., Calemasi, D., Calvari, F., Cannas, A., Cara Romeo, G., Cardillo, A., Cari, A., Carli, M., Cassinadri, A., Celati, F., Celano, M., Chiaranda, L., Chiavassa, A., Chinnici, L., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Civili, I., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Cocuzza, S., Corti, M., Dambrosio, G., D'Amico, C., De Angelo, N., DE CARO, Annalisa, DE GRUTTOLA, Daniele, Del Chiaro, R., Del Corda, S., Del Corral, F., DE PASQUALE, Salvatore, Deplano, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dispensa, E., Di Carlo, L., Di Crescenzo, E., Di Pietro, F., Di Staso, G., Di Vittorio, P., Dondarini, I., Dreucci, M., Evangelista, M. R., Evans, L., Fabbri, F. L., Falchi, G., Fanti, B., Fantini, A., Fantini, G., Ferrari, S., Finelli, S., Folino, R., Forni, E., Forte, P., Frolov, V., Fulgione, W., FUSCO GIRARD, Mario, La Teana, A., Londrillo, L., Lorenzo, A. R., Lupo, F., Gatti, S., Gaias, A., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Gallone, M. G., Garbini, M., Gargano, A., Garrisi, M., Gemme, G., Ghia, P. L., Giacconi, P., Giusti, P., Gnesi, I., Guidi, S., Grishuk, Yu, Grotti, M., Guerzoni, B., Gustavino, C., Gustavino, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., Imperio, T., Indelicato, S., Jung, H., Kemp, E., Kim, D. W., Kim, M., Kim, J., Kiselev, S., Kuznetsov, V. V., Kuznetsov, V. A., La Rocca, P., Lee, S., Li, S., Libertini, L., Librizzi, F., Lo Mastro, A., Lucchesi, D., Maccari, A., Maggiora, A., Maggisano, M. P., Magistrale, G., Magli, G., Malguin, A. S., Mal'Kevich, D., Mattina, G., Margotti, A., Maroi, R., Marrone, S., Massai, M., Mastrodomenico, M., Matarese, A., Mazzone, A., Mazzotta, U., Melley, S., Memme, A., Miozzi, S., Moro, R., Murgia, M., Nania, R., Natali, G., Natucci, B., Nedosekin, A., Noferini, F., Nurisso, N., Nuti, S., Paccapelo, A. M., Paccoia, A., Pagano, Paola, Palombella, L., Panareo, M., Paoletti, R., Paravano, A., Pascale, R., Perasso, L., Perrone, D., Persiani, R., Persico, M. C., Pesci, A., Pettini, F., Piazzola, G., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pizzigoni, G., Pless, I. A., Porcu, M., Poggi, F., Polverino, E., Porta, A., Pozzanghera, R., Prati, A., Preghenella, R., Pulze, M., Quattromini, O., Ranieri, G., Rebagnati, S., Regano, A., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Rioli, A., Romano, F., Ronchini, L., Rossi, L., Rossi, R., Rossino, M., Rubino, M. G., Ruggeri, A., Russo, G., Ryasny, V. G., Ryazhskaya, O. G., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schina, R., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Senes, E., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Sivori, G., Spampinato, G., Spandre, G., Squarcia, S., Stirparo, G., Stragiotti, A., Strizzai, L., Taiuti, M., Tarantino, F., Tosello, F., Troiano, C., Urbani, S., Usai, C., Verboso, F., Veseli, A., Vigna, A., Vigorito, C., Voloshin, K., Votano, L., Wenninger, H., Williams, M. C. S., Yakushev, V. F., Zaccaro, M., Zampolli, C., Zarri, I., Ziccardi, A., Zichichi, A., Zoffoli, G., Zouyevski, R., Zucchini, A., Abbrescia, M., Agafonova, N. Y., Aglietta, M., Agostinelli, A., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alici, A., Amati, E., Amerigo, S., Angelotti, A. M., Antolini, R., Antonioli, P., Arcelli, S., Asta, A., Atalmi, A., Attanasi, A., Avanzini, C., Baldini Ferroli, R., Bari, G., Bartolucci, S., Belligan, N., Bellini, F., Bencivenni, G., Bessi, C., Boi, M., Bologna, M., Bonardi, A., Bonetti, C., Borromeo, A., Bossini, E., Boyarkin, V. V., Bragagnolo, A., Bressan, E., Brunelli, C., Brunetti, G., Brunos, G., Burato, M., Burzi, S., Calemasi, D., Calvari, F., Cannas, A., Cara Romeo, G., Cardillo, A., Cari, A., Carli, M., Cassinadri, A., Celati, F., Celano, M., Chiaranda, L., Chiavassa, A., Chinnici, L., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Civili, I., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Cocuzza, S., Corti, M., Dambrosio, G., D'Amico, C., De Angelo, N., De Caro, A., De Gruttola, D., Del Chiaro, R., Del Corda, S., Del Corral, F., De Pasquale, S., Deplano, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dispensa, E., Di Carlo, L., Di Crescenzo, E., Di Pietro, F., Di Staso, G., Di Vittorio, P., Dondarini, I., Dreucci, M., Evangelista, M. R., Evans, L., Fabbri, F. L., Falchi, G., Fanti, B., Fantini, A., Fantini, G., Ferrari, S., Finelli, S., Folino, R., Forni, E., Forte, P., Frolov, V., Fulgione, W., Fusco Girard, M., La Teana, A., Londrillo, L., Lorenzo, A. R., Lupo, F., Gatti, S., Gaias, A., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Gallone, M. G., Garbini, M., Gargano, A., Garrisi, M., Gemme, G., Ghia, P. L., Giacconi, P., Giusti, P., Gnesi, I., Guidi, S., Grishuk, Y., Grotti, M., Guerzoni, B., Gustavino, C., Gustavino, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., Imperio, T., Indelicato, S., Jung, H., Kemp, E., Kim, D. W., Kim, M., Kim, J., Kiselev, S., Kuznetsov, V. V., Kuznetsov, V. A., La Rocca, P., Lee, S., Li, S., Libertini, L., Librizzi, F., Lo Mastro, A., Lucchesi, D., Maccari, A., Maggiora, A., Maggisano, M. P., Magistrale, G., Magli, G., Malguin, A. S., Mal'Kevich, D., Mattina, G., Margotti, A., Maroi, R., Marrone, S., Massai, M., Mastrodomenico, M., Matarese, A., Mazzone, A., Mazzotta, U., Melley, S., Memme, A., Miozzi, S., Moro, R., Murgia, M., Nania, R., Natali, G., Natucci, B., Nedosekin, A., Noferini, F., Nurisso, N., Nuti, S., Paccapelo, A. M., Paccoia, A., Pagano, P., Palombella, L., Panareo, Marco, Paoletti, R., Paravano, A., Pascale, R., Perasso, L., Perrone, D., Persiani, R., Persico, M. C., Pesci, A., Pettini, F., Piazzola, G., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pizzigoni, G., Pless, I. A., Porcu, M., Poggi, F., Polverino, E., Porta, A., Pozzanghera, R., Prati, A., Preghenella, R., Pulze, M., Quattromini, O., Ranieri, G., Rebagnati, S., Regano, A., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Rioli, A., Romano, F., Ronchini, L., Rossi, L., Rossi, R., Rossino, M., Rubino, M. G., Ruggeri, A., Russo, G., Ryasny, V. G., Ryazhskaya, O. G., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schina, R., Scioli, G., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Senes, E., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Sivori, G., Spampinato, G., Spandre, G., Squarcia, S., Stirparo, G., Stragiotti, A., Strizzai, L., Taiuti, M., Tarantino, F., Tosello, F., Troiano, C., Urbani, S., Usai, C., Verboso, F., Veseli, A., Vigna, A., Vigorito, C., Voloshin, K., Votano, L., Wenninger, H., Williams, M. C. S., Yakushev, V. F., Zaccaro, M., Zampolli, C., Zarri, I., Ziccardi, A., Zichichi, A., Zoffoli, G., Zouyevski, R., and Zucchini, A.
Subjects: Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Traverse, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Opera, Detector, Structure (category theory), General Physics and Astronomy, Theoretical physics, Computer engineering, Simple (abstract algebra), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Cosmic muons, Neutrino
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present a project in order to verify -without the need of knowing the distance CERN-Gran Sasso- the discovery made by the OPERA Collaboration concerning the speed of the CERN neutrinos. The project consists of two parts. A simple one and a less simple one. Both have the great advantage of being totally independent of the knowledge of the distance, ≃ 732 km, between the two Labs, CERN and LNGS, where the neutrinos are produced and detected, respectively. The "simple" version of this project is based on the high-energy horizontal cosmic muons, which traverse LVD and OPERA detectors, thus allowing to cross-calibrate the timing systems of both experiments in a way which is totally independent of the TOF measurements of CNGS. This component of the project is being studied in collaboration with the OPERA group, as the time stabilities of both experiments are needed. In fact it is since a long time that the two groups are engaged with this problem. In this paper we will present and discuss the "less simple" part which allows to establish, at the highest possible level of accuracy, if (v > c) effects really exist.
Published: 2012

22. EEE - Extreme Energy Events: an astroparticle physics experiment in Italian High Schools

Author: Abbrescia, M, primary, Avanzini, C, additional, Baldini, L, additional, Baldini Ferroli, R, additional, Batignani, G, additional, Bencivenni, G, additional, Bossini, E, additional, Bressan, E, additional, Chiavassa, A, additional, Cicalò, C, additional, Cifarelli, L, additional, Coccia, E, additional, Corvaglia, A, additional, De Gruttola, D, additional, De Pasquale, S, additional, Di Giovanni, A, additional, D’Incecco, M, additional, Dreucci, M, additional, Fabbri, F L, additional, Fattibene, E, additional, Ferrarov, A, additional, Forster, R, additional, Frolov, V, additional, Galeotti, P, additional, Garbini, M, additional, Gemme, G, additional, Gnesi, I, additional, Grazzi, S, additional, Gustavino, C, additional, Hatzifotiadou, D, additional, La Rocca, P, additional, Maggiora, A, additional, Maron, G, additional, Mazziotta, M N, additional, Miozzi, S, additional, Noferini, F, additional, Nozzoli, F, additional, Panareo, M, additional, Panetta, M P, additional, Paoletti, R, additional, Perasso, L, additional, Pilo, F, additional, Piragino, G, additional, Riggi, F, additional, Righini, G C, additional, Rodriguez Rodriguez, A, additional, Sartorelli, G, additional, Scapparone, E, additional, Schioppa, M, additional, Scribano, A, additional, Selvi, M, additional, Serci, S, additional, Siddi, E, additional, Squarcia, S, additional, Taiuti, M, additional, Terreni, G, additional, Vistoli, M C, additional, Votano, L, additional, Williams, M C S, additional, Zani, S, additional, Zichichi, A, additional, and Zuyeuski, R, additional
Published: 2016
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23. Results from the observations of Forbush decreases by the Extreme Energy Events experiment

Author: Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavassaa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Cocci, E., Corvagli, A., Gruttol, D., Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Forstero, R., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Maron, G., Mazziott, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Piloa, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Rodriguez Rodriguez, A., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Marco Selvi, Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D’Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Forster, R., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, Marco, Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Rodriguez Rodriguez, A., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Multidisciplinary, Cosmic ray, Forbush decrease, Extreme Energy Events, MRPC
Abstract: The monitoring of galactic cosmic ray flux decreases is of interest for the understanding of phenomena that occur on the solar corona, as well as on other observable stars. As it is known, they are related to the emission of mass from the star corona and often related to solar flares, even if such relation is not completely understood. The effect on the solar wind directly affects the measured galactic cosmic ray flux on Earth, giving typical flux fluctuations of a few percent on a few days basis. The phenomenon is therefore observable by any apparatus surveying the cosmic ray radiation with a comparable overall accuracy. The Extreme Energy Events telescope array is an array of 47 tracing detector (growing), each made of three MRPC planes, spread over more than 10 degrees in latitude and 11 in longitude, organized in clusters and single telescope stations. The overall acceptance of the EEE stations allows for a flux rate measurement within the 15-50 particle/s, depending on the set-up, while the timing within different station is driven by the GPS time resolution and it is better than 50 ns. On November 10, 2015, a flux decrease was observed at the same time by six stations, covering almost the whole latitude and longitude range. Even if the s/n ratio by a single station was between 1 and 3, the averaged observation on the whole set of telescopes gave a s/n~4, better than what was obtained by OULU monitor. This observation came after other flux decreases observed by EEE. The observation is promising, in view of the construction of a solar surface phenomena survey, with both high accuracy and low systematics and wide longitude/latitude coverage features.

24. First results from Run-1 of the Extreme Energy Events experiment

Author: Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavass, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Cocci, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D., Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Forster, R., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Maggior, A., Maron, G., Mazziott, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggia, F., Righini, G. C., Rodriguez Rodriguez, A., Sartorelli, G., Scapparon, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Marco Selvi, Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuskip, R., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D’Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Forster, R., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, Marco, Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Rodriguez Rodriguez, A., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski
Subjects: Multidisciplinary, Cosmic Ray, Extreme Energy Events, MRPC
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project is an experiment for the detection of Extensive Atmospheric Showers of energy greater than 1011 eV. It consists of an array of telescopes hosted in High Schools spread on the Italian territory, each made of three Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers very similar to the ones built for the Time Of Flight system of the ALICE experiment at CERN. The telescopes are managed and constructed at CERN by teams of students and teachers: this peculiarity enhances the scientific relevance of its goals with an effective outreach action. The experiment took a first coordinated data taking (“Pilot-Run”) in fall 2014 and another (“Run1”) from February to April 2015. About thirty telescopes took data at the same time and more than 5 billions of cosmic ray events have been collected. Data were transmitted to the CNAF – the biggest Italian storage and computing center managed by INFN – to be reconstructed and analyzed. In this presentation an overall description of the experiment will be given and the most recent results will be shown. In particular we have a first set of measurements of the coincidences in pairs of telescopes even more than 1 km apart, and a study of variations with time of the muon cosmic flux, related on astrophysical phenomena like Forbush decreases.

