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2024

2023

2022

Marco Garbini presented the outreach activities of the EEE: Extreme Energy Events Project at the ICHEP 2022 conference held in Bologna from 6 to 13 July 2022.The International Conference on High Energy Physics is one of the leading conferences in the field of High Energy Physics.

More than 1000 physicists from around the world attended the conference sharing the latest advances in particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology, accelerator science and discuss future projects. It was one of the first major events in person after the Pandemic.

The status and activities of the EEE Project were presented in the Education & Outreach session of the Conference. In particular the talk was focused on the organization of the experiment and the work carried out by all participants in the experiment in the last two difficult years and the challenges of the "green transition"  undertaken by the Collaboration.

Schools with EEE Telescope:

Schools (without telescope) participating in EEE Project:

 Video Introduction of Extreme Energy Events Project -Science Inside School  Extreme Energy Events (EEE) - La Scienza nelle Scuole

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2025

- C.Ripoli et al. (EEE Collaboration), Recent outreach activities of the EEE Project, Proceedings of the CRIS-MAC Conference, IOP Conf.Series, in press

- O.Pinazza et al. (EEE Collaboration), Annual quasiperiodicity in muon rate observed by PolarQuEEEst detectors at 79 N, Proceedings of the CRIS-MAC Conference, IOP Conf. Series, in press

- M.Abbrescia et al. (EEE Collaboration), Measurement of the muon flux in the tunnels of Doss Trento hill, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A1072(2025)170163

2024

- C.Ripoli e M.Garbini (for the EEE Collaboration), Gli studenti del Progetto EEE misurano l’efficienza di rivelazione di muoni cosmici del telescopio situato ai LNL, Giornale di Fisica 65(2024)23.

- C.Ripoli et al. (EEE Collaboration), Ecological transition for the gas mixtures of the MRPC cosmic ray telescopes of the EEE Project, Journal of Instrumentation 19(2024)C03060

- M.Abbrescia et al. (EEE Collaboration), First results on new helium based eco gas mixtures for the EEE Project, Journal of Instrumentation 19(2024)P1100

2023

- Noferini F. et al. The EEE Collaboration), Recent results from the PolarquEEEst measurement campaign at large geographical latitudes, Proceedings of Science (POS-ICRC2023) 232.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Measurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35° -  82° N with the PolarquEEEst experiment, The European Physical Journal C, volume 83, Article number: 293 (2023), doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11353-w.[data txt format]

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The ecological transition of the extreme energy events experiment, Proceeding of RPC2022 Conference, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 1055 (2023) 168431.

- Bossini E. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Studies on new eco-gas mixtures for the EEE Project, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A1046 (2023) 167754.

- Grazzi S. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), A cosmic muon test facility with the MRPC of the EEE Project, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A1045 (2023) 167612.

 2022

- Mandaglio G. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Simulation tool for MRPC telescopes of EEE experiment, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2374 (2022) 012051, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012051.

- Ripoli C. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Reduction of greenhouse gases impact in the EEE project, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2374(2022)012152, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012152.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Observation of the Rayleigh-Lamb waves generated by the 2022 Hunga-Tonga vulcanic eruption with the POLA detectors at Ny Alesund, Scientific Reports 12(2022)19978.

- Garbini M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Outreach activities of the EEE Project, Proceedings of Science (POS-ICHEP2022) 380.

- Pisano S. et al. (The EEE Collaboration)), The EEE Project: introducing people to science through cosmic rays, Proceedings of the ICERI Conference (2022) 7646.

- Ripoli C. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Transition to ecological gas mixtures in EEE MRPC-based muon telescopes, Proceedings of Science POS (EPS-HEP2021) 739.

- Pinto C. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Outreach and educational activities within the EEE cosmic ray network, Proceedings of Science POS (ICRC2021) 1366.

- Abbrescia M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), Latest results from the PolarquEEEst missions, Proceedings of Science POS (ICRC2021) 369.

- La Rocca P. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Looking for long-range correlations amon the EEE telescopes, Proceedings of Science POS (ICRC2021) 292.

