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1. Dataset of night-time emissions of the Earth in the near UV range (290-430 nm), with 6.3 km resolution in the latitude range -51.6

Author

L. Marcelli, K. Bolmgren, D. Barghini, M. Battisti, C. Blaksley, S. Blin, A. Belov, M. Bertaina, M. Bianciotto, F. Bisconti, G. Cambiè, F. Capel, M. Casolino, I. Churilo, M. Crisconio, C. De La Taille, T. Ebisuzaki, J. Eser, F. Fenu, M.A. Franceschi, C. Fuglesang, A. Golzio, P. Gorodetzky, H. Kasuga, F. Kajino, P. Klimov, V. Kuznetsov, M. Manfrin, G. Mascetti, W. Marszal, H. Miyamoto, A. Murashov, T. Napolitano, H. Ohmori, A. Olinto, E. Parizot, P. Picozza, L.W. Piotrowski, Z. Plebaniak, G. Prevot, E. Reali, G. Romoli, M. Ricci, N. Sakaki, K. Shinozaki, J. Szabelski, Y. Takizawa, V. Vagelli, G. Valentini, M. Vrabel, and L. Wiencke

Subjects
UV terrestrial emissions, UV maps, ISS, Mini-EUSO, Earth observation from space, Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, R858-859.7, Science (General), Q1-390
Abstract

The data presented in this article are related to the research paper entitled “Observation of night-time emissions of the Earth in the near UV range from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO detector” (Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 284, January 2023, 113336, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113336).The data have been acquired with the Mini-EUSO detector, an UV telescope operating in the range 290-430 nm and located inside the International Space Station. The detector was launched in August 2019, and it has started operations from the nadir-facing UV-transparent window in the Russian Zvezda module in October 2019. The data presented here refer to 32 sessions acquired between 2019-11-19 and 2021-05-06. The instrument consists of a Fresnel-lens optical system and a focal surface composed of 36 multi-anode photomultiplier tubes, each with 64 channels, for a total of 2304 channels with single photon counting sensitivity. The telescope, with a square field-of-view of 44°, has a spatial resolution on the Earth surface of 6.3 km and saves triggered transient phenomena with a temporal resolution of 2.5 µs and 320 µs. The telescope also operates in continuous acquisition at a 40.96 ms scale.In this article, large-area night-time UV maps obtained processing the 40.96 ms data, taking averages over regions of some specific geographical areas (e.g., Europe, North America) and over the entire globe, are presented. Data are binned into 0.1° × 0.1° or 0.05° × 0.05° cells (depending on the scale of the map) over the Earth's surface. Raw data are made available in the form of tables (latitude, longitude, counts) and .kmz files (containing the .png images). These are – to the best of our knowledge – the highest sensitivity data in this wavelength range and can be of use to various disciplines.

Published
2023
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2. The POEMMA (Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics)Observatory

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A. V. Olinto, J. Krizmanic, J. H. Adams, R. Aloisio, L. A. Anchordoqui, A. Anzalone, M. Bagheri, D. Barghini, M. Battisti, D. R. Bergman, M. E. Bertaina, P. F. Bertone, F. Bisconti, M. Bustamante, F. Cafagna, R. Caruso, M. Casolino, K. Černý, M. J. Christl, A. L. Cummings, I. De Mitri, R. Diesing, R. Engel, J. Eser, K. Fang, F. Fenu10G. Filippatos, E. Gazda, C. Guepin, A. Haungs, E. A. Hays, E. G. Judd, P. Klimov, V. Kungel, E. Kuznetsov, Š. Mackovjak, D. Mandát, L. Marcelli, J. McEnery, G. Medina-Tanco, K.-D. Merenda, S. S. Meyer, J. W. Mitchell, H. Miyamoto, J. M. Nachtman, A. Neronov, F. Oikonomou, Y. Onel, G. Osteria, A. N. Otte, E. Parizot, T. Paul, M. Pech, J. S. Perkins, P. Picozza, L.W. Piotrowski, Z. Plebaniak, G. Prévôt, P. Reardon, M. H. Reno, M. Ricci, and O. Romero Matamala

Subjects
Astronomy, Astrophysics
Abstract

The Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) is designed to accurately observe ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and cosmic neutrinos from space with sensitivity over the full celestial sky. POEMMA will observe the air fluorescence produced by extensive air showers (EASs) from UHECRs and potentially UHE neutrinos above 20 EeV. Additionally, POEMMA has the ability to observe the Cherenkov signal from upward-moving EASs induced by Earth-interacting tau neutrinos above 20 PeV. The POEMMA spacecraft are designed to quickly re-orientate to follow up transient neutrino sources and obtain currently unparalleled neutrino flux sensitivity. Developed as a NASA Astrophysics Probe-class mission, POEMMA consists of two identical satellites flying in loose formation in 525 km altitude orbits. Each POEMMA instrument incorporates a wide field-of-view (45°) Schmidt telescope with an optical collecting area of over 6 m2. The hybrid focal surface of each telescope includes a fast (1 μs) near-ultraviolet camera for EAS fluorescence observations and an ultrafast (10 ns) optical camera for Cherenkov EAS observations. In a 5-year mission, POEMMA will provide measurements that open new multi-messenger windows onto the most energetic events in the universe, enabling the study of new astrophysics and particle physics at these extreme energies.

