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View article: Measurement campaigns of the cosmic ray flux at different latitudes within the Extreme Energy Events Project
Measurement campaigns of the cosmic ray flux at different latitudes within the Extreme Energy Events Project Open
Measurements of the cosmic ray flux at large latitudes, close to the Arctic Circle, were carried out in the last years by the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Collaboration on board of a small boat, sailing from 66° to 82° N. A compact, scintil…
View article: The SiPM photodetector of the ePIC dual-radiator RICH at the EIC: overview and beam test results
The SiPM photodetector of the ePIC dual-radiator RICH at the EIC: overview and beam test results Open
The dual-radiator RICH (dRICH) detector of the ePIC experiment at the upcoming Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) will use silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) for single-photon detection of Cherenkov light. Several novel INFN driven modular prototyp…
View article: Beam test results of the SiPM photodetector prototype for the ePIC-dRICH detector at the EIC
Beam test results of the SiPM photodetector prototype for the ePIC-dRICH detector at the EIC Open
Recent beam test results are presented for the prototype detector of the ePIC-dRICH forward particle-identification system at the EIC. A large-area prototype SiPM readout plane consisting of a total of up to 2048 3×3 mm 2 sensors has been …
View article: Annual quasiperiodicity in muon rate observed by PolarquEEEst detectors at 79°N
Annual quasiperiodicity in muon rate observed by PolarquEEEst detectors at 79°N Open
Since 2019, three scintillator-based cosmic ray detectors, readout by SiPM and controlled by low-cost electronics, are installed in the scientific research site in Ny Ålesund (Svalbard) at 79°N, recording muons from secondary cosmic rays. …
The application of Principal Component Analysis to reveal the contributions of various natural and anthropogenic sources to the chemical composition of soil. Open
Environmental risks are often linked to contamination processes driven by various chemical stressors introduced into the environment from specific sources. These sources may be anthropogenic, stemming from human activities, or natural, ass…
Hotspot analysis for discriminating geochemical anomalies in the soil of an intensely anthropized volcanic region in Italy. Open
Soils result from physical, chemical, and biological processes that affect rocks and their weathered products. In historical times, natural processes have also been widely influenced by human activity (such as industrial production, motor …
Environmental Distribution and Source Analysis of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Soils of the Sarno River Basin, Southern Italy Open
The Sarno River Basin (SRB) is among the most polluted in Europe, with contamination deriving from industrial activities, including tanneries and canneries, as well as intensive agriculture and dense urbanization. It is located in the Camp…
View article: The dRICH detector at the ePIC experiment
The dRICH detector at the ePIC experiment Open
ePIC will be a general-purpose detector designed to enalbe the entire physics program of the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at BNL, USA. Several key physics measurements depend on efficient Particle Identification (PID). The PID system of ePI…
View article: First results on new helium based eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events Project
First results on new helium based eco-gas mixtures for the Extreme Energy Events Project Open
The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project, a joint project of the Centro Fermi (Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “E. Fermi”) and INFN, has a dual purpose: a scientific research program on cosmic rays at ground level and a…
Characterization of analogue Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor test structures implemented in a 65 nm CMOS imaging process Open
Analogue test structures were fabricated using the Tower Partners Semiconductor Co. CMOS 65 nm ISC process. The purpose was to characterize and qualify this process and to optimize the sensor for the next generation of Monolithic Active Pi…
Particle detectors based on glass: toward the Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers Open
Glass found a large application in particle physics, and it can be considered as a key turning point in the technology of gaseous detectors, in particular in the development that lead from parallel plate chambers to resistive plate chamber…
View article: Ecological transition for the gas mixtures of the MRPC cosmic ray telescopes of the EEE Project
Ecological transition for the gas mixtures of the MRPC cosmic ray telescopes of the EEE Project Open