- Grazzi S. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), Towards a full and realistic simulation framework for the Extreme Energy Events experiment, Proceedings of Science POS (ICRC2021) 226.

 2021

- Abbrescia M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), Search for multi-coincidence cosmic ray events over large distances with the EEE MRPC telescopes, J 4 (2021) 838, doi: 10.3390/j4040057.

- Cicalò C. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The Extreme Energy Events experiment, PoS (ICRC 2019) 389.

- Pellegrino C. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), First results from PolarquEEEst, PoS (ICRC 2019) 371.

-  Abbrescia M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), The cosmic muon and detector simulation framework of the extreme energy events (EEE) experiment, The European Physical Journal C, volume 81, Article number: 464 (2021), 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09237-y.

- Pinto C. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The EEE Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers as tracking devices to monitor the stability of a civil building, Journal of Instrumentation 16 (2021) C04003, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/04/C04003.

 2020

- Abbrescia M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), Results from the PolarquEEEst mission, Journal of Physics G Conf.Series 1561 (2020) 012001, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1561/1/012001.

- La Rocca P. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Scientific and educational aspects of the EEE Project, Journal of Physics G Conf.Series 1561 (2020) 012012, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1561/1/012012.

- Mandaglio G. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), MRPC telescope simulation for the Extreme Energy Event experiment, Journal of Physics G Conf.Series 1561 (2020) 012015, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1561/1/012015.

- Pinto C. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Monitoring the long term stability of civil buildings through the MRPC telescopesof the EEE Projec, Journal of Physics G Conf.Series 1561 (2020) 012019, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1561/1/012019.

- La Rocca P. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Search for long distance time correlations between cosmic air showers with the MRPC telescopes of the EEE network, Proceedings of Science POS(EPS-HEP2019) 051.

- Coccetti F. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Characteristics and performance of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers of the EEE experiment, Journal of Instrumentation15 (11) (2020) C11014, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/11/C11014.

- Panetta M. P. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Strategies to reduce the environmental impact in the MRPC array of the EEE experiment, Journal of Instrumentation15 (11) (2020) C11011, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/11/C11011.

- Mandaglio G. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), A simulation tool for MRPC telescopes of the EEE project, Journal of Instrumentation15 (10) (2020) C10021, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/C10021.

- Abbrescia M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), New high precision measurements of the cosmic charged particle rate beyond the Arctic Circle with the PolarquEEEst experiment (vol 80, 665, 2020)-Erratum, The European Physical Journal C volume 80, Article number: 897 (2020), doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8293-z

- Abbrescia M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), New high precision measurements of the cosmic charged particle rate beyond the Arctic Circle with the PolarquEEEst experiment, The European Physical Journal C volume 80, Article number: 665 (2020), doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8213-2.

-  Travaglini R. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), A multi-channel trigger and acquisition board for TDC-based readout: application to the cosmic rays detector of the PolarQuEEEst 2018 project, Volume 370 Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics (TWEPP2019), PoS(TWEPP2019)150.

- Pinto C. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Measurements with cosmic muons to monitor the stability of a civil building on a long time-scale, Journal of Instrumentation15 (2020) C03058, 10.1088/1748-0221/15/03/C03058.

- G.Cerretto et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Extensive Cosmic Showers Detection: Metrological Characterization and Optimization of the EEE Timing System, Proceedings of the 51st Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, San Diego, California, January 2020, pp. 310-319, doi: 10.33012/2020.17317.

- Gnesi I. et al. (The EEE collaboration), Extreme Energy Events: an extended multi purpose cosmic ray observatory, Journal of Physics G Conf.Series 1468 (2020) 012103, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012103.

 2019

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE collaboration), The new Trigger/GPS module for the extreme energy events project, t, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 942 (2019) 162358, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.162358.

- Garbini M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), The PolarquEEEst mission: Measuring the cosmic ray flux at the North Pole, Il Nuovo Cimento 42 C (2019) 229, doi: 10.1393/ncc/i2019-19229-0.

