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SUMMARY:Extreme Energy Events Project: A National Network of MRPC Muon Tel
 escopes for Cosmic-Ray Physics and Science in Schools
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Marco Garbini (Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro S
 tudi e Ricerche "Enrico Fermi"\, Roma)\nThe Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Pr
 oject is an innovative cosmic-ray experiment that combines frontier astrop
 article physics with a large-scale educational mission. EEE is built aroun
 d a network of muon telescopes based on Multigap Resistive Plate Chambers\
 , distributed across Italy and hosted primarily in high schools. One of th
 e defining features of the experiment is the direct involvement of student
 s and teachers in many stages of the scientific process\, from detector co
 nstruction and commissioning to monitoring\, data taking\, and analysis. \
 n\nEEE addresses several key topics in cosmic-ray physics\, including meas
 urements of the secondary muon flux at ground level\, the observation of e
 xtensive air showers\, and the study of correlations between distant event
 s through synchronized observations over a wide geographical area. The dis
 tributed nature of the array\, together with centralized reconstruction an
 d analysis\, makes EEE an effective observatory for investigating both loc
 al and large-scale features of cosmic radiation.\nIn 2018\, the EEE scient
 ific program was further extended through the PolarquEEEst initiative\, wh
 ich introduced compact scintillator-based detectors to perform cosmic-ray 
 measurements at very high geomagnetic latitudes. The first campaign explor
 ed the latitude dependence of the secondary cosmic-ray flux up to the Sval
 bard archipelago\, and in 2019 three detectors were installed at Ny-Ålesu
 nd (Svabard) enabling long-term monitoring of muons in an extreme environm
 ent. This extension broadened the scientific reach of EEE toward high-lati
 tude studies\, with potential connections to atmospheric and environmental
  phenomena\, while preserving the project's emphasis on compact instrument
 ation and distributed measurements.\n\nThe talk will provide an overview o
 f the EEE scientific program\, the detector and network architecture\, and
  selected physics results\, while also discussing the broader impact of th
 e project as a model of research-driven education. EEE demonstrates that a
  school-based infrastructure can produce meaningful scientific results whi
 le at the same time fostering scientific culture\, hands-on training\, and
  long-term collaborative communities in experimental physics.\n\nhttps://i
 ndico.tlabs.ac.za/event/139/contributions/3833/
LOCATION:NRF-iThemba LABS\, Old Faure Road\, Cape Town Auditorium
URL:https://indico.tlabs.ac.za/event/139/contributions/3833/
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