The EEE MRPC telescopes as tracking tools to monitor building stability with cosmic muons

This paper discusses the possibility to employ the Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC) of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project as muon tracking detectors to monitor the long term stability of civil buildings and structures when used in conjunction with additional detectors, to reconstruct t...

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Autores principales: Abbrescia, M, Avanzini, C., Baldini, L., Ferroli, R.Baldini, Batignani, L.G., Battaglieri, M., Boi, S., Bossini, E., Carnesecchi, F., Cicalo, C., Cifarelli, L., Coccetti, F., Coccia, E., Corvaglia, A., Gruttola, D.De, Pasquale, S.De, Fabbri, L., Galante, L., Galeotti, P., Garbini, M., Gemme, G., Gnesi, I., Grazzi, S., Hatzifotiadou, D., Rocca, P.La, Liu, Z., Mandaglio, G., Maron, G., Mazziotta, M.N., Mulliri, A., Nania, R., Noferini, F., Nozzoli, F., Palmonari, F., Panareo, M., Panetta, M.P., Paoletti, R., Pellegrino, C., Perasso, L., Pinto, C., Piragino, G., Pisano, S., Riggi, F., Righini, G.C., Ripoli, C., Rizzi, M., Sartorelli, G., Scapparone, E., Schioppa, M., Scribano, A., Selvi, M., Serri, G., Squarcia, S., Taiuti, M., Terreni, G., Trifiró, A., Trimarchi, M., Vistoli, M.C., Votano, L., Williams, M.C.S., Zichichi, A., Zuyeuski, R.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2019
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/06/P06035
http://cds.cern.ch/record/2688285
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Sumario:This paper discusses the possibility to employ the Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC) of the Extreme Energy Events (EEE) Project as muon tracking detectors to monitor the long term stability of civil buildings and structures when used in conjunction with additional detectors, to reconstruct the average direction of the cosmic muon tracks passing through both devices and any small variation over long time acquisition periods. The performance of such setup is discussed and preliminary experimental coincidence results obtained with a 40× 60 cm$^{2}$ scintillator detector operated in the same building with one of the EEE telescopes, at about 15 m vertical distance from it, are presented. Simple Monte Carlo and GEANT simulations were also carried out to evaluate typical acceptance values for the operating conditions employed so far, to extrapolate to other geometrical configurations, and to evaluate multiple scattering effects.

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