- La Rocca P. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Search for coincident air showers over large scale distances with the EEE network, Nuclear Physics B 306-308 (2019) 175-182, doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2019.07.025

- Trimarchi M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), Test of new eco-gas mixtures for the multigap resistive plate chambers of the EEE project, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 936 (2019) 493, doi: 10.10116/j.nima.2018.10.010.

Garbini M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), Performance of the multigap resistive plate chambers of the extreme energy events project, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 936 (2019) 474, doi: 10.1016/J.nima.2018.09.007.

- Panetta M.P. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), The new trigger/GPS module for the EEE project,Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 936 (2019) 376, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.10.127.

- Pisano S. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), New eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events MRPCs: results and plans, Journal of Instrumentation 14 (2019) C08008, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/C08008.

- M.Abbrescia et al. (The EEE collaboration), First results from the upgrade of the Extreme Energy Events experiment, Journal of Instrumentation, 14 (2019) C08005, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/08/C08005

- Abbrescia M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration),Gli studenti del progetto EEE sulle orme di Eratostene per la misura del raggio della Terra, Giornale di Fisica 60 (2019) 107, doi: 10.1393/gdf/i2019-10328-2.

- Abbrescia M. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), The EEE MRPC telescopes as traking tools to monitor building stability, Journal of Instrumentation 14 (2019) C05022, doi: 10.1088/17480221/14/06/P06035.

- De Gruttola D. et. al. (The EEE Collaboration), Performance of the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers of the Extreme Energy Event experiment, Journal of Instrumentation 14 (2019) C05022, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/05/C05022.

  2018

- Nania R., Pinazza O. (The EEE Collaboration),  Measuring cosmic ray showers near the North Pole with the Extreme Energy Events project, Il Nuovo Saggiatore - Bollettino della Società Italiana di Fisica, Nuova Serie Anno 34 • N. 5 Settembre-Ottobre 2018 • N. 6 Novembre-Dicembre 2018.

- The EEE Collaboration, FISICA PER TUTTI - Come varia il flusso dei raggi cosmici con la quota? Basta chiederlo agli studenti del progetto EEE - How does cosmic ray flux vary with altitude? Let’s ask it to EEE project students,Giornale di Fisica, VOL. LIX, N. 3, Luglio - Settembre 2018.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The Extreme Energy Events experiment: an overview of the telescopes performance, Published by IOP Publishing for Sissa Medialab, Journal of Instrumentation, August 31, 2018, doi 10.1088/1748-0221/13/08/P08026

- Grazzi S. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), EEE Project - Students from all parts of peninsula collaborate to study cosmic rays, Proceedings of Science, Volume 314, Poster PoS (EPS-HEP2017) 823.

- Carnesecchi F. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Extreme Energy Events Project: construction of the detectors, Proceedings of Science, Volume 314, Poster PoS (EPS-HEP2017) 820.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Search for long distance correlations between extensive air showers detected by the EEE network, Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2018) 133-134, doi: 10.1140/epjp/i2018-11898-x

  2017

- Panetta M. P. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The Extreme Energy Events Project and its most recent results, Il Nuovo Cimento 41 C (2018) 66, DOI 10.1393/ncc/i2018-18066-y, Colloquia: IFAE 2017.

- The EEE Collaboration, Time and orientation long-distance correlations between extensive air showers detected by the MRPC telescopes of the EEE Project, Il Nuovo Cimento 40 C (2017) 196, doi: 10.1393/ncc/i2017-17196-0, Colloquia: Physics in Collision 2017.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The EEE project - Science in schools: state and results, NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS PROCEEDING, Vol. 291 (2017), 110-113,  doi 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2017.06.022.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Operation and performance of the EEE network array for the detection of cosmic rays, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 845 (2017) 383-386, doi 10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.112.

  2016

- La Rocca P. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The EEE Project: a sparse array of telescopes for the measuremente of cosmic muons, JINST 11 (2016) C12056, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/11/12/C12056.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Recent results and performance of the multi-gap resistive plate chambers network for the EEE Project, JINST, 11 (2016) C11005, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/11/11/C11005.