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2021
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3. Observation of night-time emissions of the Earth in the near UV range from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO detector

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M. Casolino, D. Barghini, M. Battisti, C. Blaksley, A. Belov, M. Bertaina, M. Bianciotto, F. Bisconti, S. Blin, K. Bolmgren, G. Cambiè, F. Capel, I. Churilo, M. Crisconio, C. De La Taille, T. Ebisuzaki, J. Eser, F. Fenu, M.A. Franceschi, C. Fuglesang, A. Golzio, P. Gorodetzky, H. Kasuga, F. Kajino, P. Klimov, V. Kuznetsov, M. Manfrin, L. Marcelli, G. Mascetti, W. Marszał, H. Miyamoto, A. Murashov, T. Napolitano, H. Ohmori, A. Olinto, E. Parizot, P. Picozza, L.W. Piotrowski, Z. Plebaniak, G. Prévôt, E. Reali, G. Romoli, M. Ricci, N. Sakaki, K. Shinozaki, J. Szabelski, Y. Takizawa, G. Valentini, M. Vrabel, L. Wiencke, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Organisation de Micro-Électronique Générale Avancée (OMEGA), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Mini-EUSO, JEM-EUSO, UV emissions, Terrestrial emissions, ISS, Soil Science, FOS: Physical sciences, Geology, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Computers in Earth Sciences, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

Mini-EUSO (Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) is a telescope observing the Earth from the International Space Station since 2019. The instrument employs a Fresnel-lens optical system and a focal surface composed of 36 multi-anode photomultiplier tubes, 64 channels each, for a total of 2304 channels with single photon counting sensitivity. Mini-EUSO also contains two ancillary cameras to complement measurements in the near infrared and visible ranges. The scientific objectives of the mission range from the search for extensive air showers generated by Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) with energies above 10$^{21}$ eV, the search for nuclearites and Strange Quark Matter (SQM), up to the study of atmospheric phenomena such as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), meteors and meteoroids. Mini-EUSO can map the night-time Earth in the near UV range (between 290-430 nm) with a spatial resolution of about 6.3 km (full field of view of 44{\deg}) and a maximum temporal resolution of 2.5 $\mu$s, observing our planet through a nadir-facing UV-transparent window in the Russian Zvezda module. The detector saves triggered transient phenomena with a sampling rate of 2.5 $\mu$s and 320 $\mu$s, as well as continuous acquisition at 40.96 ms scale. In this paper we discuss the detector response and the flat-fielding and calibration procedures. Using the 40.96 ms data, we present $\simeq$6.3 km resolution night-time Earth maps in the UV band, and report on various emissions of anthropogenic and natural origin. We measure ionospheric airglow emissions of dark moonless nights over the sea and ground, studying the effect of clouds, moonlight, and artificial (towns, boats) lights. In addition to paving the way forward for the study of long-term variations of natural and artificial light, we also estimate the observation live-time of future UHECR detectors., Comment: 49 pages, 27 figures, 1 table, published in Remote Sensing of Environment

Published
2022

4. Description and performance results of the trigger logic of TUS and Mini-EUSO to search for Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays from space

Author

M. Bertaina, D. Barghini, M. Battisti, A. Belov, M. Bianciotto, F. Bisconti, C. Blaksley, K. Bolmgren, G. Cambiè, F. Capel, M. Casolino, T. Ebisuzaki, F. Fenu, M.A. Franceschi, C. Fuglesang, A. Golzio, P. Gorodetzky, F. Kajino, P. Klimov, M. Manfrin, L. Marcelli, W. Marszał, M. Mignone, H. Miyamoto, T. Napolitano, E. Parizot, P. Picozza, L.W. Piotrowski, Z. Plebaniak, G. Prévôt, E. Reali, M. Ricci, N. Sakaki, S. Sharakin, J. Szabelski, Y. Takizawa, M. Vrabel, I. Yashin, M. Zotov, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, logic, FOS: Physical sciences, imaging, trigger, UHE, observatory, cosmic radiation, ultraviolet, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Instrumentation, performance
Abstract

International audience; The trigger logic of the Tracking Ultraviolet Setup (TUS) and Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (Mini-EUSO) space-based projects of the Joint Experiment Missions - EUSO (JEM-EUSO) program is summarized. The performance results on the search for ultra-high energy cosmic rays are presented.