25. MoCRiS a low-cost stratospheric balloon platform to measure the particle flux of cosmic ray showers in the high atmosphere

Author: Bocci, V., Brosio, A., Muscio, G. G., Iacoangeli, F., Liguori, D., Tripodi, M. A., Alemanno, F., Aloisio, R., Altomare, C., Antolini, R., Aramo, C., Arcaro, C., Barbato, F. C. T., Battaglieri, M., Battisti, M., Bau, A., Bellinzona, V. E., Bernardini, P., Bersani, A., Bertaina, M., Berti, A., Bertucci, B., Bisconti, F., Bissaldi, E., Boezio, M., Boncioli, D., Bondì, M., Bonechi, L., Raffaella Bonino, Bonnoli, G., Bonvicini, V., Bossini, E., Bottino, B., Buscemi, M., Caccianiga, B., Caccianiga, L., Candela, A., Capone, A., Cariello, M., Caruso, R., Cataldi, G., Chiodi, G., Chiodini, G., Colalillo, R., Coluccia, M. R., Convenga, F., Copello, S., Corosu, M., D Urso, D., Dal Corso, F., Davini, S., Deo, M., Gateano, S., Laurentis, M., Mitri, I., Palma, F., Vito, E., Aquila, D., Depaoli, D., Di Luca, A., Di Pierro, F., Di Ruzza, B., Di Santo, M., Di Sciascio, G., Di Venere, L., Dimiccoli, F., Dimitrios, K., Donnini, F., Doro, M., Duranti, M., Evoli, C., Fenu, F., Fontanelli, F., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Ger-Vasi, M., Giampaoli, A., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gnesi, I., Gonzi, S., Grandi, D., Graziani, M., Hemmer, S., Insolia, A., Iovenitti, S., Ippolito, V., La Vacca, G., La Verde, G., Leonora, E., Levorato, S., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lopez Coto, R., Loporchio, S., Marino, A., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mazziotta, M. N., Menegolli, A., Miozzi, S., Miyamoto, H., Mocchiutti, E., Morganti, S., Morsani, F., Munini, R., Mussa, R., Nozzoli, F., Nucita, A., Organtini, G. C., Otto-Nello, G., Pantaleo, F., Paoletti, R., Parodi, F., Perrone, L., Pesenti, L., Petrera, S., Petronio, C., Pillera, R., Pilo, F., Pizzolotto, C., Prandini, E., Pugliese, M., Rainò, S., Randazzo, N., Rando, R., Recchia, L., Ricci, E., Rinaudo, M., Rizi, V., Rossi, N., Rozza, D., Salamida, F., Savina, P., Scherini, V., Schioppa, M., Scotti, V., Se-Rini, D., Sipala, V., Surdo, A., Tiberio, A., Tomassetti, N., Tomei, C., Tosta E Melo, I., Turco, P., Vannuccini, E., Vecchiotti, V., Veronesi, I., Zampa, G., Bocci, V, Brosio, A, Muscio, G, Iacoangeli, F, Liguori, D, Tripodi, M, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Aramo, C, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Colalillo, R, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Ger-Vasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Otto-Nello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Se-Rini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, and Zampa, G
Subjects: cosmic rays, outreach
Abstract: In June 2019 from the region of Calabria (Italy) our group launched the Stratospheric Balloon MoCRiS (Measurement of Cosmic Ray in Stratosphere) that reached up to 35111 meters. MoCRiS is a didactical project that uses a Light Balloon with a payload of only 2.1 Kg payload box included. The capsule was Lithium-ion batteries operated and fully instrumented with two Hi-Res Camera, one for picture and one for video, GPS Tracker, two Particle detectors, and sensors for temperature and pressure. Two ArduSiPM [6] scintillation detectors, made by the INFN group in Rome, were used as cosmic ray flux meters. The technology used for these types of devices makes them very economical, light (

26. 'A scuola di Astroparticelle': a synergy between school education and scientific research

Author: Colalillo, R., Aramo, C., Alemanno, F., Aloisio, R., Altomare, C., Antolini, R., Arcaro, C., Barbato, F. C. T., Battaglieri, M., Battisti, M., Bau, A., Bellinzona, V. E., Bernardini, P., Bersani, A., Bertaina, M., Berti, A., Bertucci, B., Bisconti, F., Bissaldi, E., Bocci, V., Boezio, M., Boncioli, D., Bondì, M., Bonechi, L., Bonino, R., Bonnoli, G., Bonvicini, V., Bossini, E., Bottino, B., Buscemi, M., Caccianiga, B., Caccianiga, L., Candela, A., Capone, A., Cariello, M., Caruso, R., Cataldi, G., Chiodi, G., Chiodini, G., Coluccia, M. R., Convenga, F., Copello, S., Corosu, M., D Urso, D., Dal Corso, F., Davini, S., Deo, M., Gateano, S., Laurentis, M., Mitri, I., Palma, F., Vito, E., Aquila, D., Depaoli, D., Di Luca, A., Di Pierro, F., Di Ruzza, B., Di Santo, M., Di Sciascio, G., Di Venere, L., Dimiccoli, F., Dimitrios, K., Donnini, F., Doro, M., Duranti, M., Evoli, C., Fenu, F., Fontanelli, F., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gervasi, M., Giampaoli, A., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gnesi, I., Gonzi, S., Grandi, D., Graziani, M., Hemmer, S., Iacoangeli, F., Insolia, A., Iovenitti, S., Ippolito, V., La Vacca, G., La Verde, G., Leonora, E., Levorato, S., Liguori, D., Lipari, P., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lopez Coto, R., Loporchio, S., Marino, A., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Mazziotta, M. N., Menegolli, A., Miozzi, S., Miyamoto, H., Mocchiutti, E., Morganti, S., Fabio Morsani, Munini, R., Mussa, R., Nozzoli, F., Nucita, A., Organtini, G. C., Ottonello, G., Pantaleo, F., Paoletti, R., Parodi, F., Perrone, L., Pesenti, L., Petrera, S., Petronio, C., Pillera, R., Pilo, F., Pizzolotto, C., Prandini, E., Pugliese, M., Rainò, S., Randazzo, N., Rando, R., Recchia, L., Ricci, E., Rinaudo, M., Rizi, V., Rossi, N., Rozza, D., Salamida, F., Savina, P., Scherini, V., Schioppa, M., Scotti, V., Serini, D., Sipala, V., Surdo, A., Tiberio, A., Tomassetti, N., Tomei, C., Tosta E Melo, I., Turco, P., Vannuccini, E., Vecchiotti, V., Veronesi, I., Zampa, G., Colalillo, R, Aramo, C, Alemanno, F, Aloisio, R, Altomare, C, Antolini, R, Arcaro, C, Barbato, F, Battaglieri, M, Battisti, M, Bau, A, Bellinzona, V, Bernardini, P, Bersani, A, Bertaina, M, Berti, A, Bertucci, B, Bisconti, F, Bissaldi, E, Bocci, V, Boezio, M, Boncioli, D, Bondi, M, Bonechi, L, Bonino, R, Bonnoli, G, Bonvicini, V, Bossini, E, Bottino, B, Buscemi, M, Caccianiga, B, Caccianiga, L, Candela, A, Capone, A, Cariello, M, Caruso, R, Cataldi, G, Chiodi, G, Chiodini, G, Coluccia, M, Convenga, F, Copello, S, Corosu, M, D'Urso, D, Dal Corso, F, Davini, S, De Deo, M, De Gateano, S, De Laurentis, M, De Mitri, I, De Palma, F, De Vito, E, Dell'Aquila, D, Depaoli, D, Di Luca, A, Di Pierro, F, Di Ruzza, B, Di Santo, M, Di Sciascio, G, Di Venere, L, Dimiccoli, F, Dimitrios, K, Donnini, F, Doro, M, Duranti, M, Evoli, C, Fenu, F, Fontanelli, F, Fusco, P, Gargano, F, Gervasi, M, Giampaoli, A, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gnesi, I, Gonzi, S, Grandi, D, Graziani, M, Hemmer, S, Iacoangeli, F, Insolia, A, Iovenitti, S, Ippolito, V, La Vacca, G, La Verde, G, Leonora, E, Levorato, S, Liguori, D, Lipari, P, Longo, F, Loparco, F, Lopez Coto, R, Loporchio, S, Marino, A, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Mazziotta, M, Menegolli, A, Miozzi, S, Miyamoto, H, Mocchiutti, E, Morganti, S, Morsani, F, Munini, R, Mussa, R, Nozzoli, F, Nucita, A, Organtini, G, Ottonello, G, Pantaleo, F, Paoletti, R, Parodi, F, Perrone, L, Pesenti, L, Petrera, S, Petronio, C, Pillera, R, Pilo, F, Pizzolotto, C, Prandini, E, Pugliese, M, Raino, S, Randazzo, N, Rando, R, Recchia, L, Ricci, E, Rinaudo, M, Rizi, V, Rossi, N, Rozza, D, Salamida, F, Savina, P, Scherini, V, Schioppa, M, Scotti, V, Serini, D, Sipala, V, Surdo, A, Tiberio, A, Tomassetti, N, Tomei, C, Tosta E Melo, I, Turco, P, Vannuccini, E, Vecchiotti, V, Veronesi, I, and Zampa, G
Subjects: cosmic rays
Abstract: The outreach program “A scuola di Astroparticelle” was proposed in 2016 by the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN - Napoli Division) in collaboration with the Physics Department “Ettore Pancini” of the Federico II University in Napoli, CNR-SPIN and CNR-ISASI Institutes. Its main goal is to engage teachers and students of High Schools in astroparticle physics projects. For the third edition (2018/19), the activities, which are also part of the Italian Educational Program PCTO - “Percorsi per le Competenze Trasversali e per l'Orientamento”, involved 18 schools for a total of 21 projects on several topics. Some projects were strictly related to astroparticles as cosmic rays, while others were more technical, as the development of particle detectors, or cross-disciplinary projects. Students worked for the entire school year and prepared materials for the final event. More than 600 students attended the event and presented their work to a jury with a poster and an oral presentation in plenary sessions. Since 2018, the program is part of OCRA - Outreach Cosmic Ray Activities - a national outreach project of INFN with the aim of collecting, within a common framework, the numerous outreach activities in cosmic-ray field carried out at the local level. The fourth edition (2019-20), in spite of the difficult situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has also seen the participation of 22 schools that carried out part of the activities in an online format. The project realized using the open data of the Pierre Auger Observatory will be presented in detail.

27. Search for coincident air showers over large scale distances with the EEE network

Author: A. Scribano, S. Pisano, S. Serci, Giuseppe Mandaglio, F. Nozzoli, A. Corvaglia, P. Galeotti, Rosario Nania, L. Cifarelli, S. De Pasquale, C. Gustavino, C. Avanzini, F. L. Fabbri, Luca Baldini, E. Scapparone, Marcello Abbrescia, M. Selvi, M. C. S. Williams, G. Piragino, Mn Mazziotta, M. Rizzi, A. Chiavassa, A. Trifirò, G. Maron, L. Votano, G. Batignani, S. Miozzi, G. Gemme, M. C. Vistoli, F. Coccetti, S. Grazzi, Francesco Noferini, D. De Gruttola, F. Carnesecchi, E. Coccia, Riccardo Paoletti, I. Gnesi, F. Palmonari, G. Terreni, M. Panareo, C. Ripoli, Antonino Zichichi, L. Galante, M. P. Panetta, R. Baldini Ferroli, S. Boi, Giancarlo C. Righini, W. Park, M. Garbini, M. Battaglieri, C. Cicalò, G. Sartorelli, Despina Hatzifotiadou, L. Zheng, Vladimir Frolov, M. Trimarchi, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, P. La Rocca, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, C. Pellegrino, R. Zuyeuski, Francesco Riggi, E. Bossini, L. Perasso, M. Taiuti, Marco Schioppa, S. Squarcia, Carla Aramo, Mario Buscemi, Rossella Caruso, Roberta Colalillo, Salvatore Costa, Fausto Guarino, Antonio Insolia, Laura Valore, La Rocca, P., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., Mandaglio, G., Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifiro, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., La Rocca P., Abbrescia M., Avanzini C., Baldini L., Baldini Ferroli R., Batignani G., Battaglieri M., Boi S., Bossini E., Carnesecchi F., Chiavassa A., Cicalo C., Cifarelli L., Coccetti F., Coccia E., Corvaglia A., De Gruttola D., De Pasquale S., Fabbri F.L., Frolov V., Galante L., Galeotti P., Garbini M., Gemme G., Gnesi I., Grazzi S., Gustavino C., Hatzifotiadou D., Mandaglio G., Maragoto Rodriguez O., Maron G., Mazziotta M.N., Miozzi S., Nania R., Noferini F., Nozzoli F., Palmonari F., Panareo M., Panetta M.P., Paoletti R., Park W., Pellegrino C., Perasso L., Pilo F., Piragino G., Pisano S., Riggi F., Righini G.C., Ripoli C., Rizzi M., Sartorelli G., Scapparone E., Schioppa M., Scribano A., Selvi M., Serci S., Squarcia S., Taiuti M., Terreni G., Trifiro A., Trimarchi M., Vistoli M.C., Votano L., Williams M.C.S., Zheng L., Zichichi A., and Zuyeuski R.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, Cosmic ray, Context (language use), Scale (descriptive set theory), 01 natural sciences, Sparse array, Coincident, 0103 physical sciences, MRPC, extensive air showers, 010306 general physics, Cosmic rays, tracking detectors, Physics, Cosmic rays, extensive air showers, tracking detectors, MRPC, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Astronomy, extensive air shower, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: The existence of time correlations in detectors separated by distances much larger than the size of the highest energy extensive air showers (EAS) has been long discussed over the years. Several mechanisms have been proposed to justify the existence of such events and, in the last decade, some experiments have also tried to search for correlations on a large scale distance, beyond one hundred kilometers. The approaches were based on the construction of clusters of detectors placed at large relative distances, with the capability of selecting extensive air showers. Within this context, the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment can provide new inputs in the search for long distance correlations, thanks to its sparse array of muon telescopes spanning all the Italian territory. The EEE telescopes are taking data since more than 10 years and enough statistics has been already accumulated to be able to search for such events, whose observation is intrinsically difficult due to the very low rates expected, many order of magnitudes smaller than the overall cosmic ray flux. In order to reduce the accidental correlations, different analysis approaches have been investigated for the selection of EAS events with the EEE telescopes. In this paper we will present preliminary results obtained by analyzing a large fraction of the statistics currently available.
Published: 2019