- De Gruttola D. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), A Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers Array for the Extreme Energy Events Project, Nucl. Physics Proc. Suppl. 279 (2016) 31, doi: 10.1016/j. nuclphysbps. 2016.10.006.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), A study of upward going particles with the Extreme Energy Events telescopes, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 816 (2016) 142–148, doi 10.1016/j.nima.2016.01.090.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration) (EEE Collaboration), EEE -  Extreme Energy Events: An astroparticle phyisics experiment in Italian high schools, Proceedings of the TAUP 2015, Journal of Physics G Conf. Series 718 (2016) 082001, doi: 10:1088/1742-6596/718/8/082001.

  2015

- The EEE Collaboration, Looking at the sub-TeV sky with cosmic muons detected in the EEE MRPC telescopes, Eur. Phys. J. Plus 130 (2015) 187, doi 10.1140/epjp/i2015-15187-0.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), First results from Run-1 of the Extreme Energy Events experiment, Proceedings of the ICRC2015 Conference, PoS(ICRC2015) 306.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Results from the observation of Forbush decreases by the Extreme Energy Events experiment, Proceedings of the ICRC2015 Conference, PoS(ICRC2015) 097.

  2014

- De Gruttola D. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), A Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber Array for the EEE Project, JINST 9 (2014) C10024, doi: 10.1088/17480221/9/10/C10024.

 - Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Cosmic rays Monte Carlo simulations for the Extreme Energy Events Project, Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2014) 129, 166, doi 10.1140/epjp/i2014-14166-3.

  2013

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Time Correlation measurements from extensive air showers detected by the EEE telescopes, Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2013) 128, 148, doi 10.1140/epjp/i2013-13148-3.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The EEE experiment project: status and first physics results, Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2013) 128, 62, doi 10.1140/epjp/i2013-13062-8.

  2012

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The EEE Project: cosmic rays, multigap resistive plate chambers and high school students, JINST 7 (2012)  P11011, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/11/P11011.

  2011

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Science in the schools - the Extreme Energy Events project, COSMIC RAYS FOR PARTICLE AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS Book Series: Astroparticle Particle Space Physics Radiation Interaction Detectors and Medical Physics Applications Volume 6 (2011) 66-75.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Observation of the February 2011 Forbush decrease by the EEE telescopes, Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2011) 126, 61, doi: 10-1140/epjp/i2011-11061-5.

  2010

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), First detection of extensive air showers with the EEE experiment, Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica B-Basic Topics in Physics (2010) 125, 2, pages 243-254, doi:10.1393/ncb/i2010-10852-0

  2009

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Towards the installation and use of an extended array for cosmic ray detection: The EEE Project, Nuclear Physics B-Proceedings Supplements (2009) 190 pages 38-43, doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2009.03.066.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), First detection of extensive air showers with the EEE experiment, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS-MIC) (2009) 439.

  2008

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Performance of a six gap MRPC built for large area coverage, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 593 (2008) 263, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.05.014.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Extreme Energy Events project: construction of the detectors and installation in italian high schools, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 588 (2008) 211, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.01.042 

  2007

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The The EEE Collaboration), EEE Project: Science in the schools, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS07) (2007) 416.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The EEE Project, Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference (2007), Vol. 5, HE part 2, pages 977-80.

- Abbrescia M. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers for EAS study in the EEE Project, Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference (2007), Vol. 5, HE part 2, pages 1565-1566.

- An S. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), Multigap resistive plate chambers for EAS study in the EEE Project, Proceeding of 11th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A581 (2007) 209.

- Antolini R. et al. (The EEE Collaboration), The EEE Project: status and perspectives, Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements (2007) 165, pages 333-340, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/9/10/C10024.

The Project Extreme Energy Events - Science inside Schools (EEE), is a special Centro Femri research activity about the origin of cosmics rays, performed in collaboration with INFN  carried out with the essential contribution of students and teachers of high schools.

