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Cosmic rays Monte Carlo simulations for the Extreme Energy Events Project

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The Extreme Energy Events Project (EEE Project) is an innovative experiment to study very high energy cosmic rays by means of the detection of the associated air shower muon component. It consists of a network of tracking detectors installed inside Italian High Schools. Each tracking detector, called EEE telescope, is composed of three Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPCs). At present, 43 telescopes are installed and taking data, opening the way for the detection of far away coincidences over a total area of about 3 × 105 km2. In this paper we present the Monte Carlo simulations that have been performed to predict the expected coincidence rate between distant EEE telescopes.

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

    M. Abbrescia & A. Regano

  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. Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, INFN, Assergi (AQ), 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. Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, INFN, Frascati, Italy

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

  7. Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche “E. Fermi”, Roma, Italy

    M. Abbrescia, E. Bressan, C. Cicalò, L. Cifarelli, D. De Gruttola, S. De Pasquale, M. Garbini, I. Gnesi, D. Hatzifotiadou, P. La Rocca, S. Miozzi, M. Panareo, R. Paoletti, L. Perasso, G. Piragino, F. Riggi, G. C. Righini, G. Sartorelli, M. C. S. Williams & A. Zichichi

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

    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. Tosello

  10. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

    C. Cicalò, S. Serci & E. Siddi

  11. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy

    E. Coccia

  12. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Salerno, Salerno, Italy

    D. De Gruttola & S. De Pasquale

  13. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy

    G. Gemme, L. Perasso, S. Squarcia & M. Taiuti

  14. INFN and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy

    C. Gustavino

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

    D. Hatzifotiadou & M. Panareo

  16. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

    M. C. S. Williams, A. Zichichi & R. Zuyeuski

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Abbrescia, M., Agocs, A., Aiola, S. et al. Cosmic rays Monte Carlo simulations for the Extreme Energy Events Project. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 129, 166 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14166-3

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