28. Test of new eco-gas mixtures for the multigap resistive plate chambers of the EEE project

Author: M. Panareo, F. L. Fabbri, M. Taiuti, A. Scribano, M. C. Vistoli, G. Gemme, Marco Schioppa, Francesco Noferini, W. Park, L. G. Batignani, S. Grazzi, Despina Hatzifotiadou, C. Gustavino, S. Miozzi, G. Sartorelli, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, Luca Baldini, S. Squarcia, Riccardo Paoletti, G. Terreni, G. Piragino, S. Pisano, M. Garbini, Marcello Abbrescia, E. Scapparone, D. De Gruttola, M. P. Panetta, M. C. S. Williams, M. Rizzi, F. Coccetti, M. Battaglieri, S. Serci, Francesco Riggi, L. Perasso, M. N. Mazziotta, G. Maron, M. Trimarchi, Giuseppe Mandaglio, F. Carnesecchi, E. Coccia, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, Antonino Zichichi, R. Baldini Ferroli, F. Nozzoli, A. Trifirò, C. Ripoli, E. Bossini, F. Palmonari, L. Votano, C. Pellegrino, A. Corvaglia, R. Zuyeuski, C. Cicalò, P. Galeotti, P. La Rocca, Rosario Nania, L. Galante, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, A. Chiavassa, Giancarlo C. Righini, I. Gnesi, L. Zheng, Vladimir Frolov, L. Cifarelli, S. De Pasquale, Trimarchi M., Abbrescia M., Avanzini C., Baldini L., Ferroli R.B., Batignani L.G., Battaglieri M., Boi S., Bossini E., Carnesecchi F., Chiavassa A., Cicalo C., Cifarelli L., Coccetti F., Coccia E., Corvaglia A., De Gruttola D., De Pasquale S., Fabbri F., Frolov V., Galante L., Galeotti P., Garbini M., Gemme G., Gnesi I., Grazzi S., Gustavino C., Hatzifotiadou D., Rocca P.L., Mandaglio G., Rodriguez O.M., Maron G., Mazziotta M.N., Miozzi S., Nania R., Noferini F., Nozzoli F., Palmonari F., Panareo M., Panetta M.P., Paoletti R., Park W., Pellegrino C., Perasso L., Pilo F., Piragino G., Pisano S., Riggi F., Righini G.C., Ripoli C., Rizzi M., Sartorelli G., Scapparone E., Schioppa M., Scribano A., Selvi M., Serci S., Squarcia S., Taiuti M., Terreni G., Trifiro A., Vistoli M.C., Votano L., Williams M.C.S., Zheng L., Zichichi A., Zuyeuski R., Trimarchi, M., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, L. G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P. La, Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Resistive touchscreen, Muon, Large Hadron Collider, Cosmic ray, Eco gas testing, Multigap resistive plate chambers, Instrumentation, Sulfur hexafluoride, Nuclear physics, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Stack (abstract data type), Eco gas testing, Multigap resistive plate chambers, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Multigap resistive plate chambers, Eco gas testing, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment is a project by Centro Fermi (Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi”) in collaboration with INFN, CERN and MIUR, designed to study cosmic rays via a network of muon telescopes, based on the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC) technology. Due to its wide coverage over the Italian territory (more than 10 ° in latitude and longitude, covering more than 3 x 1 0 5 k m 2 ), the EEE network is the largest MRPC – based system for cosmic rays detection. Each MRPC has 6 gas gaps obtained by a stack of glass plate, spaced 250 μ m each, and is equipped with 24 copper strips. Since its beginning, the EEE MRPCs were filled with a gas mixture of 98% of tetrafluoroethane and 2% of sulfur hexafluoride, but recent restrictions on greenhouse gases have prompted the study of their performance with new gas mixtures. To this aim, extensive tests of tetrafluoropropene and carbon dioxide or sulfur hexafluoride gas mixtures have been carried out.
Published: 2019
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29. First results from the upgrade of the Extreme Energy Events experiment

Author: Despina Hatzifotiadou, M. Battaglieri, W. Park, L. G. Batignani, Francesco Noferini, C. Gustavino, G. Sartorelli, G. Piragino, C. Ripoli, F. Coccetti, L. Votano, Rosario Nania, M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini, L. Galante, M. Selvi, M. P. Panetta, Giancarlo C. Righini, L. Perasso, E. Bossini, A. Chiavassa, R. Zuyeuski, I. Gnesi, L. Fabbri, P. La Rocca, M. C. Vistoli, F. Palmonari, D. De Gruttola, S. Grazzi, Antonino Zichichi, P. Galeotti, Francesco Riggi, S. Miozzi, R. Baldini Ferroli, Riccardo Paoletti, G. Terreni, G. Gemme, Corrado Cicalo, Luca Baldini, Luisa Cifarelli, M. Taiuti, Mn Mazziotta, M. Rizzi, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, M. C. S. Williams, Marco Schioppa, Giuseppe Mandaglio, Antonio Trifiro, S. Squarcia, G. Maron, F. Nozzoli, Eugenio Scapparone, M. Trimarchi, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, C. Pellegrino, L. Zheng, Vladimir Frolov, A. Scribano, S. Pisano, S. Serci, F. Carnesecchi, E. Coccia, S. De Pasquale, A. Corvaglia, M. Panareo, M. Garbini, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, L. G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D. De, Pasquale, S. De, Fabbri, L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P. La, Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., Abbrescia M., Avanzini C., Baldini L., Ferroli R.B., Batignani L.G., Battaglieri M., Boi S., Bossini E., Carnesecchi F., Chiavassa A., Cicalo C., Cifarelli L., Coccetti F., Coccia E., Corvaglia A., Gruttola D., Pasquale S., Fabbri L., Frolov V., Galante L., Galeotti P., Garbini M., Gemme G., Gnesi I., Grazzi S., Gustavino C., Hatzifotiadou D., Rocca P.L., Mandaglio G., Rodriguez O.M., Maron G., Mazziotta M.N., Miozzi S., Nania R., Noferini F., Nozzoli F., Palmonari F., Panareo M., Panetta M.P., Paoletti R., Park W., Pellegrino C., Perasso L., Pilo F., Piragino G., Pisano S., Riggi F., Righini G.C., Ripoli C., Rizzi M., Sartorelli G., Scapparone E., Schioppa M., Scribano A., Selvi M., Serci S., Squarcia S., Taiuti M., Terreni G., Trifiro A., Trimarchi M., Vistoli M.C., Votano L., Williams M.C.S., Zheng L., Zichichi A., and Zuyeuski R.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Computer science, Clock signal, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Gaseous detectors, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Muon spectrometer, 0103 physical sciences, Gaseous detector, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, physics.ins-det, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Resistive-plate chambers, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Electrical engineering, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Upgrade, Global Positioning System, business, Energy (signal processing), Data transmission
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment is the largest system in the world completely implemented with Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs). Presently, it consists of a network of 59 muon telescopes, each made of 3 MRPCs, devoted to the study of secondary cosmic rays. Its stations, sometimes hundreds of kilometers apart, are synchronized at a few nanoseconds level via a clock signal delivered by the Global Positioning System. The data collected during centrally coordinated runs are sent to INFN CNAF, the largest center for scientific computing in Italy, where they are reconstructed and made available for analysis. Thanks to the on-line monitoring and data transmission, EEE operates as a single coordinated system spread over an area of about $3 \times 10^5$ km$^2$. In 2017, the EEE collaboration started an important upgrade program, aiming to extend the network with 20 additional stations, with the option to have more in the future. This implies the construction, testing and commissioning of 60 chambers, for a total detector surface of around 80 m$^2$. In this paper, aspects related to this challenging endeavor are covered, starting from the technological solutions chosen to build these state-of-the-art detectors, to the quality controls and the performance tests carried on., Comment: Prepared for the proceedings of the XIVth Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and related detectors, Feb. 19-23/2018, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, MEXICO
Published: 2019
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30. The EEE Project: a sparse array of telescopes for the measurement of cosmic ray muons

Author: Corrado Cicalo, Rosario Nania, M. Garbini, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, M. Taiuti, A. Chiavassa, M. D'Incecco, M. C. Vistoli, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Grazzi, Despina Hatzifotiadou, G. Batignani, Eugenio Scapparone, E. Siddi, Marco Schioppa, Giancarlo C. Righini, M. Panareo, A. Ferraro, Francesco Noferini, S. Serci, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, Riccardo Paoletti, S. Zani, G. Terreni, I. Gnesi, S. Miozzi, M. C. S. Williams, W. Park, F. Coccetti, S. Squarcia, F. L. Fabbri, P. La Rocca, A. Di Giovanni, L. Perasso, D. De Gruttola, G. Maron, G. Sartorelli, Antonino Zichichi, E. Fattibene, M. P. Panetta, Luca Baldini, Vladimir Frolov, L. Stori, C. Gustavino, R. Baldini Ferroli, O.B. Visnyei, B. Martelli, G. Gemme, L. Votano, E. Bossini, Marcello Abbrescia, A. Scribano, G. Piragino, A. Corvaglia, M. Rizzi, P. Galeotti, G. Bencivenni, F. Nozzoli, F. Liciulli, R. Zuyeuski, Luisa Cifarelli, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, S. De Pasquale, Francesco Riggi, M. N. Mazziotta, M. Dreucci, La Rocca, P, Abbrescia, M, Avanzini, C, Baldini, L, Ferroli, RB, Batignani, G, Bencivenni, G, Bossini, E, Chiavassa, A, Cicalo, C, Cifarelli, L, Coccetti, F, Coccia, E, Corvaglia, A, De Gruttola, D, De Pasquale, S, Di Giovanni, A, D'Incecco, M, Dreucci, M, Fabbri, FL, Fattibene, E, Ferraro, A, Frolov, V, Galeotti, P, Garbini, M, Gemme, G, Gnesi, I, Grazzi, S, Gustavino, C, Hatzifotiadou, D, Liciulli, F, Maggiora, A, Rodriguez, OM, Maron, G, Martelli, B, Mazziotta, MN, Miozzi, S, Nania, R, Noferini, F, Nozzoli, F, Panareo, M, Panetta, M, Paoletti, R, Park, W, Perasso, L, Pilo, F, Piragino, G, Riggi, F, Righini, GC, Rizzi, M, Sartorelli, G, Scapparone, E, Schioppa, M, Scribano, A, Selvi, M, Serci, S, Siddi, E, Squarcia, S, Stori, L, Taiuti, M, Terreni, G, Visnyei, OB, Vistoli, MC, Votano, L, Williams, MCS, Zani, S, Zichichi, A, Zuyeuski, R, Rocca, P. La, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D. De, Pasquale, S. De, Giovanni, A. Di, D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., F., L. Fabbri, Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., Liciulli, F., Maggiora, A., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Martelli, B., M., N. Mazziotta, Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, Marco, Panetta, M., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Stori, L., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Visnyei, O. B., M., C. Vistoli, Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors), Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, Large detector-systems performance, Resistive-plate chambers, Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors), Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, Data acquisition, Sparse array, law, 0103 physical sciences, Angular resolution, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, Large detector-systems performance, Resistive-plate chambers, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 010306 general physics, cosmic ray, muons, EAS, Physics, Data processing, Large Hadron Collider, COSMIC cancer database, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project is meant to be the most extensive experiment to detect secondary cosmic particles in Italy. To this aim, more than 50 telescopes have been built at CERN and installed in high schools distributed all over the Italian territory. Each EEE telescope comprises three large area Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) and is capable of reconstructing the trajectories of the charged particles traversing it with a good angular resolution. The excellent performance of the EEE telescopes allows a large variety of studies, from measuring the local muon flux in a single telescope, to detecting extensive air showers producing time correlations in the same metropolitan area, to searching for large-scale correlations between showers detected in telescopes tens, hundreds or thousands of kilometers apart. In addition to its scientific goal, the EEE Project also has an educational and outreach objective, its aim being to motivate young people by involving them directly in a real experiment. High school students and teachers are involved in the construction, testing and start-up of the EEE telescope in their school, then in its maintenance and data-acquisition, and later in the analysis of the data. During the last couple of years a great boost has been given to the EEE Project through the organization of simultaneous and centralized data taking with the whole telescope array. The raw data from all telescopes are transferred to CNAF (Bologna), where they are reconstructed and stored. The data are currently being analyzed, looking at various topics: variation of the rate of cosmic muons with time, upward going muons, muon lifetime, search for anisotropies in the muon angular distribution and for time coincidences between stations. In this paper an overall description of the experiment is given, including the design, construction and performance of the telescopes. The operation of the whole array is also presented by showing the most recent physics results.
Published: 2016

31. EEE - Extreme Energy Events: an astroparticle physics experiment in Italian High Schools

Author: A. Corvaglia, Francesco Noferini, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, A. Scribano, E. Bossini, Vladimir Frolov, Richard Forster, L. Perasso, C. Gustavino, Corrado Cicalo, S. Serci, M. Panareo, G. Bencivenni, G. Batignani, G. Gemme, M. Taiuti, M. P. Panetta, F. L. Fabbri, P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, F. Nozzoli, S. Miozzi, Francesco Riggi, G. Sartorelli, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, S. De Pasquale, Marco Schioppa, Despina Hatzifotiadou, E. Bressan, G. Piragino, M. Garbini, Luca Baldini, E. Siddi, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, A. Chiavassa, M. C. S. Williams, Marcello Abbrescia, Sandro Squarcia, G. Maron, Giancarlo C. Righini, A. Rodriguez Rodriguez, M. C. Vistoli, M. D'Incecco, R. Zuyeuski, M. N. Mazziotta, A. Di Giovanni, L. Votano, Eugenio Scapparone, S. Grazzi, M. Dreucci, A. Ferrarov, S. Zani, Riccardo Paoletti, Luisa Cifarelli, I. Gnesi, G. Terreni, P. Galeotti, E. Fattibene, Antonino Zichichi, R. Baldini Ferroli, Abbrescia, M, Avanzini, C, Baldini, L, Baldini Ferroli, R, Batignani, G, Bencivenni, G, Bossini, E, Bressan, E, Chiavassa, A, Cicalò, C, Cifarelli, L, Coccia, E, Corvaglia, A, De Gruttola, D, De Pasquale, S, Di Giovanni, A, D’Incecco, M, Dreucci, M, Fabbri, F. L, Fattibene, E, Ferrarov, A, Forster, R, Frolov, V, Galeotti, P, Garbini, M, Gemme, G, Gnesi, I, Grazzi, S, Gustavino, C, Hatzifotiadou, D, La Rocca, P, Maggiora, A, Maron, G, Mazziotta, M. N, Miozzi, S, Noferini, F, Nozzoli, F, Panareo, Marco, Panetta, M. P, Paoletti, R, Perasso, L, Pilo, F, Piragino, G, Riggi, F, Righini, G. C, Rodriguez Rodriguez, A, Sartorelli, G, Scapparone, E, Schioppa, M, Scribano, A, Selvi, M, Serci, S, Siddi, E, Squarcia, S, Taiuti, M, Terreni, G, Vistoli, M. C, Votano, L, Williams, M. C. S, Zani, S, Zichichi, A, Zuyeuski, R., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F.L., Fattibene, E., Ferrarov, A., Forster, R., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M.N., Miozzi, S., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G.C., Rodriguez Rodriguez, A., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Vistoli, M.C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zani, S., and Zichichi, A.
Subjects: Astroparticle physics, Physics, Astrophysics and Astronomy, History, Large Hadron Collider, business.industry, Energy (esotericism), Cosmic ray, Time resolution, Computer Science Applications, Education, Extreme Energy Events, Extensive Air Showers, Secondary muons, MRPC, Outreach, School teachers, Physics and Astronomy (all), Scientific culture, Telecommunications, business, Simulation
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events project (EEE) is aimed to study Extensive Air Showers (EAS) from primary cosmic rays of more than 10(18) eV energy detecting the ground secondary muon component using an array of telescopes with high spatial and time resolution. The second goal of the EEE project is to involve High School teachers and students in this advanced research work and to initiate them in scientific culture: to reach both purposes the telescopes are located inside High School buildings and the detector construction, assembling and monitoring - together with data taking and analysis - are done by researchers from scientific institutions in close collaboration with them. At present there are 42 telescopes in just as many High Schools scattered all over Italy, islands included, plus two at CERN and three in INFN units. We report here some preliminary physics results from the first two common data taking periods together with the outreach impact of the project.
Published: 2016
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32. Measurement of the anomalous precession frequency of the muon in the Fermilab Muon <math><mi>g</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></math> Experiment

