Extreme Energy Events M. Abbrescia Extreme Energy Events Data taking 20 BILLIONS candidate tracks!

Extreme Energy Events M. Abbrescia Extreme Energy Events Data taking  Shifts covered up to 23 March Soon the call for new shifts up to 20 May Please ALL contact our collegues who still have not signed up:

Extreme Energy Events M. Abbrescia Extreme Energy Events Data taking  Still schools not in data taking Some of the stations are under construction Some have the inversion problem Bossini’s box to be replicated More tests at CERN to be done One (at least) has aging problems! We should build spares ASAP Some have reconstructions problems  Anyhow we have increase this number soon! In particular for “old” stations Task force to be created

Extreme Energy Events M. Abbrescia Extreme Energy Events Two contributions at recent conferences:  Paola La Rocca: “Operation and performance of the EEE network array for the detection of cosmic rays”, 14th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation, February 18, 2016, Vienna (proc. on NIM-A) Proceedings already circulated – please comment  Maria Paola Panetta: “Recent results and performance of the EEE Project MRPCs network”, XIII Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and related detectors, Feb , Gent, Belgium Proceedings (JINST) due for: 9 May

Extreme Energy Events M. Abbrescia Extreme Energy Events Papers in preparation:  Coincidences searches, F. Noferini et al. Deadline: 15 December, 2016  Forbush studies, I. Gnesi+ M. Schioppa et al. Deadline: 30 September 2016  Chambers and Telescope performance, D. De Gruttola et al. Deadline: 15 November 2016 Other activities: Many (MANY) ongoing: be proactive and present!

Extreme Energy Events M. Abbrescia Extreme Energy Events Meeting with the schools of central Italy Grosseto, April 2016 Around 23 schools should attend (one prof.+2 stud./school) Local organizers: prof. Pettini+Fabrizio+Carlo (+support from CentroFermi and EEE) Sala Pegaso, very nice location  EEE technical meeting in coincidence 15 April, Please, fill the doodle (if not already done):  Hotel reservations will be done “centrally” (rooms already blocked) Arrange your trip in time!

Extreme Energy Events M. Abbrescia Extreme Energy Events  Two sessions foreseen, 1.5 hours each  Decide which items to cover  Decide how they should be covered Maximum interaction with students and teachers “Hands-on” approach  Decide who will give the classes “Volunteers” needed!