Each of the participating Institutes hosts a "telescope" made of the most advanced particle detectors (Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers, MRPC). EEE telescopes are put in coincidence using GPS, with the goal to detect cosmic muons and extensive showers (as large as a small town), produced by primary cosmic rays of the highest energy. Data from all telescopes are sent to CNAF-INFN, in Bologna, to allow track reconstruction so that all relevant information can be stored in a database to be later available for analysis.

Students are involved in the fundamental task to build the chambers, starting from simple materials to arrive to sophisticated high precision detectors. This task is accomplished at CERN, one of the most important particle physics laboratories in the world, which is made open to students specifically for this project. Students have also the task to control the correct operation of the telescope installed at their school.

Presently 60 high schools distributed across Italy host a telescope. Other 53 institutes participate to the project by analyzing data. More than 60 billion tracks have been collected in the past years and are presently studied by students and professional researchers performing interesting analysis, some of which have already been published in various international scientific journals.

[Visit the web page: EEE Monitor - DQM]

Download attachments: Extreme Energy Events - La Scienza nelle Scuole di A. Zichichi (version 2017)

Main Responsibilities of the EEE Collaboration

Project Coordinator: Marcello Abbrescia

Run Coordinator: Fabrizio Coccetti
Technical Coordinator: Daniele De Gruttola
Upgrade Coordinators: Ivan Gnesi, Despina Hatzifotiadou

Telescope Task Force Coordinator: Marco Garbini
ICD Taskforce: Paola La Rocca, Marina Trimarchi
Schools Meeting Taskforce: Silvia Pisano

Editorial Board and Conference Committee:
Francesco Riggi (chair), Marcello Abbrescia, Giovanni Batignani, Luisa Cifarelli, Rosario Nania  

Responsibilities for Geographic Areas

CERN: Despina Hatzifotiadou
Piemonte: Ivan Gnesi
Liguria + Lombardia: Marco Battaglieri
Veneto: Fabrizio Coccetti
Emilia-Romagna + Marche + Cosenza: Marco Garbini
Toscana: Edoardo Bossini
Lazio: Silvia Pisano
Campania + Abruzzo: Daniele De Gruttola
Bari/BAT: Marcello Abbrescia
Lecce: Marco Panareo
Calabria: Marco Schioppa
Sicilia: Paola La Rocca
Sardegna: Corrado Cicalò  

Responsibilities for Software Development

DAQ: Roman Zuyeuski
Data Transfer and Data reconstruction: Francesco Noferini
EEE Monitor DQM, e-log notebookes, indico: Fabrizio Coccetti  

Responsibilities for Analysis Tasks

Search for Coincidences and Spectrum of the Cosmic Rays: Francesco Noferini
Forbush Analysis: Ivan Gnesi
Monte Carlo Simulation: Marco Battaglieri
Angular Distribution: Marina Trimarchi
Detector Performance Group: Daniele De Gruttola
Long Distance Correlation: Paola La Rocca
"Exotica": Francesco Nozzoli

Il Progetto Extreme Energy Events - La Scienza nelle Scuole, ideato e condotto dal Prof. A. Zichichi, può contare un rivelatore in più. Infatti, il 7 marzo 2018 è stato inaugurato un nuovo telescopio EEE presso il Liceo Scientifico Gian Battista Quadri di Vicenza, che ha nel Prof. P. Jacolino il suo Dirigente Scolastico, in collaborazione col Centro Fermi, guidato dalla Presidente Prof. L. Cifarelli, dal Direttore Scientifico Dr. R. Nania e dal responsabile nazionale dell'esperimento Prof. M. Abbrescia.
Il telescopio è stato costruito al CERN di Ginevra dagli studenti dell'Istituto, coordinati dal Prof. David Merlin e dal Prof. Aldo Pegoraro.
L'inaugurazione è avvenuta nell'ambito di ScienzAvventura, una intera settimana dedicata a varie attività di natura scientifica.
La conferenza, a cui hanno partecipato oltre 300 ragazzi nell'aula magna dell'Istituto, ha visto protagonisti gli studenti che collaborano al progetto, con un intervento in cui hanno spiegato il funzionamento del telescopio, a cui è seguito un seminario del Dr. F. Coccetti che ha illustrato le finalità principali del Progetto EEE e le sfide della fisica odierna.
La Dr.ssa O. Pantano, responsabile del Progetto Lauree Scientifiche dell'Università di Padova ha fatto pervenire il suo sostegno e interesse per l'attività condotta dalla scuola nell'ambito del progetto EEE, attività che si appresta a diventare un progetto di Alternanza Scuola Lavoro in fase di sottoscrizione tra il Centro Fermi e il Liceo Quadri.
La mattinata si è conclusa con il taglio del nastro inaugurale e un brindisi con l'augurio che il Telescopio possa rilevare molti Extreme Energy Events!!

