Status of the EEE telescopes in Catania

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Status of the EEE telescopes in Catania II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi Rome - April 20th, 2012 Status of the EEE telescopes in Catania Paola La Rocca 1

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 The EEE telescopes in Catania 1/4 2 telescopes (CT-01 and CT-02) 3.05 km apart 3.05 Km II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 2

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 The EEE telescopes in Catania 2/4 TEL CT-01 TEL CT-02 Latitude 37° 31’,500 N 37° 29’,325 N Longitude 15° 04’,046 E 15° 03’,064 E Altitude 210 m a.s.l. 110 m a.s.l Distance between chambers 80 cm Orientation w.r.t. NORTH 60 ° 300° Position inside the building Underground floor (5 concrete roofs above the telescope) Ground floor (light roof above the telescope) II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 3

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 The EEE telescopes in Catania 3/4 CT-01 Telescope (Department of Physics) Running from April 2008 Acquisition rate ~ 22 Hz Collected data ~ 2 x109 events II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 The EEE telescopes in Catania 4/4 CT-02 Telescope (Istituto Tecnico S.Cannizzaro) Running from December 2008 Acquisition rate~ 20 Hz Collected data ~ 1 x 109 events II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Activities in the schools 1/3 Lessons and advanced courses - “Corso di eccellenza” (2008-2009) - “Corso di Grid Computing” (2010) - “Corso di Fisica delle Alte Energie” (2011) - PON Project “Raggi Cosmici in Classe” (2012) II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Activities in the schools 2/3 Web and Media - Web Site (eeecatania.tk) - Participation to Local and national Conferences on Science - Local newspapers II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Activities in the schools 3/3 Prof. A.Zichichi at ITIS Cannizzaro II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Some scientific results obtained with the EEE telescopes in Catania Study of the muon flux - Barometric effect - Observation of a Forbush decrease Study of correlations between telescopes - Short-distance correlations (EEE telescope + scintillator) - Detection of EAS with EEE telescopes II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Study of the Barometric Effect The muon flux measured at the sea level changes with the atmospheric pressure Atm. Press. (mbar) Counts/h ~ 7 days II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Forbush decrease Valentine’s day solar flare (Feb. 2011) Moscow Neutron Monitor http://helios.izmiran.troitsk.ru/cosray/main.htm II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Pressure The solar flare as observed by the CT-01 telescope Rate Corrected rate TIME II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Correlation between the counting rate measured by the Oulu neutron monitor and the CT-01 telescope II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Neutron Monitors limits: - Sensitive to low energy neutrons - No information about neutrons orientation Use of muon telescopes/hodoscopes for Forbush decreases: - Possibility to study the dependence of the Forbush effect upon the zenithal angle of the muons II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

Angular dependence of the amplitude variation Muons arriving with a larger zenithal angle are supposed to be associated to higher-energy primaries II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Short-distance correlations (<500m) between EEE telescopes and scintillators Small scintillator telescope Roof P-3 P-2 P-1 PT EEE Telescope II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

Astroph. Obs. 450 m 22 d INFN LNS 146 m 10,5 d Dept. of Phys. 25 m 3 d 36 m 1,5 d 82 m 11 d

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 d = 25 m d = 36 m T T d = 82 m T II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 d = 146 m d = 450 m T T II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Dechoerence Curve It can be used to evaluate the expected coincidence rate between 2 EEE telescopes Rate not corrected for efficiency and acceptance II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Detection of EAS with EEE telescopes in Catania 15 x 106 events II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 More statistics 100 x 106 events Rate ≈ 1 coinc/day No Time Correction Relative angle < 25° II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012 Outlook - Comparison with results from different EEE sites - Comparison with simulations Cagliari 520 m CERN 15 m L’Aquila 200 m Frascati 600 m Catania 3050 m II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012

II Conferenza dei Progetti del Centro Fermi, Rome - April 20th, 2012