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The EEE experiment project: status and first physics results

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The Extreme Energy Events Project is an experiment for the detection of Extensive Air Showers which exploits the Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber technology. At the moment 40 EEE muon telescopes, distributed all over the Italian territory, are taking data, allowing the relative analysis to produce the first interesting results, which are reported here. Moreover, this Project has a strong added value thanks to its effectiveness in terms of scientific communication, which derives from the peculiar way it was planned and carried on.

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  1. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Bari, Bari, Italy

    M. Abbrescia, A. Regano & F. Romano

  2. ICSC World Laboratory, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

    A. Agocs, S. Li & G. Yánez

  3. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy

    S. Aiola, P. La Rocca, F. Librizzi & F. Riggi

  4. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy

    R. Antolini, A. Di Giovanni & M. D’Incecco

  5. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    C. Avanzini, E. Bossini, M. Massai, R. Paoletti, F. Pilo, A. Scribano & G. Spandre

  6. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy

    R. Baldini Ferroli, G. Bencivenni, M. Dreucci, F. L. Fabbri, S. Miozzi & L. Votano

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    E. Bressan, L. Cifarelli, D. De Gruttola, M. Garbini, I. Gnesi, D. Hatzifotiadou, P. La Rocca, A. Regano, G. C. Righini, M. C. S. Williams & A. Zichichi

  8. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    E. Bressan, L. Cifarelli, M. Garbini, D. Hatzifotiadou, G. Sartorelli, E. Scapparone, M. Selvi, M. C. S. Williams & A. Zichichi

  9. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

    A. Chiavassa, V. Frolov, I. Gnesi, A. Maggiora, G. Piragino & F. Toselli

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    C. Cicaló, S. Serci & E. Siddi

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    E. Coccia

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    C. Gustavino

  15. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Lecce, Lecce, Italy

    D. Hatzifotiadou & M. Panareo

  16. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

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Correspondence to M. Abbrescia.

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This paper is dedicated to the memory of our friend and colleague Prof. Franco Romano, outstanding man and scientist, who recently passed away.

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

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