Author: P. Bloom, P. Kammel, Timothy Chupp, C. Schlesier, P. Girotti, M. J. Lee, A. Nath, Frederick Gray, C. Gabbanini, D. Shemyakin, C. C. Polly, L. Cotrozzi, V. N. Duginov, G. Venanzoni, T. Stuttard, G. Lukicov, M. Iacovacci, H. E. Swanson, T. P. Gorringe, B. C.K. Casey, J. Grange, N. H. Tran, K. W. Hong, K. T. Pitts, R. T. Chislett, Fabrizio Marignetti, A. Lucà, Martin Fertl, E. Barlas-Yucel, J. George, A. Kuchibhotla, Dariush Hampai, T. Walton, D. Cauz, G. Sweetmore, J. Bono, I. R. Bailey, Dinko Pocanic, J. L. Holzbauer, Gavin Grant Hesketh, J. L. Ritchie, Alexander Keshavarzi, H. P. Binney, A. García, Manolis Kargiantoulakis, A. Basti, Barry King, B. MacCoy, M. Kiburg, David Rubin, Alexey Anisenkov, V. Tishchenko, Marin Karuza, H. Nguyen, P. Di Meo, Claudio Ferrari, N. Kinnaird, Liang Li, L. K. Gibbons, N. Raha, R. Chakraborty, D. Flay, R. N. Pilato, M. Incagli, M. Lancaster, Michael Syphers, S. Baeßler, T. J. V. Bowcock, J. LaBounty, G. M. Piacentino, D. Vasilkova, S. Park, A. Lusiani, T. Albahri, R. Madrak, Z. Hodge, Dominik Stöckinger, A. Chapelain, Brad Plaster, R. M. Carey, Dongdong Li, J. D. Crnkovic, D. W. Hertzog, Selcuk Haciomeroglu, J. P. Miller, Andrzej Wolski, Tabitha Halewood-leagas, Franco Bedeschi, B. L. Roberts, S. Grant, J. Fry, Kyoko Makino, J.B. Hempstead, S. Di Falco, K. S. Khaw, W. Turner, Z. Chu, A. T. Herrod, J. D. Price, T. Barrett, N. V. Khomutov, M. Farooq, P. Winter, J. Stapleton, R. Fatemi, D. Kawall, S. Charity, L. Santi, A. Schreckenberger, E. Valetov, B. Quinn, Yannis K. Semertzidis, B. Li, K. L. Giovanetti, A. E. Tewsley-Booth, S. Lee, Ran Hong, S. Leo, M. D. Galati, A.T. Fienberg, Sultan B. Dabagov, S. P. Chang, L. Kelton, G. Pauletta, Rachel Osofsky, G. Di Sciascio, S. Ganguly, D.A. Sweigart, Meghna Bhattacharya, Thomas Teubner, A. Gioiosa, S. Miozzi, B. Kiburg, J. Esquivel, A. Lorente Campos, David Kessler, E. Bottalico, M. Sorbara, Christopher Stoughton, J. Mott, Kayleigh Anne Thomson, Giovanni Cantatore, A. Fioretti, A. Anastasi, Wanwei Wu, Karie Badgley, S. Mastroianni, O. Kim, William Morse, L. Welty-Rieger, A. L. Lyon, A. Hibbert, A. Weisskopf, P. T. Debevec, W. Gohn, E. J. Ramberg, R. Di Stefano, E. Kraegeloh, Martin Berz, Z. Khechadoorian, S. Ramachandran, D. Stratakis, S. Corrodi, D. A. Tarazona, V. A. Baranov, J. Choi, F. Han, Nicholas A. Pohlman, M. Eads, I. Logashenko, N. A. Kuchinskiy, M. W. Smith, Y. I. Kim, A. Driutti, J. Kaspar, K. R. Labe, N. S. Froemming, E. Frlež, Albahri, T., Anastasi, A., Anisenkov, A., Badgley, K., Baeßler, S., Bailey, I., Baranov, V. A., Barlas-Yucel, E., Barrett, T., Basti, A., Bedeschi, F., Berz, M., Bhattacharya, M., Binney, H. P., Bloom, P., Bono, J., Bottalico, E., Bowcock, T., Cantatore, G., Carey, R. M., Casey, B. C. K., Cauz, D., Chakraborty, R., Chang, S. P., Chapelain, A., Charity, S., Chislett, R., Choi, J., Chu, Z., Chupp, T. E., Corrodi, S., Cotrozzi, L., Crnkovic, J. D., Dabagov, S., Debevec, P. T., Di Falco, S., Di Meo, P., Di Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Driutti, A., Duginov, V. N., Eads, M., Esquivel, J., Farooq, M., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fertl, M., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Flay, D., Frlež, E., Froemming, N. S., Fry, J., Gabbanini, C., Galati, M. D., Ganguly, S., Garcia, A., George, J., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Giovanetti, K. L., Girotti, P., Gohn, W., Gorringe, T., Grange, J., Grant, S., Gray, F., Haciomeroglu, S., Halewood-Leagas, T., Hampai, D., Han, F., Hempstead, J., Herrod, A. T., Hertzog, D. W., Hesketh, G., Hibbert, A., Hodge, Z., Holzbauer, J. L., Hong, K. W., Hong, R., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Kammel, P., Kargiantoulakis, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Kawall, D., Kelton, L., Keshavarzi, A., Kessler, D., Khaw, K. S., Khechadoorian, Z., Khomutov, N. V., Kiburg, B., Kiburg, M., Kim, O., Kim, Y. I., King, B., Kinnaird, N., Kraegeloh, E., Kuchibhotla, A., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Labe, K. R., Labounty, J., Lancaster, M., Lee, M. J., Lee, S., Leo, S., Li, B., Li, D., Li, L., Logashenko, I., Lorente Campos, A., Lucà, A., Lukicov, G., Lusiani, A., Lyon, A. L., Maccoy, B., Madrak, R., Makino, K., Marignetti, F., Mastroianni, S., Miller, J. P., Miozzi, S., Morse, W. M., Mott, J., Nath, A., Nguyen, H., Osofsky, R., Park, S., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Pilato, R. N., Pitts, K. T., Plaster, B., Počanić, D., Pohlman, N., Polly, C. C., Price, J., Quinn, B., Raha, N., Ramachandran, S., Ramberg, E., Ritchie, J. L., Roberts, B. L., Rubin, D. L., Santi, L., Schlesier, C., Schreckenberger, A., Semertzidis, Y. K., Shemyakin, D., Smith, M. W., Sorbara, M., Stöckinger, D., Stapleton, J., Stoughton, C., Stratakis, D., Stuttard, T., Swanson, H. E., Sweetmore, G., Sweigart, D. A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D. A., Teubner, T., Tewsley-Booth, A. E., Thomson, K., Tishchenko, V., Tran, N. H., Turner, W., Valetov, E., Vasilkova, D., Venanzoni, G., Walton, T., Weisskopf, A., Welty-Rieger, L., Winter, P., Wolski, A., and Wu, W.
Subjects: Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Measure (physics), FOS: Physical sciences, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Omega, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), muon, 0103 physical sciences, Fermilab, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Larmor precession, Physics, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, anomalous magnetic moment, 3. Good health, Magnetic field, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Storage ring, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: The Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) has measured the muon anomalous precession frequency $\omega_a$ to an uncertainty of 434 parts per billion (ppb), statistical, and 56 ppb, systematic, with data collected in four storage ring configurations during its first physics run in 2018. When combined with a precision measurement of the magnetic field of the experiment's muon storage ring, the precession frequency measurement determines a muon magnetic anomaly of $a_{\mu}({\rm FNAL}) = 116\,592\,040(54) \times 10^{-11}$ (0.46 ppm). This article describes the multiple techniques employed in the reconstruction, analysis and fitting of the data to measure the precession frequency. It also presents the averaging of the results from the eleven separate determinations of \omega_a, and the systematic uncertainties on the result., Comment: 29 pages, 19 figures. Published in Physical Review D
Published: 2021
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33. Magnetic Field Measurement and Analysis for the Muon g-2 Experiment at Fermilab

Author: Z. Chu, M. Eads, M. Lancaster, T. Halewood-Leagas, D. Flay, I. Logashenko, N. A. Kuchinskiy, M. W. Smith, Y. I. Kim, S.B. Dabagov, B. MacCoy, N. H. Tran, K. W. Hong, Liang Li, L. Santi, A. Chapelain, K. S. Khaw, K. T. Pitts, R. Fatemi, I. R. Bailey, E. Bottalico, Andrzej Wolski, R. N. Pilato, P. Bloom, M. Iacovacci, G. Pauletta, M. Incagli, R. Di Stefano, Timothy Chupp, E. Barlas-Yucel, G. Di Sciascio, G. Sweetmore, D. Cauz, P. Girotti, H. Nguyen, Thomas Teubner, D.A. Sweigart, A. E. Tewsley-Booth, G. Piacentino, D. Stöckinger, Karie Badgley, L. Kelton, P. Winter, Brad Plaster, J. L. Holzbauer, R. Chislett, B. Quinn, R. M. Carey, A. Conway, Kyoko Makino, A. Hibbert, B. C. K. Casey, A. Driutti, J. George, A. Lorente Campos, W. Turner, A. Lucà, S. Ramachandran, W. Wu, G. Hesketh, E. Valetov, E. Kraegeloh, Franco Bedeschi, A. Gioiosa, P. T. Debevec, L. Cotrozzi, V. N. Duginov, S. Corrodi, S. Miozzi, Yannis K. Semertzidis, M. J. Lee, S. Mastroianni, P. Di Meo, Martin Berz, K. L. Giovanetti, D. Stratakis, G. Lukicov, C. Gabbanini, J.B. Hempstead, A. Weisskopf, V. Tishchenko, B. Kiburg, H. E. Swanson, O. Kim, Michael Syphers, R. Osofsky, T. Stuttard, J. Esquivel, Dariush Hampai, T. J. V. Bowcock, Adam L. Lyon, Z. Khechadoorian, Meghna Bhattacharya, T. Barrett, Martin Fertl, D. Shemyakin, V. A. Baranov, Manolis Kargiantoulakis, R. Madrak, Marin Karuza, D. Vasilkova, S. Park, N. Kinnaird, A. Lusiani, T. Albahri, E. Ramberg, Nicholas A. Pohlman, D. Kawall, A. Schreckenberger, J. L. Ritchie, A. T. Herrod, Selcuk Haciomeroglu, L. K. Gibbons, J. Stapleton, Fabrizio Marignetti, K. Thomson, J. LaBounty, W. Gohn, G. Venanzoni, B. Li, Claudio Ferrari, Dinko Pocanic, S. P. Chang, S. Charity, T. Walton, T. P. Gorringe, Benjamin T. King, A. Fioretti, A. Anastasi, Sudeshna Ganguly, S. Lee, Ran Hong, M. D. Galati, A.T. Fienberg, William Morse, L. Welty-Rieger, Alejandro Garcia, J. Grange, J. Choi, Dongdong Li, D. W. Hertzog, A. Keshavarzi, M. Sorbara, F. Han, J. Bono, J. Mott, P. Kammel, C. Schlesier, Giovanni Cantatore, S. Di Falco, R. Chakraborty, C. C. Polly, J. P. Miller, M. Kiburg, J. Kaspar, David Rubin, S. Baeßler, K. R. Labe, N. S. Froemming, H. P. Binney, B. L. Roberts, S. Grant, J. Price, N. Raha, Z. Hodge, N. V. Khomutov, M. Farooq, Jason Crnkovic, D. A. Tarazona, C. Stoughton, A. Nath, Frederick Gray, David Kessler, Albahri, T., Anastasi, A., Badgley, K., Baessler, S., Bailey, I., Baranov, V. A., Barlas-Yucel, E., Barrett, T., Bedeschi, F., Berz, M., Bhattacharya, M., Binney, H. P., Bloom, P., Bono, J., Bottalico, E., Bowcock, T., Cantatore, G., Carey, R. M., Casey, B. C. K., Cauz, D., Chakraborty, R., Chang, S. P., Chapelain, A., Charity, S., Chislett, R., Choi, J., Chu, Z., Chupp, T. E., Conway, A., Corrodi, S., Cotrozzi, L., Crnkovic, J. D., Dabagov, S., Debevec, P. T., Di Falco, S., Di Meo, P., Di Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Driutti, A., Duginov, V. N., Eads, M., Esquivel, J., Farooq, M., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fertl, M., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Flay, D., Froemming, N. S., Gabbanini, C., Galati, M. D., Ganguly, S., Garcia, A., George, J., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Giovanetti, K. L., Girotti, P., Gohn, W., Gorringe, T., Grange, J., Grant, S., Gray, F., Haciomeroglu, S., Halewood-Leagas, T., Hampai, D., Han, F., Hempstead, J., Herrod, A. T., Hertzog, D. W., Hesketh, G., Hibbert, A., Hodge, Z., Holzbauer, J. L., Hong, K. W., Hong, R., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Kammel, P., Kargiantoulakis, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Kawall, D., Kelton, L., Keshavarzi, A., Kessler, D., Khaw, K. S., Khechadoorian, Z., Khomutov, N. V., Kiburg, B., Kiburg, M., Kim, O., Kim, Y. I., King, B., Kinnaird, N., Kraegeloh, E., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Labe, K. R., Labounty, J., Lancaster, M., Lee, M. J., Lee, S., Li, B., Li, D., Li, L., Logashenko, I., Lorente Campos, A., Luca, A., Lukicov, G., Lusiani, A., Lyon, A. L., Maccoy, B., Madrak, R., Makino, K., Marignetti, F., Mastroianni, S., Miller, J. P., Miozzi, S., Morse, W. M., Mott, J., Nath, A., Nguyen, H., Osofsky, R., Park, S., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Pilato, R. N., Pitts, K. T., Plaster, B., Pocanic, D., Pohlman, N., Polly, C. C., Price, J., Quinn, B., Raha, N., Ramachandran, S., Ramberg, E., Ritchie, J. L., Roberts, B. L., Rubin, D. L., Santi, L., Schlesier, C., Schreckenberger, A., Semertzidis, Y. K., Shemyakin, D., Smith, M. W., Sorbara, M., Stockinger, D., Stapleton, J., Stoughton, C., Stratakis, D., Stuttard, T., Swanson, H. E., Sweetmore, G., Sweigart, D. A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D. A., Teubner, T., Tewsley-Booth, A. E., Thomson, K., Tishchenko, V., Tran, N. H., Turner, W., Valetov, E., Vasilkova, D., Venanzoni, G., Walton, T., Weisskopf, A., Welty-Rieger, L., Winter, P., Wolski, A., Wu, W., Baeßler, S., Lucà, A., Počanić, D., and Stöckinger, D.
Subjects: Field (physics), Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Omega, High Energy Physics - Experiment, 010305 fluids & plasmas, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), muon, 0103 physical sciences, Proton spin crisis, Fermilab, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Larmor precession, Physics, Muon, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, VACUUM POLARIZATION CONTRIBUTIONSTEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCEPROTON NMRMOMENTSUSCEPTIBILITYTERMS, anomalous magnetic moment, Muon g-2 Experiment, anomalous precession frequency, Magnetic field, anomalous precession frequency, Muon g-2 Experiment, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has measured the anomalous precession frequency $a^{}_\mu = (g^{}_\mu-2)/2$ of the muon to a combined precision of 0.46 parts per million with data collected during its first physics run in 2018. This paper documents the measurement of the magnetic field in the muon storage ring. The magnetic field is monitored by nuclear magnetic resonance systems and calibrated in terms of the equivalent proton spin precession frequency in a spherical water sample at 34.7$^\circ$C. The measured field is weighted by the muon distribution resulting in $\tilde{\omega}'^{}_p$, the denominator in the ratio $\omega^{}_a$/$\tilde{\omega}'^{}_p$ that together with known fundamental constants yields $a^{}_\mu$. The reported uncertainty on $\tilde{\omega}'^{}_p$ for the Run-1 data set is 114 ppb consisting of uncertainty contributions from frequency extraction, calibration, mapping, tracking, and averaging of 56 ppb, and contributions from fast transient fields of 99 ppb., Comment: Added one citation and corrected missing normalization in Eqs (35) and (36)
Published: 2021
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34. Beam dynamics corrections to the Run-1 measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment at Fermilab