Published
2022

5. EUSO-SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope trigger test within the EUSO@TurLab Project

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Matteo Battisti, A. Belov, M.E. Bertaina, F. Bisconti, S. Blin, J. Eser, G. Filippatos, P. Klimov, M. Manfrin, M. Mignone, H. Miyamoto, E. Parizot, L.W. Piotrowski, G. Prévôt, E. Santero Mormile, F. Sarazin, J. Szabelski, L. Wiencke, Organisation de Micro-Électronique Générale Avancée (OMEGA), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), and JEM-EUSO

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logic, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, detector, JEM-EUSO, trigger, tracks, UHE, observatory, TurLab, Fluorescence Telescope, cosmic radiation, atmosphere, EUSO-SPB2, Trigger, hardware, Cherenkov, fluorescence, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Instrumentation, performance
Abstract

International audience; The second generation Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super-Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB2) mission is on track to be approved by NASA for a long duration flight (up to 100 days) in 2023 from Wanaka, New Zealand. EUSO-SPB2 will monitor the night atmosphere of the Southern hemisphere from 33 km altitude to detect Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) and search for astrophysical and cosmogenic neutrinos. EUSO-SPB2 features two telescopes, a Cherenkov (CT) and a Fluorescence (FT) Telescope. The hardware implementation and performance of the FT trigger logic were tested at the TurLab facility, hosted at the University of Turin. The tests proved the correct hardware implementation of the trigger logic and its ability to detect μs timescale transient signals.

Published
2023

6. Integration and qualification of the Mini-EUSO telescope on board the ISS

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Francesca Capel, Eva Reali, Enzo Reali, T. Napolitano, L. Marcelli, Pavel Klimov, Lech Wiktor Piotrowski, Maria Teresa Ricci, A. Franceschi, Alexander S. Belov, Alberto Franceschi, P. Klimov, Marco Ricci, M. Casolino, F. Capel, Andrei S. Belov, Piergiorgio Picozza, L.W. Piotrowski, P. Picozza, Marco Casolino, and G. Cambiè

Subjects
Physics, Photomultiplier, business.industry, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Photon counting, law.invention, Telescope, Silicon photomultiplier, Optics, law, International Space Station, Satellite, Image sensor, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Abstract

Mini-EUSO is a new space-based experiment designed primarily to observe showers that develop in atmosphere due to the interaction between molecular nitrogen and Ultra High Energy Cosmic particles (above 1021 eV) crossing by. It belongs to the JEM-EUSO program, which includes several past experiments all devoted to develop new larger size satellite detectors like K-EUSO and POEMMA for future UHEC Rays study from space. Mini-EUSO is a multiwavelenght telescope launched on August 2019 with the unmanned Soyuz MS-14 rocket to the International Space Station and currently operating on board the Russian Zvezda module, facing a UV-transparent window watching Earth in Nadir direction. The telescope optics comprise a main detection system employing two double-sided Fresnel lenses focusing UV (300–400 nm) light onto an array of 36 Hamamatsu Multi-Anode PhotoMultiplier Tubes, each of 64 channels for a total of 2304 pixels working in single photon counting mode, providing a wide field of view (44°) correpsonding to a ground area of 263 x 263 km2 with a highly fast time resolution up to few microseconds. Mini-EUSO includes also multiple ancillary sensors such as visible (400–780 nm) and NIR (1500–1600 nm) cameras covering a wide range of radiation wavelenght as well as a 64 channels Multi-Pixel Photon Counter Silicon PhotoMultiplier array which will increase the Technology Readiness Level of this ultrafast imaging sensor. Beside the primary objective, the mission aims to study different event such as meteoroids, Transient Luminous Event, search for Strange Quark matter and thanks to its space-time resolution is capable to provide UV Earth maps over the surface covered during ISS orbits. In this work we will present the detector integration, the qualification measurements on ground and some preliminary data.

Published
2022

7. Onboard performance of the level 1 trigger of the mini-EUSO telescope

Author

M. Battisti, D. Barghini, A. Belov, M. Bertaina, F. Bisconti, K. Bolmgren, G. Cambiè, F. Capel, M. Casolino, T. Ebisuzaki, F. Fenu, M.A. Franceschi, C. Fuglesang, A. Golzio, P. Gorodetzki, F. Kajino, P. Klimov, M. Manfrin, L. Marcelli, W. Marszał, H. Miyamoto, T. Napolitano, E. Parizot, P. Picozza, L.W. Piotrowski, Z. Plebaniak, G. Prévôt, E. Reali, M. Ricci, N. Sakaki, K. Shinozaki, J. Szabelski, Y. Takizawa, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)

