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Title	Underground muon flux measured by EEE students
Author(s)	Boi, S (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Abbrescia, M (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Avanzini, C (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Baldini, L (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Baldini Ferroli, R (Frascati) ; Batignani, G (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Battaglieri, M (INFN, Genoa ; Genoa U. ; Jefferson Lab) ; Bossini, E (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Carnesecchi, F (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Cicalò, C (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Cifarelli, L (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Coccetti, F (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; Coccia, E (GSSI, Aquila) ; Corvaglia, A (INFN, Lecce) ; De Gruttola, D (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; De Pasquale, S (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; Fabbri, F (Frascati) ; Galante, L (Turin Polytechnic ; INFN, Turin) ; Garbini, M (INFN, Bologna ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; Gemme, G (INFN, Genoa ; Genoa U.) ; Gnesi, I (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U. ; INFN, Cosenza) ; Grazzi, S (INFN, Genoa ; Genoa U. ; Messina U.) ; Hatzifotiadou, D (INFN, Bologna ; CERN) ; La Rocca, P (Catania U. ; Messina U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Liu, Z (World Lab., Geneva) ; Mandaglio, G (Messina U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Maron, G (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Mazziotta, M N (INFN, Bari) ; Mulliri, A (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Nania, R (INFN, Bologna) ; Noferini, F (INFN, Bologna) ; Nozzoli, F (TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Palmonari, F (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Panareo, M (Turin Polytechnic ; World Lab., Geneva) ; Panetta, M P (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U. ; INFN, Lecce) ; Paoletti, R (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U. ; INFN, CNAF) ; Pellegrino, C (INFN, CNAF) ; Pinazza, O (INFN, Bologna) ; Pinto, C (Catania U. ; Messina U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Pisano, S (Frascati ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; Riggi, F (Catania U. ; Messina U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Righini, G C (Florence U., LENS) ; Ripoli, C (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; Rizzi, M (INFN, Bari) ; Sartorelli, G (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA) ; Scapparone, E (INFN, Bologna) ; Schioppa, M (INFN, Cosenza ; Calabria U.) ; Scribano, A (Siena U. ; INFN, Siena) ; Selvi, M (INFN, Bologna) ; Serri, G (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Squarcia, S (INFN, Genoa ; Genoa U.) ; Taiuti, M (INFN, Genoa ; Genoa U.) ; Terreni, G (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Trifirò, A (Messina U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Trimarchi, M (Messina U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Vistoli, C (INFN, CNAF) ; Votano, L (Gran Sasso) ; Williams, M C S (INFN, Bologna ; World Lab., Geneva) ; Zichichi, A (INFN, Bologna ; U. Bologna, DIFA ; CERN) ; Zuyeuski, R (World Lab., Geneva)
Publication	2021
Number of pages	5
In:	J. Phys. : Conf. Ser. 2156 (2021) 012165
In:	17th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2021), Valencia, Spain, 30 Aug - 3 Sep 2021, pp.012165
DOI	10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012165
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	EEE
Abstract	The Extreme Energy Events experiment (EEE) is a cosmic ray observatory made of about 60 muon telescopes based on Multigap Resistive Plate Chamber (MRPC) detectors. The EEE experiment has two main targets: a scientific and a dissemination. The EEE collaboration has also developed a large set of portable scintillator-based detectors, named Cosmic Box (CB), mainly used for educational purposes. The CB allows students to perform cosmic ray counting measurements in several environments. CBs are made of two 15 × 15 × 1 cm scintillators read by two 3 × 3 mm$^{2}$ SiPMs operated in coincidence. Three CBs were deployed in Nuraxi Figus and Seruci coal mine to perform an underground measurement of the cosmic muon flux attenuation. High school and university students were directly involved in all the stages of the measurements: from the preliminary measurements to the on-site work and data analysis.
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