Author: K. S. Khaw, C. Schlesier, Diktys Stratakis, R. Fatemi, S. Corrodi, D. Newton, K. T. Pitts, R. T. Chislett, L. K. Gibbons, Kyoko Makino, E. Bottalico, A. Gioiosa, J. LaBounty, J. Bono, I. R. Bailey, P. Kammel, D. Kawall, T. J. V. Bowcock, H. P. Binney, W. Turner, A. T. Herrod, S. Miozzi, A. Schreckenberger, E. Valetov, N. H. Tran, K. W. Hong, J. Esquivel, M. Sorbara, Christopher Stoughton, Fabrizio Marignetti, A. Lucà, L. Kelton, M. Eads, D. Stöckinger, T. Barrett, G. Piacentino, J. Mott, S. Baeßler, Bck Casey, Kayleigh Anne Thomson, Giovanni Cantatore, Rachel Osofsky, M. Kiburg, E. Barlas-Yucel, Michael Syphers, C. C. Polly, J. Choi, R. Chakraborty, D. Flay, David Rubin, J. Grange, N. A. Kuchinskiy, M. W. Smith, G. Lukicov, M. Iacovacci, G. Pauletta, J. L. Ritchie, B. MacCoy, L. Cotrozzi, V. N. Duginov, A. Lorente Campos, S. Lee, Ran Hong, G. Sweetmore, D.A. Sweigart, M. Korostelev, Dongdong Li, D. W. Hertzog, Alexander Keshavarzi, G. Di Sciascio, Alejandro L. Garcia, Liang Li, F. Han, D. Sathyan, A.T. Fienberg, Sultan B. Dabagov, M. J. Lee, S. P. Chang, Benjamin T. King, Marin Karuza, R. N. Pilato, M. Incagli, J.B. Hempstead, B. Quinn, L. Santi, N. Kinnaird, F. Gray, P. Winter, L. Welty-Rieger, Meghna Bhattacharya, H. Nguyen, P. Di Meo, T. Stuttard, A. L. Lyon, David Kessler, A. Chapelain, J. Kaspar, B. Li, Galati, Sudeshna Ganguly, Andrzej Wolski, A. Driutti, D. A. Tarazona, Brad Plaster, R. M. Carey, D. Cauz, G. Venanzoni, J. Fry, B. Kiburg, J. P. Miller, W. Gohn, B. L. Roberts, S. Grant, V. A. Baranov, Nicholas A. Pohlman, N. V. Khomutov, M. Farooq, Jason Crnkovic, A. Hibbert, K. R. Labe, P. T. Debevec, Thomas Teubner, S. Di Falco, J. D. Price, Yi Kim, I.B. Logashenko, Yannis K. Semertzidis, K. L. Giovanetti, A. E. Tewsley-Booth, E. Frlež, Martin Berz, S. Charity, T. Walton, Z. Khechadoorian, S. Ramachandran, A. Fiedler, T. P. Gorringe, William Morse, A. Fioretti, A. Anastasi, O. Kim, A. Weisskopf, Wanwei Wu, Karie Badgley, S. Mastroianni, J. L. Holzbauer, Manolis Kargiantoulakis, S. Park, A. Lusiani, T. Albahri, R. Madrak, Selcuk Haciomeroglu, Z. Chu, Dariush Hampai, Gavin Grant Hesketh, J. George, Tishchenko, D. Vasilkova, Franco Bedeschi, P. Bloom, Timothy Chupp, P. Girotti, Nathan Froemming, J. Stapleton, Dinko Pocanic, M. Lancaster, C. Gabbanini, N. Raha, H. E. Swanson, Martin Fertl, Z. Hodge, Tabitha Halewood-leagas, E. J. Ramberg, A. Nath, R. Di Stefano, E. Kraegeloh, Claudio Ferrari, Albahri, T., Anastasi, A., Badgley, K., Baessler, S., Bailey, I., Baranov, V. A., Barlas-Yucel, E., Barrett, T., Bedeschi, F., Berz, M., Bhattacharya, M., Binney, H. P., Bloom, P., Bono, J., Bottalico, E., Bowcock, T., Cantatore, G., Carey, R. M., Casey, B. C. K., Cauz, D., Chakraborty, R., Chang, S. P., Chapelain, A., Charity, S., Chislett, R., Choi, J., Chu, Z., Chupp, T. E., Corrodi, S., Cotrozzi, L., Crnkovic, J. D., Dabagov, S., Debevec, P. T., Di Falco, S., Di Meo, P., Di Sciascio, G., Di Stefano, R., Driutti, A., Duginov, V. N., Eads, M., Esquivel, J., Farooq, M., Fatemi, R., Ferrari, C., Fertl, M., Fiedler, A., Fienberg, A. T., Fioretti, A., Flay, D., Frlez, E., Froemming, N. S., Fry, J., Gabbanini, C., Galati, M. D., Ganguly, S., Garcia, A., George, J., Gibbons, L. K., Gioiosa, A., Giovanetti, K. L., Girotti, P., Gohn, W., Gorringe, T., Grange, J., Grant, S., Gray, F., Haciomeroglu, S., Halewood-Leagas, T., Hampai, D., Han, F., Hempstead, J., Herrod, A. T., Hertzog, D. W., Hesketh, G., Hibbert, A., Hodge, Z., Holzbauer, J. L., Hong, K. W., Hong, R., Iacovacci, M., Incagli, M., Kammel, P., Kargiantoulakis, M., Karuza, M., Kaspar, J., Kawall, D., Kelton, L., Keshavarzi, A., Kessler, D., Khaw, K. S., Khechadoorian, Z., Khomutov, N. V., Kiburg, B., Kiburg, M., Kim, O., Kim, Y. I., King, B., Kinnaird, N., Korostelev, M., Kraegeloh, E., Kuchinskiy, N. A., Labe, K. R., Labounty, J., Lancaster, M., Lee, M. J., Lee, S., Li, B., Li, D., Li, L., Logashenko, I., Lorente Campos, A., Luca, A., Lukicov, G., Lusiani, A., Lyon, A. L., Maccoy, B., Madrak, R., Makino, K., Marignetti, F., Mastroianni, S., Miller, J. P., Miozzi, S., Morse, W. M., Mott, J., Nath, A., Newton, D., Nguyen, H., Osofsky, R., Park, S., Pauletta, G., Piacentino, G. M., Pilato, R. N., Pitts, K. T., Plaster, B., Pocanic, D., Pohlman, N., Polly, C. C., Price, J., Quinn, B., Raha, N., Ramachandran, S., Ramberg, E., Ritchie, J. L., Roberts, B. L., Rubin, D. L., Santi, L., Sathyan, D., Schlesier, C., Schreckenberger, A., Semertzidis, Y. K., Smith, M. W., Sorbara, M., Stockinger, D., Stapleton, J., Stoughton, C., Stratakis, D., Stuttard, T., Swanson, H. E., Sweetmore, G., Sweigart, D. A., Syphers, M. J., Tarazona, D. A., Teubner, T., Tewsley-Booth, A. E., Thomson, K., Tishchenko, V., Tran, N. H., Turner, W., Valetov, E., Vasilkova, D., Venanzoni, G., Walton, T., Weisskopf, A., Welty-Rieger, L., Winter, P., Wolski, A., and Wu, W.
Subjects: Larmor precession, Physics, Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph), Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Muon, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Anomalous magnetic dipole moment, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Surfaces and Interfaces, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Magnetic field, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), muon magnetic anomaly, 0103 physical sciences, Physics - Accelerator Physics, Fermilab, Pitch angle, 010306 general physics, G-2 EXPERIMENTFREQUENCY, Storage ring, Beam (structure)
Abstract: This paper presents the beam dynamics systematic corrections and their uncertainties for the Run-1 data set of the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment. Two corrections to the measured muon precession frequency $\omega_a^m$ are associated with well-known effects owing to the use of electrostatic quadrupole (ESQ) vertical focusing in the storage ring. An average vertically oriented motional magnetic field is felt by relativistic muons passing transversely through the radial electric field components created by the ESQ system. The correction depends on the stored momentum distribution and the tunes of the ring, which has relatively weak vertical focusing. Vertical betatron motions imply that the muons do not orbit the ring in a plane exactly orthogonal to the vertical magnetic field direction. A correction is necessary to account for an average pitch angle associated with their trajectories. A third small correction is necessary because muons that escape the ring during the storage time are slightly biased in initial spin phase compared to the parent distribution. Finally, because two high-voltage resistors in the ESQ network had longer than designed RC time constants, the vertical and horizontal centroids and envelopes of the stored muon beam drifted slightly, but coherently, during each storage ring fill. This led to the discovery of an important phase-acceptance relationship that requires a correction. The sum of the corrections to $\omega_a^m$ is 0.50 $\pm$ 0.09 ppm; the uncertainty is small compared to the 0.43 ppm statistical precision of $\omega_a^m$., Comment: 35 pages, 29 figures. Accepted by Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams
Published: 2021
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35. The new trigger/GPS module for the EEE project

Author: M. Garbini, S. Pisano, S. Serci, M. Battaglieri, L. Perasso, M. N. Mazziotta, M. Taiuti, Rosario Nania, Corrado Cicalo, Giuseppe Mandaglio, Marco Schioppa, F. L. Fabbri, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, E. Bossini, S. De Pasquale, A. Chiavassa, C. Gustavino, S. Miozzi, M. C. S. Williams, F. Nozzoli, G. Batignani, Antonio Trifiro, G. Maron, M. Panareo, S. Squarcia, R. Zuyeuski, G. Piragino, G. Galante, I. Gnesi, C. Pellegrino, W. Park, Luca Baldini, P. Galeotti, F. Carnesecchi, C. Vistoli, E. Coccia, G. Sartorelli, Marcello Abbrescia, Antonino Zichichi, L. Votano, Francesco Riggi, L. Zheng, Vladimir Frolov, M. Rizzi, A. Corvaglia, R. Baldini Ferroli, Luisa Cifarelli, Despina Hatzifotiadou, G. Gemme, Eugenio Scapparone, S. Grazzi, C. Ripoli, Francesco Noferini, M. Trimarchi, Riccardo Paoletti, Giancarlo C. Righini, G. Terreni, F. Coccetti, M. P. Panetta, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, F. Palmonari, A. Scribano, P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, Panetta, M. P., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini Ferroli, R., Baldini, L., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F., Frolov, V., Galante, G., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifiro, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Cosmic rays detector, Real-time computing, Embedded GPS engine, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, Data acquisition, law, 0103 physical sciences, Pulse-per-second signal, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Time synchronization detector, Instrumentation, Physics, Time synchronization detectors, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, 020208 electrical & electronic engineering, Detector, Trigger, Assisted GPS, Global Positioning System, Cosmic rays detectors, Embedded GPS engine, Time synchronization detectors, Trigger, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Cosmic rays detectors, Timestamp, business, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events Project is an experiment devoted to the study of the Extensive Atmospheric Showers (EAS) which consists of a network of Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs) muon telescopes distributed over a very large area ∼ 3 t i m e s 1 0 5 k m 2 . It requires a precise time synchronization to correlate the information collected from each single detector. The data acquisition system of each telescope is equipped with a trigger unit and a GPS receiver to perform precision timing of events. The Global Positioning System (GPS) unit provides the one pulse per second signal (1PPS) which is used to create a timestamp in UTC time. A novel VME trigger unit for the EEE telescopes was developed, including an embedded GPS engine for timing application. The trigger/GPS unit is presented, including some preliminary measurements of its time resolution.
Published: 2019

