On May 29, 2014, in the Aula Magna of Liceo Scientifico G. Gandini in Lodi, filled with students, the inauguration ceremony took place for the 40th EEE Project telescope for cosmic muon detection. Local authorities were present, including Mayor Simone Uggetti (a former Gandini student), Prefect Antonio Corona, and Guido Duccio Castellotti, President of the Fondazione Banca Popolare di Lodi. After the congratulatory message from EEE Project creator and leader Antonino Zichichi, delivered by his representative Claude Manoli, and the lecture “Science in the Hearts of Young People: From LHC to EEE” by Luisa Cifarelli, President of Centro Fermi and SIF, participants proceeded to inaugurate the laboratory housing the telescope.
Liceo Gandini thus joined the network of 39 telescopes (plus 5 at CERN and some INFN sections), each consisting of three MPRC (Multi Plate Resistive Chamber) detectors, installed at Upper Secondary Schools participating in the Extreme Energy Events Project – Science in Schools, promoted and managed by Centro Fermi (Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi) in collaboration with CERN, INFN, and MIUR.
The great interest and enthusiasm shown by Lodi students, also thanks to the preparation and motivation provided by their physics teacher Paolo Maggioli and school principals Abele Bianchi (recently retired) and successor Luisa Durì, fully confirmed the educational value of the EEE project. A reality that, with its extensive network of telescopes, now involves a significant number of students in schools across Italy.
G.C. Righini
Gli studenti del Liceo Gandini durante la costruzione dei rivelatori MPRC al CERN.
Il Prof. Abele Bianchi tra il Sindaco Simone Uggetti (a sinistra) e Claude Manoli (a destra).