The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Collaboration is fully involved in an ecological transition. The use of the standard gas mixture, C 2 H 2 F 4 + SF 6 , has stopped in favor of an alternative green mixture based on C 3 H 2 F 4 with the addit…
View article: A readout system based on SiPM for the dRICH detector at the EIC
A readout system based on SiPM for the dRICH detector at the EIC Open
The ePIC experiment at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) aims to use silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) as the photodetector technology for the dual-radiator ring-imaging Cherenkov detector (dRICH). Despite their advantages for this low…
View article: Involving high school teams in the upgrade phase of the Extreme Energy Event project: a review of recent activities
Involving high school teams in the upgrade phase of the Extreme Energy Event project: a review of recent activities Open
The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project was born to include scientific, outreach and educational purposes.\nIt is designed to detect and study high energy cosmic rays through the detection of the extensive air shower’s muon component throu…
View article: Characterization of analogue Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor test structures implemented in a 65 nm CMOS imaging process
Characterization of analogue Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor test structures implemented in a 65 nm CMOS imaging process Open
Analogue test structures were fabricated using the Tower Partners Semiconductor Co. CMOS 65 nm ISC process. The purpose was to characterize and qualify this process and to optimize the sensor for the next generation of Monolithic Active Pi…
View article: Recent results from the PolarquEEEst measurement campaign at large geographical latitudes
Recent results from the PolarquEEEst measurement campaign at large geographical latitudes Open
The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project, mainly based on a network of cosmic ray telescopes, consisting of MRPC gaseous detectors built by high school students at CERN and taking data for more than 15 years, has recently employed additiona…
Study of cosmogenic activation above ground for the DarkSide-20k experiment Open
The activation of materials due to exposure to cosmic rays may become an important background source for experiments investigating rare event phenomena. DarkSide-20k, currently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso,…
View article: Sensitivity projections for a dual-phase argon TPC optimized for light dark matter searches through the ionization channel
Sensitivity projections for a dual-phase argon TPC optimized for light dark matter searches through the ionization channel Open
Dark matter lighter than 10 GeV/c$^2$ encompasses a promising range of\ncandidates. A conceptual design for a new detector, DarkSide-LowMass, is\npresented, based on the DarkSide-50 detector and progress toward DarkSide-20k,\noptimized for…
Measurement of the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in the latitude range 35$$^{\circ }$$ $$\div $$ 82$$^{\circ }$$ N with the PolarquEEEst experiment Open
After its successful campaign of measurements beyond the Polar Arctic Circle, the PolarquEEEst experiment measured the cosmic charged particle rate at sea level in a latitude interval between 35 $$^{\circ }$$ N and 82 $$^{\circ }$$ N. In t…
View article: Letter of Intent: the NA60+ experiment
Letter of Intent: the NA60+ experiment Open
We propose a new fixed-target experiment for the study of electromagnetic and hard probes of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) in heavy-ion collisions at the CERN SPS. The experiment aims at performing measurements of the dimuon spectrum from t…
View article: Simulation tool for MRPC telescopes of EEE experiment
Simulation tool for MRPC telescopes of EEE experiment Open
The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) experiment consists in a network of cosmic muon tracker telescopes, each made of three Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC), able to precisely measure the absolute muon crossing time and the muon integr…
View article: Reduction of Greenhouse Gases impact in the EEE Project
Reduction of Greenhouse Gases impact in the EEE Project Open
The whole Extreme Energy Events (EEE) array is composed of 61 telescopes installed in Italian High Schools, built and operated by students and teachers, constantly supervised by researchers. The muon telescope of the EEE Project is made by…
View article: Transition to ecological gas mixture s in EEE MRPC based muon telescopes
Transition to ecological gas mixture s in EEE MRPC based muon telescopes Open
A muon telescope of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project is made by 3 Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC). The MRPCs have been fluxed so far with a standard mixture composed by 98% C$_{2}$H$_{2}$F$_{4}$ and 2% SF$_{6}$ that are Gre…