36. New Eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events MRPCs: results and plans

Author: M. Garbini, M. Trimarchi, M. Battaglieri, Luca Baldini, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, D. Hatzifotiadou, Eugenio Scapparone, Mn Mazziotta, L. Galante, L. Votano, M. Rizzi, Giancarlo C. Righini, Francesco Noferini, F. Coccetti, S. Pisano, Giuseppe Mandaglio, M. C. S. Williams, S. Serci, A. Corvaglia, C. Ripoli, Antonio Trifiro, L. Zheng, G. Maron, M. P. Panetta, I. Gnesi, F. Nozzoli, Francesco Riggi, P. La Rocca, C. Gustavino, M. C. Vistoli, Luisa Cifarelli, S. Grazzi, F. Carnesecchi, E. Coccia, L. Fabbri, M. Abbrescia, D. De Gruttola, G. Piragino, P. Galeotti, S. De Pasquale, G. Terreni, Antonino Zichichi, R. Baldini Ferroli, A. Scribano, R. Paoletti, V. V. Frolov, L. Perasso, F. Palmonari, C. Cicalo, G. Gemme, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, Rosario Nania, C. Pellegrino, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, R. Zuyeuski, E. Bossini, A. Chiavassa, S. Miozzi, M. Taiuti, Marco Schioppa, S. Squarcia, M. Panareo, W. Park, L. G. Batignani, G. Sartorelli, Pisano, S., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, L. G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D. De, Pasquale, S. De, Fabbri, L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P. La, Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Resistive-plate chambers, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear engineering, Resistive plate chamber, FOS: Physical sciences, Time resolution, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Timing detectors, Gaseous detectors, Muon spectrometer, Particle tracking detectors, Greenhouse gas, Environmental science, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Instrumentation, physics.ins-det, Mathematical Physics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events observatory is an extended muon telescope array, covering more than 10 degrees both in latitude and longitude. Its 59 muon telescopes are equipped with tracking detectors based on Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber technology with time resolution of the order of a few hundred picoseconds. The recent restrictions on greenhouse gases demand studies for new gas mixtures in compliance with the relative requirements. Tetrafluoropropene is one of the candidates for tetrafluoroethane substitution, since it is characterized by a Global Warming Power around 300 times lower than the gas mixtures used up to now. Several mixtures have been tested, measuring efficiency curves, charge distributions, streamer fractions and time resolutions. Results are presented for the whole set of mixtures and operating conditions, %. A set of tests on a real EEE telescope, with cosmic muons, are being performed at the CERN-01 EEE telescope. The tests are focusing on identifying a mixture with good performance at the low rates typical of an EEE telescope., 8 pages, 6 figures, proceedings for the "XIV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors" (19-23 February 2018), Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, Mexico
Published: 2019

37. The students of the EEE Project in the footprints of Eratosthenes to measure the Earth radius

Author: M. Abbrescia, C. Avanzini, L. Baldini, R. Baldini Ferroli, G. Batignani, M. Battaglieri, S. Boi, E. Bossini, F. Carnesecchi, A. Chiavassa, C. Cicalo, L. Cifarelli, F. Coccetti, E. Coccia, A. Corvaglia, D. De Gruttola, S. De Pasquale, F. L. Fabbri, V. Frolov, L. Galante, P. Galeotti, M. Garbini, G. Gemme, I. Gnesi, S. Grazzi, C. Gustavino, D. Hatzifotiadou, P. La Rocca, G. Mandaglio, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, G. Maron, M. N. Mazziotta, S. Miozzi, R. Nania, F. Noferini, F. Nozzoli, F. Palmonari, M. Panareo, M. P. Panetta, R. Paoletti, W. Park, L. Perasso, F. Pilo, G. Piragino, S. Pisano, F. Riggi, G. C. Righini, C. Ripoli, M. Rizzi, G. Sartorelli, E. Scapparone, M. Schioppa, A. Scribano, M. Selvi, S. Serci, S. Squarcia, M. Taiuti, G. Terreni, A. Trifirò, M. Trimarchi, M. C. Vistoli, L. Votano, M. C. S. Williams, L. Zheng, A. Zichichi, R. Zuyeuski, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: didactics, cosmic rays, earth radius
Abstract: One of the main goals of the school and research system is the education of future scientists. However, being hard to figure out what the daily life of a scientist is, it is mandatory for a high school student to evaluate a future university career, have chances to experience how a research activity is organized. The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) - La Scienza nelle scuole project plays, in this context, an essential role: involving high school students in a cosmic-ray experiment, offers them such an opportunity. The Project, coordinated by the Italian Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi” in Rome, is organized in different activities. Among them, annual meetings where students present their work and take part in initiatives finalized to increase their scientific knowledge. In this paper, one of such activities will be discussed, performed at the Fondazione e Centro di Cultura Scientifica “Ettore Majorana” in Erice on May 2017 and finalized to the measurement of the Earth radius with the Eratostene method.
Published: 2019

38. Extreme Energy Events Project: construction of the detectors

Author: I. Gnesi, L. Votano, P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, Luca Baldini, G. Piragino, Marcello Abbrescia, M. Taiuti, S. Serci, Mario Nicola Mazziottai, M. Rizzi, V. V. Frolov, F. Carnesecchi, M. Panareo, C. Ripoli, S. Pisano, Rosario Nania, P. Galeotti, M. C. Vistoli, C. Avanzini, Giancarlo C. Righini, Corrado Cicalo, W. Park, M. Selvi, S. Squarcia, S. Grazzi, G. Sartorelli, A. Scribano, A. Zichichi, R. Zuyeuski, Giuseppe Mandaglio, Riccardo Paoletti, L. Perasso, G. Batignani, E. Bossini, G. Terreni, C. Gustavino, F. Palmonari, Andrea Chiavassa, Federico Pilo, F. Nozzoli, A. Corvaglia, Despina Hatzifotiadou, S. Miozzi, M. C. S. Williams, E. Coccia, Antonio Trifiro, G. Maron, Francesco Riggi, L. Zheng, M. Garbini, S. De Pasquale, F. Fabbri, M. Battaglieri, G. Gemme, Francesco Noferini, Eugenio Scapparone, M. Trimarchi, R. Baldini Ferroli, F. Coccetti, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, M. Schioppa, M. P. Panetta, Luisa Cifarelli, Carnesecchi, Francesca, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, Luca, Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Chiavassa, Andrea, Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, Daniele, De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, Franco L., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, Ivan, Grazzi, Stefano, Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, Despina, La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, Giuseppe, Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Mazziottai, Mario Nicola, Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, Federico, Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, Riccardo, Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, Federico, Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, Marco, Scribano, A., Selvi, Marco, Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, Mauro, Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., Batignani, Giovanni, Cicalo, Corrado, Panetta, M.P., Riggi, Francesco, Righini, G.C., and Vistoli, M.C.
Subjects: Engineering, Large Hadron Collider, Multidisciplinary, business.industry, Detector, MRPC EEE, law.invention, Outreach, Telescope, MRPC, cosmic rays, extreme energy, Extensive Air Showers, Muon spectrometer, law, Quality monitoring, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, business, Telecommunications, Energy (signal processing), Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment is a strategic project of Centro Fermi dedicated to the study of extreme energy cosmic rays with an innovative outreach approach: high school students are directly involved in the experiment and play a primary role. EEE exploits a network of muon tracking telescopes constituted by three large area MRPCs. In this work we describe the detector design and the construction phase which is performed at CERN by high school students and teachers. The experiment is coordinated by Centro Fermi with collaboration from INFN, CERN, Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR).Nowadays 525252 telescope are installed all over Italy (3 105 km23~10^5~km^23 105 km2) and a total of 100 institutes participate monitoring the quality of the data and analysing them. The EEE Project is still expanding to enlarge the network, involving more schools.
Published: 2018

39. Search for long distance correlations between extensive air showers detected by the EEE network

Author: Marco Schioppa, C. Gustavino, S. Squarcia, G. Piragino, Rosario Nania, A. Scribano, Francesco Noferini, C. Ripoli, Despina Hatzifotiadou, M. P. Panetta, M. Selvi, P. Galeotti, Eugenio Scapparone, S. Pisano, M. Garbini, Corrado Cicalo, M. C. S. Williams, A. Chiavassa, M. C. Vistoli, G. Maron, S. Serci, F. L. Fabbri, G. Batignani, S. De Pasquale, M. Panareo, S. Grazzi, A. Trifirò, M. Battaglieri, Gabriella Sartorelli, I. Gnesi, Riccardo Paoletti, L. Perasso, G. Terreni, Luisa Cifarelli, W. Park, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, F. Carnesecchi, E. Coccia, F. Palmonari, Giancarlo C. Righini, A. Zichichi, F. Coccetti, R. Baldini Ferroli, M. N. Mazziotta, E. Bossini, P. La Rocca, Luca Baldini, D. De Gruttola, Marcello Abbrescia, Giuseppe Mandaglio, F. Nozzoli, L. Votano, S. Miozzi, M. Trimarchi, V. V. Frolov, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, G. Gemme, R. Zuyeuski, Francesco Riggi, L. Zheng, M. Taiuti, Abbrescia, M., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F.L., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M.N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G.C., Ripoli, C., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M.C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., Fabbri, F. L., Mazziotta, M. N., Panetta, M. P., Righini, G. C., Vistoli, M. C., and Williams, M. C. S.
Subjects: Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Angular distance, Cosmic Rays, air showers, Extreme Energy Events, Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers, Anomaly (natural sciences), array telescope, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Extensive Air Shower, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Coincidence, Confidence interval, law.invention, Telescope, Physics and Astronomy (all), law, 0103 physical sciences, MRPC, Cosmic rays, Extensive Air Showers, MRPC, 010306 general physics, Spurious relationship, Event (particle physics), cosmic ray
Abstract: A search for long distance correlations between individual Extensive Air Showers (EAS) detected by pairs of MRPC telescopes of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) network was carried out. The search for an anomaly in these events is the purpose of our work. A dataset obtained by all the possible 45 pairs between 10 EEE cluster sites (hosting at least two telescopes), located at relative distances between 86 and 1200km, was analyzed, corresponding to an overall period of 3968 days time exposure. To estimate the possible event excess with respect to the spurious rate, the number of coincidence events was extracted as a function of the time difference between the arrival of the showers in the two sites, from $\pm 10$ s to the smallest time interval where events are still observed. The analysis was done taking into account both the time and orientation correlation between the showers detected by the telescope pairs. A few candidate events with unusually small time difference and angular distance were observed, with a p-value sensibly smaller than a confidence level of 0.05.
Published: 2018

40. The Extreme Energy Events experiment: An overview of the telescopes performance

Author: R. Paoletti, V. V. Frolov, Rosario Nania, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, S. Pisano, C. Gustavino, A. Chiavassa, S. Serci, G. Batignani, G. Piragino, A. Scribano, L. Galante, L. Votano, Giancarlo C. Righini, C. Ripoli, C. Cicalo, Giuseppe Mandaglio, R. Zuyeuski, F. L. Fabbri, G. Gemme, M. C. Vistoli, M. C. S. Williams, S. Grazzi, F. Nozzoli, R. Baldini Ferroli, F. Carnesecchi, E. Coccia, G. Terreni, Luca Baldini, L. Perasso, I. Gnesi, F. Coccetti, Marcello Abbrescia, M. Rizzi, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, Francesco Riggi, Eugenio Scapparone, C. Pellegrino, M. N. Mazziotta, Antonio Trifiro, G. Maron, P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, S. De Pasquale, A. Corvaglia, D. Hatzifotiadou, M. Panareo, L. Zheng, W. Park, Luisa Cifarelli, M. Trimarchi, G. Sartorelli, F. Palmonari, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, M. Garbini, M. Battaglieri, S. Miozzi, A. Zichichi, E. Bossini, M. Taiuti, Marco Schioppa, S. Squarcia, Francesco Noferini, M. P. Panetta, P. Galeotti, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, F.L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P. La, Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziotta, M.N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G.C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifiro, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M.C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., Gruttola, D. De, Pasquale, S. De, Fabbri, F. L., Mazziotta, M. N., Panetta, M. P., Righini, G. C., Trifirò, A., Vistoli, M. C., and Williams, M. C. S.
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Performance of High Energy Physics Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Extensive Air Shower, Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber, Particle tracking detectors, Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors, Resistive-plate chambers, Timing detectors, Cosmic Ray, 01 natural sciences, Resistiveplate chambers, RESISTIVE PLATE CHAMBERS, Muon spectrometer, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 010306 general physics, physics.ins-det, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Resistive plate chamber, Astronomy, COSMIC-RAY TESTS, Time resolution, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Particle tracking detector, Timing detector, Resistiveplate chamber, Particle tracking detectors, Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors, Resistiveplate chambers, Timing detectors, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC). The EEE network is composed, so far, of 53 telescopes, each made of three MRPC detectors; it is organized in clusters and single telescope stations distributed all over the Italian territory and installed in High Schools, covering an area larger than $3\times10^{5}$ km$^{2}$. The study of Extensive Air Showers (EAS), that is one of the goal of the project, requires excellent performance in terms of time and spatial resolution, efficiency, tracking capability and long term stability. The data from two recent coordinated data taking periods, named Run 2 and Run 3, have been used to measure these quantities and the results are here reported, together with a comparison with expectations and with the results from a beam test performed in 2006 at CERN., 21 pages, 17 figures
Published: 2018

41. Performance of the multigap resistive plate chambers of the extreme energy events project

Author: Corrado Cicalo, Rosario Nania, C. Avanzini, L. Fabbri, Luca Baldini, M. Selvi, A. Chiavassa, C. Gustavino, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, M. Rizzi, M. C. S. Williams, L. Galante, Giancarlo C. Righini, F. Coccetti, A. Scribano, S. De Pasquale, G. Piragino, Antonio Trifiro, G. Maron, Giuseppe Mandaglio, S. Pisano, F. Nozzoli, S. Serci, G. Gemme, M. N. Mazziotta, M. C. Vistoli, S. Grazzi, Antonino Zichichi, Riccardo Paoletti, R. Baldini Ferroli, G. Terreni, I. Gnesi, C. Ripoli, L. Votano, A. Corvaglia, P. La Rocca, Eugenio Scapparone, D. De Gruttola, F. Carnesecchi, E. Coccia, L. Perasso, M. Panareo, W. Park, L. G. Batignani, G. Sartorelli, S. Miozzi, M. Garbini, M. Battaglieri, E. Bossini, F. Palmonari, Despina Hatzifotiadou, Luisa Cifarelli, C. Pellegrino, L. Zheng, Vladimir Frolov, M. Trimarchi, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, M. Taiuti, Marco Schioppa, S. Squarcia, Francesco Noferini, M. P. Panetta, P. Galeotti, M. Abbrescia, R. Zuyeuski, Francesco Riggi, Garbini, M., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, L. G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Fabbri, L., Frolov, V., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Mandaglio, G., Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Pellegrino, C., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., Gruttola, D. De, Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Pasquale, S. De, Fabbri, F. L., Rocca, P. La, and Rodriguez, O. Maragoto
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Resistive plate chamber, Performance of High Energy Physics Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Tracking (particle physics), Timing detectors, 01 natural sciences, Cosmic rays, Multi gap resistive plate chambers, Tracking detectors, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Tracking detectors, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Muon spectrometer, Particle tracking detectors, 0103 physical sciences, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Aerospace engineering, physics.ins-det, Cosmic rays, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors, Resistive-plate chambers, Physics, Resistive touchscreen, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Tracking detectors, Cosmic rays, Multi gap resistive plate chambers, Detector, Time resolution, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Particle tracking detector, Multi gap resistive plate chambers, Global Positioning System, business, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: The muon telescopes of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project are made of three Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC). The EEE array is composed, so far, of 59 telescopes and is organized in clusters and single telescope stations distributed all over the Italian territory. They are installed in High Schools with the aim to join research and teaching activities, by involving researchers, teachers and students in the construction, maintenance, data taking and data analysis. The unconventional working sites, mainly school buildings with non-controlled environmental parameters and heterogeneous maintenance conditions, are a unique test field for checking the robustness, the low-ageing features and the long-lasting performance of the MRPC technology for particle tracking and timing purposes. The measurements performed with the EEE array require excellent performance in terms of time and spatial resolution, efficiency, tracking capability and stability. The data from two recent coordinated data taking periods, named Run 2 and Run 3, have been used to measure these quantities and the results are described, together with a comparison with expectations and with the results from a beam test performed in 2006 at CERN., 6 pages, 4 figures, conference RPC 2018
Published: 2019
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42. Operation and performance of the EEE network array for the detection of cosmic rays

