1. Overall View of the JEM-EUSO Instruments.
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Kajino, F., Ebisuzaki, T., Mase, H., Tsuno, K., Takizawa, Y., Kawasaki, Y., Shinozaki, K., Ohmori, H., Wada, S., Inoue, N., Sakaki, N., Adams, J., Christl, M., Young, R., Ferguson, C., Bonamente, M., Santangelo, A., Teshima, M., Parizot, E., and Gorodetzky, P.
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ASTRONOMICAL observatories , *WIDE-angle lenses , *TELESCOPES , *CHERENKOV radiation , *COSMIC ray showers , *PHOTONS , *ATMOSPHERE , *EARTH (Planet) - Abstract
JEM-EUSO mission with a large and wide-angle telescope mounted on ISS has been planned to open up 'particle astronomy' through the investigation of extreme-energy cosmic rays by detecting fluorescent and Cherenkov photons by air showers developed in the earth's atmosphere. The JEM-EUSO telescope consists of optical Fresnel lenses with a diameter of about 2.5 m, 300 k channels of MAPMT, frontend readout electronics, trigger electronics, and system electronics. An infrared camera and a LIDAR system will be used to monitor the earth's atmosphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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