L'Ottava Conferenza dei progetti del Centro Fermi, dedicata al progetto Extreme Energy Events - La Scienza nelle Scuole - si è svolta dal 6 all'8 dicembre 2017 presso il Centro di Cultura Scientifica "Ettore Majorana" ad Erice. 150 studenti, provenienti da 45 istituti superiori sparsi in tutta Italia, si sono dati appuntamento per discutere di raggi cosmici, presentare i risultati del lavoro svolto in sede, seguire masterclass sull’uso dei dati del progetto EEE, ed ascoltare lezioni di statistica e sulle onde gravitazionali. Si è trattata di una full immersion di due giorni, svoltasi nelle suggestive strutture del Centro, che ha messo a contatto diretto studenti e docenti delle scuole con i ricercatori del progetto, dando l'occasione per scambiarsi informazioni e progettare assieme le attività previste per il futuro.
Gli studenti hanno avuto la possibilità di mettere in pratica quello che hanno imparato effettuando delle misure dirette del flusso dei raggi cosmici grazie alle Cosmic Box, piccoli rivelatori di particelle portatili, assemblati per l'occasione dai ricercatori del progetto EEE. Si sono aggirati per le stradine del centro storico di Erice per poi andare a visitare il favoloso tempio di Segesta e nel pomeriggio dello stesso giorno lo splendido lungomare di Castellammare del Golfo, sempre portando con sé i loro rivelatori, per misurare il flusso dei raggi cosmici a diverse altitudini. I risultati ottenuti sono stati poi messi assieme e discussi l'ultimo giorno del meeting, e saranno oggetto di una pubblicazione sul Giornale di Fisica.
Gli studenti hanno salutato Erice, portando con loro un bagaglio di esperienze indimenticabile e tanto tanto entusiasmo per continuare quello che stanno facendo presso le loro scuole, prendendosi cura della strumentazione loro affidata e raccogliendo dati. Un'opportunità in più per vivere la loro avventura nell'affascinante mondo della ricerca in fisica.

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The students of the EEE project at Erice: cosmic ray hunters
The Eight Conference of the Centro Fermi projects, devoted to the Extreme Energy Events - Science in the Schools- experiment, took place from 6th to 8th December 2017 at the "Ettore Majorana" Center and Foundation for Scientific Culture at Erice. 150 students, from 45 high schools in Italy, gathered to talk about cosmic rays, presented the results of the activities performed locally, attended masterclasses about the use of the EEE data, and listened to lectures on statistics and gravitational waves. It was a full immersion of two days, taking place in the wonderful facilities of the Center, which put in direct contact school students and teachers with the project researches, giving the occasion to exchange information and plan together the activities for the future.
The students had the possibility to put in practice what they have learnt by performing a direct measure of the cosmic ray flux using the Cosmic Boxes, small portable particle detectors, assembled for the occasion by the EEE researchers. They wandered in the small streets of the historical center of Erice, moving later to visit the wonderful temple at Segesta and in the afternoon of the same day the marina drive of Castellammare del Golfo, bringing with them their small detectors, to measure the cosmic rays flux at different altitudes. The results obtained have been put together and discussed the last day of the meeting, and will be the subject of a forthcoming paper on the Giornale di Fisica.
The students left Erice bringing with them an unforgettable experience and a renovated enthusiasm to continue what they are doing at the home institutes, taking care of the instrumentations and collecting data for the experiment. One more opportunity to live, along their adventure in the exciting world of physics research.