Author: C. Gustavino, G. Piragino, M. C. S. Williams, G. Maron, M. P. Panetta, M. Dreucci, Antonino Zichichi, M. Panareo, M. D'Incecco, R. Baldini Ferroli, W. Park, P. Galeotti, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, Eugenio Scapparone, L. Votano, A. Scribano, Luca Baldini, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, F. Licciulli, Rosario Nania, A. Corvaglia, L. Stori, S. Zani, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, A. Ferraro, Giancarlo C. Righini, S. Serci, S. Miozzi, Marcello Abbrescia, E. Fattibene, M. N. Mazziotta, A. Chiavassa, R. Zuyeuski, G. Batignani, G. Gemme, E. Siddi, P. La Rocca, B. Martelli, M. Garbini, Francesco Riggi, D. De Gruttola, Luisa Cifarelli, F. Nozzoli, F. L. Fabbri, Despina Hatzifotiadou, Vladimir Frolov, Gabriella Sartorelli, I. Gnesi, L. Perasso, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, M. Taiuti, Corrado Cicalo, E. Bossini, S. De Pasquale, Marco Schioppa, A. Di Giovanni, O.B. Visnyei, S. Squarcia, G. Bencivenni, M. C. Vistoli, S. Grazzi, Riccardo Paoletti, G. Terreni, Francesco Noferini, G. Badurek, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic, M. Friedl, M. Jeitler, M. Krammer, J. Schieck and C. Schwanda, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Licciulli, F., Maggiora, A., Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Martelli, B., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, Marco, Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Stori, L., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Visnyei, O. B., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., Fabbri, F.L., Mazziotta, M.N., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Righini, G.C., Visnyei, O.B., Vistoli, M.C., and Williams, M.C.S.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmic ray, 01 natural sciences, Sparse array, Cosmic rays, MRPC, Physics education, Telescopes, 0103 physical sciences, Aerospace engineering, 010306 general physics, Telescope, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physic, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Cosmic ray muons, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Muon flux, business
Abstract: The EEE (Extreme Energy Events) Project is an experiment for the detection of cosmic ray muons by means of a sparse array of telescopes, each made of three Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC), distributed over all the Italian territory and at CERN. The main scientific goals of the Project are the investigation of the properties of the local muon flux, the detection of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) and the search for long-distance correlations between far telescopes. The Project is also characterized by a strong educational and outreach aspect since the telescopes are managed by teams of students and teachers who had previously constructed them at CERN. In this paper an overall description of the experiment is given, including the design, construction and performance of the telescopes. The operation of the whole array, which currently consists of more than 50 telescopes, is also presented by showing the most recent physics results.
Published: 2017

43. The EEE project – Science in schools: state and results

Author: M. Panareo, A. Ferraro, Giancarlo C. Righini, P. Galeotti, W. Park, G. Sartorelli, M. Dreucci, F. Licciulli, Antonino Zichichi, G. Bencivenni, B. Martelli, S. De Pasquale, R. Baldini Ferroli, S. Miozzi, F. L. Fabbri, S. Zani, L. Stori, E. Siddi, Francesco Noferini, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, C. Gustavino, O.B. Visnyei, L. Votano, S. Serci, A. Scribano, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, R. Zuyeuski, M. Taiuti, Vladimir Frolov, A. Corvaglia, M. P. Panetta, G. Piragino, E. Bossini, Marco Schioppa, M. C. Vistoli, Francesco Riggi, Luisa Cifarelli, Rosario Nania, I. Gnesi, S. Squarcia, C. Avanzini, M. Garbini, F. Nozzoli, Despina Hatzifotiadou, S. Grazzi, M. Selvi, L. Perasso, A. Chiavassa, A. Di Giovanni, Luca Baldini, Marcello Abbrescia, Mn Mazziotta, G. Batignani, M. D'Incecco, Riccardo Paoletti, G. Terreni, M. C. S. Williams, G. Maron, Eugenio Scapparone, Corrado Cicalo, P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, E. Fattibene, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, G. Gemme, C. Aramo, M. Buscemi, R. Caruso, R. Colalillo, F. Guarino, A. Insolia and L. Valore, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Licciulli, F., Maggiora, A., Maragoto Rodriguez, O., Maron, G., Martelli, B., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Stori, L., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Visnyei, O. B., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., Fabbri, F.L., Mazziotta, M.N., Panetta, M.P., Righini, G.C., Visnyei, O.B., Vistoli, M.C., and Williams, M.C.S.
Subjects: Particle physics, High energy, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic ray, Multigap RPC, 01 natural sciences, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, EAS detection, 0103 physical sciences, Forbush decrease, Muon detection, media_common, Multigap RPC, EAS detection, Muon detection, Forbush decrease, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Muon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy, Engineering physics, EAS detection, Forbush decrease, Multigap RPC, Muon detection, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Sky, Christian ministry, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) project is an extended array for cosmic rays survey. It was conceived by Antonino Zichichi and supported by the Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi” with the collaboration of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR). This experiment is aimed to study cosmic rays of extreme high energy, and related phenomena. To achieve this goal, a network of nearly 50 muon telescopes has been installed in high schools, distributed throughout the Italian territory, either as single stations or clusters. During the second coordinated run of data taking, which ended in May 2016, 25 billion muon tracks were detected and reconstructed. This huge amount of data, allows us to undertake various studies: the dependence of the local muon flux on solar activity; the sky anisotropy on sub-TeV scale; event correlations, due to EAS, between clustered telescopes at distances from a few hundred meters to over a kilometre. The status of the project and some results will be presented.
Published: 2017

44. A Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers array for the Extreme Energy Events Project

Author: Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, M. C. S. Williams, G. Maron, P. Galeotti, G. Bencivenni, M. D'Incecco, Francesco Noferini, Despina Hatzifotiadou, M. Panareo, Richard Forster, S. Serci, R. Zouyevski, Corrado Cicalo, M. P. Panetta, S. De Pasquale, A. Ferraro, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, S. Miozzi, F. L. Fabbri, E. Bressan, A. Chiavassa, G. Batignani, M. C. Vistoli, M. Taiuti, G. Zani, S. Grazzi, A. Corvaglia, F. Nozzoli, P. La Rocca, A. Di Giovanni, D. De Gruttola, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, Eugenio Scapparone, C. Gustavino, Marco Schioppa, G. Sartorelli, E. Siddi, Francesco Riggi, E. Fattibene, Giancarlo C. Righini, G. Terreni, Luca Baldini, G. Piragino, Vladimir Frolov, Marcello Abbrescia, G. Gemme, S. Squarcia, Luisa Cifarelli, E. Bossini, L. Perasso, M. Garbini, B. Martelli, A.R. Rodriguez, I. Gnesi, R. Paoletti, L. Votano, M. N. Mazziotta, M. Dreucci, Antonino Zichichi, R. Baldini Ferroli, A. Scribano, Gabriella Cataldi, Ivan De Mitri, Daniele Martello, De Gruttola, D., Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Forster, R., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Maron, G., Martelli, B., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, Marco, Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Rodriguez, A. R., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, G., Zichichi, A., Zouyevski, R., Fabbri, F.L., Mazziotta, M.N., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Righini, G.C., Rodriguez, A.R., Vistoli, M.C., and Williams, M.C.S.
Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Extensive Air Shower, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber, Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers, Tracking (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, cosmic rays, law, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, cosmic ray, Extensive Air Showers, Astroparticle physics, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Longitude, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project is a Centro Fermi - CERN - INFN - MIUR Collaboration Project, for the study of extremely high-energy cosmic rays, which exploits the Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) technology. The excellent time resolution and good tracking capability of this detector allows us to study Extensive Air Showers (EAS) with an array of telescopes distributed all over the Italian territory. Each telescope is installed in a High School, with the additional goal to introduce students to particle and astroparticle Physics. The EEE array is composed, so far, of 47 telescopes, each made of three MRPC planes, spanning more than 10 degrees in latitude and 11 in longitude, organized in clusters and single telescope stations. The status of the experiment and the results, obtained during two recent coordinated data taking periods, will be reported. The observation of Forbush decreases, coincidence events among different telescopes and the muon decay, using more than 5 billion tracks collected in the last few months, are of particular interest.
Published: 2016

45. Recent results and performance of the multi-gap resistive plate chambers network for the EEE Project

Author: C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, Despina Hatzifotiadou, A. Chiavassa, B. Martelli, G. Batignani, E. Bossini, F. Nozzoli, A. Di Giovanni, M. C. Vistoli, S. Grazzi, Luca Baldini, A. Scribano, Marcello Abbrescia, F. L. Fabbri, Antonino Zichichi, S. Miozzi, S. Serci, Riccardo Paoletti, G. Gemme, M. Dreucci, M. Taiuti, R. Baldini Ferroli, G. Terreni, A. Corvaglia, M. C. S. Williams, G. Maron, V. Frolov, Corrado Cicalo, M. Garbini, Marco Schioppa, Francesco Noferini, C. Gustavino, F. Licciulli, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, E. Fattibene, Luisa Cifarelli, G. Piragino, A. Ferraro, R. Zuyeusky, S. De Pasquale, Eugenio Scapparone, S. Squarcia, Francesco Riggi, L. Perasso, M. P. Panetta, I. Gnesi, E. Siddi, L. Stori, M. N. Mazziotta, S. Zani, Giancarlo C. Righini, P. Galeotti, L. Votano, G. Bencivenni, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, M. D`Incecco, O.B. Visnyei, M. Panareo, W. Park, G. Sartorelli, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, Rosario Nania, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F.L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Licciulli, F., Maggiora, A., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Martelli, B., Mazziotta, M.N., Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G.C., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Stori, L., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Visnyei, O.B., Vistoli, M.C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., Zuyeusky, R., Gruttola, D. De, Pasquale, S. De, Giovanni, A. Di, D`incecco, M., Fabbri, F. L., Rocca, P. La, Mazziotta, M. N., Panareo, Marco, Panetta, M. P., Righini, G. C., Visnyei, O. B., Vistoli, M. C., and Williams, M. C. S.
Subjects: Particle physics, Instrumentation, Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors), Cosmic ray, multi-gap resistive plate chambers, cosmic rays, EAS, Resistive-plate chamber, 01 natural sciences, Optics, Muon spectrometer, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, Large detector-systems performance, Resistive-plate chambers, 0103 physical sciences, Mathematical Physics, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Spark chamber, 010306 general physics, Image resolution, Physics, Resistive touchscreen, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Resistive plate chamber, Time resolution, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physic, Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics, Large detector-systems performance, Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors), Resistive-plate chambers, business
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project is devoted to the study of Extensive Atmospheric Showers through a network of muon telescopes, installed in High Schools, with the further aim of introducing young students to particle and astroparticle physics. Each telescope is a tracking detector composed of three Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC) with an active area of 1.60 × 0.80 m(2). Their characteristics are similar to the ones built for the Time Of Flight array of the ALICE Experimentat LHC . The EEE Project started with a few pilot towns, where the telescopes have been taking data since 2008, and it has been constantly extended, reaching at present more than 50 MRPCs telescopes. They are spread across Italy with two additional stations at CERN, covering an area of around 3 × 10(5) km(2), with a total surface area for all the MRPCs of 190 m(2). A comprehensive description of the MRPCs network is reported here: efficiency, time and spatial resolution measured using cosmic rays hitting the telescopes. The most recent results on the detector and physics performance from a series of coordinated data acquisition periods are also presented.
Published: 2016

46. Looking at the sub-TeV sky with cosmic muons detected in the EEE MRPC telescopes

Author: V. Frolov, Antonino Zichichi, R. Baldini Ferroli, S. Zani, A. Scribano, Eugenio Scapparone, I. Gnesi, Despina Hatzifotiadou, G. Bencivenni, C. Gustavino, M. N. Mazziotta, G. Piragino, Corrado Cicalo, L. Votano, E. Siddi, M. C. S. Williams, R. Zuyeuski, A. Di Giovanni, E. Bressan, M. Taiuti, Giancarlo C. Righini, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, G. Maron, M. D'Incecco, M. C. Vistoli, S. Grazzi, P. Galeotti, M. Dreucci, Francesco Riggi, Richard Forster, Riccardo Paoletti, S. Squarcia, S. Serci, A. Rodriguez Rodriguez, E. Fattibene, G. Gemme, M. P. Panetta, F. Nozzoli, G. Terreni, M. Schioppa, M. Panareo, Luisa Cifarelli, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, A. Chiavassa, G. Sartorelli, Luca Baldini, G. Batignani, Marcello Abbrescia, A. Corvaglia, S. De Pasquale, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, S. Miozzi, P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, E. Bossini, M. Garbini, F. L. Fabbri, L. Perasso, A. Ferraro, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Baldini Ferroli, R., Batignani, G., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D’Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Fattibene, E., Ferraro, A., Forster, R., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Maggiora, A., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M. N., Miozzi, S., Nozzoli, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Rodriguez Rodriguez, A., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Vistoli, M. C., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zani, S., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R., and Panareo, Marco
Subjects: Physics, Muon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, media_common.quotation_subject, Anomaly (natural sciences), Cosmic muon, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, General Physics and Astronomy, Resistive plate chamber, Astrophysics, Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC), muon telescope, cosmic showers, Physics and Astronomy (all), Sky, Cosmic muons, High energy physics, cosmic rays, Right ascension, media_common
Abstract: Distributions of secondary cosmic muons were measured by the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC) telescopes of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project, spanning a large angular and temporal acceptance through its sparse sites, to test the possibility to search for any anomaly over long runs. After correcting for the time exposure and geometrical acceptance of the telescopes, data were transformed into equatorial coordinates, and equatorial sky maps were obtained from different sites on a preliminary dataset of 110M events in the energy range at sub-TeV scale.
Published: 2015

