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Title	A cosmic muon test facility with the MRPC telescopes of the EEE Project
Author(s)	Grazzi, S (INFN, Genoa ; Messina U.) ; Abbrescia, M (Bari Polytechnic ; INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Avanzini, C (Pisa U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Baldini, L (Pisa U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Ferroli, R Baldini (Frascati) ; Batignani, G (Pisa U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Battaglieri, M (INFN, Genoa ; Jefferson Lab) ; Bisio, P (INFN, Genoa ; Genoa U.) ; Boi, S (Cagliari U.) ; Bossini, E (Pisa U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Carnesecchi, F (CERN) ; Cavazza, D (INFN, Bologna) ; Celentano, A (INFN, Genoa) ; Cicalò, C (Cagliari U.) ; Cifarelli, L (INFN, Bologna ; Bologna U.) ; Coccetti, F (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; Coccia, E (GSSI, Aquila) ; Corvaglia, A (Salento U. ; INFN, Lecce) ; Gruttola, D De (Salerno U. ; INFN, Naples) ; De Pasquale, S (Salerno U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Galante, L (Polytech. Turin) ; Garbini, M (INFN, Bologna ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; Gemme, G (INFN, Genoa) ; Gnesi, I (Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; INFN, Cosenza) ; Hatzifotiadou, D (CERN ; INFN, Bologna) ; La Rocca, P (Catania U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Liu, Z (World Lab., Geneva) ; Mandaglio, G (Messina U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Margotti, A (INFN, Bologna) ; Maron, G (INFN, Legnaro ; Padua U.) ; Marsicano, L (INFN, Genoa) ; Mazziotta, M N (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Mulliri, A (Cagliari U.) ; Nania, R (INFN, Bologna) ; Noferini, F (INFN, Bologna) ; Nozzoli, F (TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Palmonari, F (INFN, Bologna ; Bologna U.) ; Panareo, M (Salento U. ; INFN, Lecce) ; Panetta, M P (Salento U. ; INFN, Lecce) ; Paoletti, R (INFN, Pisa ; Siena U., CGT) ; Pellegrino, C (INFN, CNAF) ; Perasso, L (INFN, Genoa) ; Pinazza, O (INFN, Bologna) ; Pinto, C (Munich, Tech. U.) ; Pisano, S (Frascati ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; Riggi, F (Catania U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Righini, G (Florence U. ; INFN, Florence) ; Ripoli, C (Salerno U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Rizzi, M (INFN, Bari ; Bari U.) ; Sartorelli, G (INFN, Bologna ; Bologna U.) ; Scapparone, E (INFN, Bologna) ; Schioppa, M (INFN, Cosenza ; Calabria U.) ; Scioli, G (INFN, Bologna ; Bologna U.) ; Scribano, A (Siena U., CGT ; INFN, Pisa) ; Selvi, M (INFN, Bologna) ; Taiuti, M (INFN, Genoa ; Genoa U.) ; Terreni, G (INFN, Pisa) ; Trifirò, A (Messina U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Trimarchi, M (Messina U. ; INFN, Catania) ; Vistoli, C (INFN, CNAF) ; Votano, L (Gran Sasso) ; Williams, M C S (CERN ; World Lab., Geneva) ; Zichichi, A (CERN ; INFN, Bologna ; Bologna U. ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome ; World Lab., Geneva) ; Zuyeuski, R (CERN ; World Lab., Geneva)
Publication	2023
Number of pages	3
In:	Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 1045 (2023) 167612
In:	15th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors, La Biodola - Isola D'elba, Italy, 22 - 28 May 2022
DOI	10.1016/j.nima.2022.167612 (publication)
Subject category	Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	EEE
Abstract	The Extreme Energy Events (EEE) ‘telescope’ is made by 3 Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC), each with an active area of 158x82 cm$^2$ in size. Each detector is part of a large network of about sixty telescopes spread over the Italian territory. Due to the good tracking capabilities (100 ps time resolution and cm$^2$ spatial resolution) the EEE telescope can be used also as test station for large area detectors. The link between the EEE track and signals from the detector under test can be obtained by implementing a streaming DAQ with a common time reference between the two systems given by the GPS signal. The installation and first results of the cosmic muon test facility with the EEE MRPC telescope based on the low-cost, streaming-compatible 12 channels, 250MHz, 14 bits digitizer (INFN-WaveBoard or WB) developed by the JLAB12 Collaboration, is presented.
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