47. A multigap resistive plate chamber array for the Extreme Energy Events project

Author: A. Regano, S. Miozzi, P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, Antonino Zichichi, R. Baldini Ferroli, Luisa Cifarelli, A. G. Agocs, E. Bossini, M. Garbini, S. Aiola, C. Gustavino, G. Gemme, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, S. Li, M. Taiuti, Riccardo Paoletti, M. C. S. Williams, Giancarlo C. Righini, G. Piragino, A. Chiavassa, G. Sartorelli, E. Siddi, A. Scribano, Despina Hatzifotiadou, S. Serci, Corrado Cicalo, L. Votano, M. Panareo, M. Dreucci, Eugenio Scapparone, G. Bencivenni, G. Spandre, S. Squarcia, M. D'Incecco, F. L. Fabbri, R. Zouyevski, L. Perasso, S. De Pasquale, Marcello Abbrescia, E. Bressan, I. Gnesi, Marco Maria Massai, Francesco Riggi, V. Frolov, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, R. Antolini, F. Librizzi, F. Tosello, G. Yanez, A. Di Giovanni, De Gruttola, D., Abbrescia, M., Agocs, A., Aiola, S., Antolini, R., Avanzini, C., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A.D., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F.L., Frolov, V., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Li, S., Librizzi, F., Maggiora, A., Massai, M., Miozzi, S., Panareo, M., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Regano, A., Riggi, F., Righini, G.C., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Spandre, G., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Tosello, F., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Yanez, G., Zichichi, A., Zouyevski, R., D., De Gruttola, M., Abbrescia, A., Agoc, S., Aiola, R., Antolini, C., Avanzini, R., Baldini Ferroli, G., Bencivenni, E., Bossini, E., Bressan, A., Chiavassa, C., Cicalò, L., Cifarelli, E., Coccia, S., De Pasquale, A., Di Giovanni, M., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, F. L., Fabbri, V., Frolov, M., Garbini, G., Gemme, I., Gnesi, C., Gustavino, D., Hatzifotiadou, P., La Rocca, S., Li, F., Librizzi, A., Maggiora, M., Massai, S., Miozzi, Panareo, Marco, R., Paoletti, L., Perasso, F., Pilo, G., Piragino, A., Regano, F., Riggi, G. C., Righini, G., Sartorelli, E., Scapparone, A., Scribano, M., Selvi, S., Serci, E., Siddi, G., Spandre, S., Squarcia, M., Taiuti, F., Tosello, L., Votano, M. C. S., William, G., Yanez, A., Zichichi, O, and R., Zouyevski
Subjects: Gaseous detectors, Particle tracking detectors, Resistive-plate chambers, Timing detectors, Multi-gap resistive plate chambers, Particle tracking, Resistive-plate chambers, Timing detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Particle tracking detectors (Gaseous detectors), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cosmic ray, Tracking (particle physics), Resistive-plate chamber, Timing detectors, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Telescope, Gaseous detectors, Multi-gap resistive plate chambers, law, Particle tracking detectors, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, Gaseous detector, Aerospace engineering, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Astroparticle physics, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Resistive-plate chambers, Particle tracking, business.industry, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Particle tracking detector, Timing detector, business, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project is a Centro Fermi - CERN - INFN - MIUR Collaboration Project for the study of extremely high energy cosmic rays, which exploits the Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) technology. The excellent time resolution and good tracking capability of this kind of detector allows us to study Extensive Air Showers (EAS) with an array of MRPC telescopes distributed across the Italian territory. Each telescope is installed in a high school, with the further goal to introduce students to particle and astroparticle Physics. The status of the experiment and the results obtained are reported.
Published: 2014

48. Cosmic rays Monte Carlo simulations for the Extreme Energy Events Project

Author: M. Garbini, Giancarlo C. Righini, G. Gemme, G. Spandre, C. Gustavino, M. D'Incecco, F. L. Fabbri, M. Dreucci, R. Antolini, P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, M. Taiuti, A. Di Giovanni, E. Bressan, G. Piragino, Luisa Cifarelli, Despina Hatzifotiadou, Antonino Zichichi, L. Perasso, Marcello Abbrescia, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, R. Baldini Ferroli, G. Bencivenni, A. Regano, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, M. Massai, Riccardo Paoletti, S. Miozzi, A. Chiavassa, Francesco Riggi, A. G. Agocs, V. Frolov, F. Librizzi, F. Tosello, R. Zuyeuski, Eugenio Scapparone, S. Li, M. C. S. Williams, S. Aiola, G. Yanez, A. Scribano, E. Bossini, S. Serci, E. Siddi, M. Panareo, Gabriella Sartorelli, I. Gnesi, L. Votano, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, Sandro Squarcia, Corrado Cicalo, S. De Pasquale, M., Abbrescia, A., Agoc, S., Aiola, R., Antolini, C., Avanzini, R., Baldini Ferroli, G., Bencivenni, E., Bossini, E., Bressan, A., Chiavassa, C., Cicalò, L., Cifarelli, E., Coccia, D., De Gruttola, S., De Pasquale, A., Di Giovanni, M., D’Incecco, M., Dreucci, F. L., Fabbri, V., Frolov, M., Garbini, G., Gemme, I., Gnesi, C., Gustavino, D., Hatzifotiadou, P., La Rocca, S., Li, F., Librizzi, A., Maggiora, M., Massai, S., Miozzi, Panareo, Marco, R., Paoletti, L., Perasso, F., Pilo, G., Piragino, A., Regano, F., Riggi, G. C., Righini, G., Sartorelli, E., Scapparone, A., Scribano, M., Selvi, S., Serci, E., Siddi, G., Spandre, S., Squarcia, M., Taiuti, F., Tosello, L., Votano, M. C. S., William, G., Yánez, A., Zichichi, R., Zuyeuski, Abbrescia, M., Agocs, A., Aiola, S., Antolini, R., Avanzini, C., Baldini Ferroli, R., Bencivenni, G., Bossini, E., Bressan, E., Chiavassa, A., Cicalò, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccia, E., De Gruttola, D., De Pasquale, S., Di Giovanni, A., D'Incecco, M., Dreucci, M., Fabbri, F. L., Frolov, V., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., La Rocca, P., Li, S., Librizzi, F., Maggiora, A., Massai, M., Miozzi, S., Panareo, M., Paoletti, R., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Regano, A., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Siddi, E., Spandre, G., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Tosello, F., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Yánez, G., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: Physics, Montecarlo [numerical calculation], cosmic rays, monte carlo simulations, extensive air showers, mrpc, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Detector, Monte Carlo method, General Physics and Astronomy, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Tracking (particle physics), Coincidence, law.invention, Telescope, Nuclear physics, tracking deterctor, Air shower, law, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, Resistive Plate Chambers, cosmic radiation VHE, muon shower
Abstract: The Extreme Energy Events Project (EEE Project) is an innovative experiment to study very high energy cosmic rays by means of the detection of the associated air shower muon component. It consists of a network of tracking detectors installed inside Italian High Schools. Each tracking detector, called EEE telescope, is composed of three Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs). At present, 43 telescopes are installed and taking data, opening the way for the detection of far away coincidences over a total area of about 3 × 10^5 km^2. In this paper we present the Monte Carlo simulations that have been performed to predict the expected coincidence rate between distant EEE telescopes.
Published: 2014

49. Observation of the February 2011 Forbush decrease by the EEE telescopes

Author: P. La Rocca, D. De Gruttola, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, F. L. Fabbri, R. Zouyevski, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, Marcello Abbrescia, E. Bossini, R. Moro, M. Taiuti, A. Zichichi, Eugenio Scapparone, A. Chiavassa, M. Garbini, F. Coccetti, F. Romano, E. Bressan, Despina Hatzifotiadou, M. Massai, E. Siddi, S. Serci, G. Gemme, C. Gustavino, L. Cifarelli, Riccardo Paoletti, Sandro Squarcia, S. Li, M. Panareo, K. Doroud, Corrado Cicalo, M. C. S. Williams, G. Piragino, Francesco Riggi, E. Coccia, A. Maggiora, A. Regano, S. De Pasquale, A. Di Giovanni, S. Miozzi, G. Bencivenni, G. Spandre, M. D'Incecco, L. Perasso, Gabriella Sartorelli, I. Gnesi, L. Votano, S. Aiola, R. Baldini Ferroli, F. Librizzi, F. Tosello, M. Dreucci, A. Scribano, H. Menghetti, V. Frolov, R. Antolini, M., Abbrescia, S., Aiola, R., Antolini, C., Avanzini, R., Baldini Ferroli, G., Bencivenni, E., Bossini, E., Bressan, A., Chiavassa, C., Cicalo, L., Cifarelli, F., Coccetti, E., Coccia, D., De Gruttola, S., De Pasquale, A., Di Giovanni, M., D'Incecco, K., Doroud, M., Dreucci, F. L., Fabbri, V., Frolov, M., Garbini, G., Gemme, I., Gnesi, C., Gustavino, D., Hatzifotiadou, P., La Rocca, S., Li, F., Librizzi, A., Maggiora, M., Massai, H., Menghetti, S., Miozzi, R., Moro, Panareo, Marco, R., Paoletti, L., Perasso, F., Pilo, G., Piragino, A., Regano, F., Riggi, F., Romano, G., Sartorelli, E., Scapparone, A., Scribano, M., Selvi, S., Serci, E., Siddi, G., Spandre, S., Squarcia, M., Taiuti, F., Tosello, L., Votano, M. C. S., William, A., Zichichi, R., Zouyevski, Abbrescia M., Aiola S., Antolini R., Avanzini C., Baldini Ferroli R., Bencivenni G., Bossini E., Bressan E., Chiavassa A., Cicalo C., Cifarelli L., Coccetti F., Coccia E., De Gruttola D., De Pasquale S., Di Giovanni A., D'Incecco M., Doroud K., Dreucci M., Fabbri F.L., Frolov V., Garbini M., Gemme G., Gnesi I., Gustavino C., Hatzifotiadou D., La Rocca P., Li S., Librizzi F., Maggiora A., Massai M., Menghetti H., Miozzi S., Moro R., Panareo M., Paoletti R., Perasso L., Pilo F., Piragino G., Regano A., Riggi F., Romano F., Sartorelli G, Scapparone E., Scribano A., Selvi M., Serci S., Siddi E., Spandre G., Squarcia S., Taiuti M., Tosello F., Votano L., Williams M.C.S., Zichichi A., and Zouyevski R.
Subjects: Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Muon, Neutron monitor, Solar flare, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, muon telescope, COSMIC RAYS, solar flare, EEE Project, Physics::Space Physics, Coronal mass ejection, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Forbush decrease, MUON TELESCOPES, Nuclear Experiment, Counting rate, FORBUSH
Abstract: The Forbush decrease following the large X2 solar flare on mid-February 2011 has been observed by the muon telescopes of the EEE Project, which are located in several Italian sites and at CERN. Data from two different telescopes of the EEE network have been analyzed and compared to those measured by neutron monitor stations. The variation of the muon counting rate during the Forbush decrease was also extracted for different intervals of the azimuthal angle of the incoming muons.
Published: 2011
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50. Eee project - students from all parts of peninsula collaborate to study cosmic rays

Author: A. Scribano, M. Panareo, L. Votano, C. Ripoli, W. Park, F. Coccetti, M. Taiuti, E. Bossini, Rosario Nania, G. Sartorelli, C. Avanzini, M. Selvi, M. C. Vistoli, M. Trimarchi, S. Serci, A. Chiavassa, M. C. S. Williams, S. Grazzi, S. Squarcia, Antonio Trifiro, Francesco Noferini, S. Miozzi, G. Maron, G. Batignani, G. Piragino, Antonino Zichichi, S. Pisano, S. De Pasquale, O. Maragoto Rodriguez, S. Boi, R. Baldini Ferroli, P. La Rocca, R. Paoletti, G. Terreni, M. P. Panetta, M. Garbini, I. Gnesi, D. De Gruttola, M. Battaglieri, A. Corvaglia, Eugenio Scapparone, G. Gemme, R. Zuyeuski, P. Galeotti, M. N. Mazziotta, M. Schioppa, Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, L. Perasso, C. Gustavino, Francesco Riggi, F. Carnesecchi, E. Coccia, L. Zheng, C. Cicalo, Giancarlo C. Righini, F. L. Fabbri, Giuseppe Mandaglio, Frolov, F. Nozzoli, Luca Baldini, Marcello Abbrescia, M. Rizzi, Luisa Cifarelli, D. Hatzifotiadou, F. Palmonari, Grazzi, Stefano, Abbrescia, M., Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R. Baldini, Batignani, G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Chiavassa, A., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D. De, Pasquale, S. De, L. Fabbri, F., Frolov, V., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Gustavino, C., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P. La, Mandaglio, G., Rodriguez, O. Maragoto, Maron, G., Mazziottai, Mario Nicola, Miozzi, S., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M. P., Paoletti, R., Park, W., Perasso, L., Pilo, F., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G. C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, Marco, Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serci, S., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifirò, A., Trimarchi, M., C. Vistoli, M., Votano, L., Williams, M. C. S., Zheng, L., Zichichi, A., and Zuyeuski, R.
Subjects: High energy, geography, Astrophysics and Astronomy, geography.geographical_feature_category, Multidisciplinary, biology, media_common.quotation_subject, Library science, biology.organism_classification, Newspaper, Cosmic rays, MRPC, Presentation, Peninsula, Christian ministry, Lampedusa, Citizenship, media_common
Abstract: Project Extreme Energy Events (EEE) – “La scienza nelle scuole” is an experiment dedicated to the study of high energy cosmic radiation, using detectors distributed over an area of more than half a million km2, from Geneva to Lampedusa. Data are taken simultaneously from about 50 telescopes. More than 50 billion particles have been registered up to now. Project was born in 2004 from an idea of Professor Antonino Zichichi, funded and operated by the Fermi Center in Rome in collaboration with CERN, INFN, and the Ministry of Education, with the aim to involve high school students in a real physics experiment. The Initiative has reached the goal of 100 participating educational institutes, with a support of 10-30 students per school. Half of these already hosts a detector, the others, waiting for a telescope, are involved in data taking and analysis together with twinned schools. The participation of students starts with the construction of the detectors at CERN, working with local researchers. After installation into school, they manage and monitor the operation of the telescope during the data taking, and intervene in case of failure. Students deepen their knowledge both about particle physics through targeted lessons and in specific areas of data analysis with dedicated "Masterclasses". Periodically they attend seminars, open also to the citizens and sometime highlighted in newspapers, and to annual meetings between all schools involved and the Centro Fermi researchers coordinating the project. Since November 2016, there are monthly videoconferences opened to schools; more than 50 schools are connected simultaneously! In these meetings, students are updated on the latest news of the project and present their activities to the entire collaboration. In my presentation, I will examine the different ways of involvement of young people in the project and its impact on education and citizenship.

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