Subjects
Mini-EUSO, Atmospheric Science, Trigger, UHECRs, Geophysics, Space and Planetary Science, JEM-EUSO, Aerospace Engineering, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Elves, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract

International audience; The Mini-EUSO telescope was launched for the International Space Station on August 22nd, 2019 to observe from the ISS orbit (∼400 km altitude) various phenomena occurring in the Earth’s atmosphere through a UV-transparent window located in the Russian Zvezda Module. Mini-EUSO is based on a set of two Fresnel lenses of 25 cm diameter each and a focal plane of 48×48 pixels, for a total field of view of 44°. Until July 2021, Mini-EUSO performed a total of 41 data acquisition sessions, obtaining UV images of the Earth in the 290 nm – 430 nm band with temporal and spatial resolution on ground of 2.5 μs and 6.3×6.3 km2, respectively. The data acquisition was performed with a 2.5 μs sampling rate, using a dedicated trigger looking for signals with a typical duration of tens of μs. In the present paper the analysis of the performance of the 2.5 μs trigger logic is presented, with a focus on the method used for the analysis and the categories of triggered events. The expected functioning of the trigger logic has been confirmed, with the trigger rate on spurious events that remains within the requirements in nominal background conditions. The trigger logic detected several different phenomena, including lightning strikes, elves, ground-based flashers and events with EAS-like characteristics.

Published
2022

8. Simulations studies for the Mini-EUSO detector

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P. Gorodetzky, R. Bonino, Guillaume Prévôt, Francesco Fenu, F. Capel, L.W. Piotrowski, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, P. Picozza, Matteo Battisti, P. Klimov, Marco Mignone, Alexander S. Belov, Christer Fugelsang, Francesca Bisconti, G. Suino, M. Bertaina, Naoto Sakaki, Raffaella Bonino, Dario Barghini, Gregorio Suino, Fumiyoshi Kajino, Mario E. Bertaina, A. Belov, Zbigniew Plebaniak, L. Marcelli, F. Bisconti, Jacek Szabelski, H. Miyamoto, J. Szabelski, M. Casolino, E. Parizot, Igor Churilo, G. Prevôt, Hiroko Miyamoto, G. Cambiè, I. Churilo, Laura Marcelli, C. Fuglesang, Kenji Shinozaki, Y. Takizawa, M. Mignone, Lech Piotrowski, Pavel Klimov, Marco Ricci, F. Kajino, N. Sakaki, M. Manfrin, Wlodzimierz Marszal, Marco Casolino, T. Ebisuzaki, Alessio Golzio, M. Ricci, A. Golzio, W. Marszal, D. Barghini, M. Battisti, K. Shinozaki, E. Reali, Enzo Reali, F. Fenu, Massimo Manfrin, Z. Plebaniak, Francesca Capel, Piergiorgio Picozza, Yoshiyuki Takizawa, Philippe Gorodetzky, Etienne Parizot, Giorgio Cambiè, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), and JEM-EUSO

Subjects
Physics, Meteoroid, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Monte Carlo method, Detector, satellite, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, parametrization, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, showers, calibration, Computational physics, International Space Station, Physics::Space Physics, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, cosmic radiation: UHE, spectrometer, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, numerical calculations: Monte Carlo, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Energy (signal processing), Space debris
Abstract

International audience; Mini-EUSO is a mission of the JEM-EUSO program flying onboard the International Space Station since August 2019. Since the first data acquisition in October 2019, more than 35 sessions have been performed for a total of 52 hours of observations. The detector has been observing Earth at night-time in the UV range and detected a wide variety of transient sources all of which have been modeled through Monte Carlo simulations. Mini-EUSO is also capable of detecting meteors and potentially space debris and we performed simulations for such events to estimatetheir impact on future missions for cosmic ray science from space. We show here examples of the simulation work done in this framework to analyze the Mini-EUSO data. The expected response of Mini-EUSO with respect to ultra high energy cosmic ray showers has been studied. The efficiency curve of Mini-EUSO as a function of primary energy has been estimated and the energy threshold for Cosmic Rays has been placed to be above $10^{21}$ eV. We compared the morphology of several transient events detected during the mission with cosmic ray simulations and excluded that they can be due to cosmic ray showers. To validate the energy threshold of the detector, asystem of ground based flashers is being used for end-to-end calibration purposes. We therefore implemented a parameterization of such flashers into the JEM-EUSO simulation framework and studied the response of the detector with respect to such sources.

Published
2021
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9. The Detection of UHECRs with the EUSO-TA Telescope

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Hiroyuki Sagawa, Z. Plebaniak, M. E. Bertaina, Y. Takizawa, Kenji Shinozaki, John Belz, Johannes Eser, Francesca Bisconti, Yuichiro Tameda, John N. Matthews, H. Shin, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, L.W. Piotrowski, Pierre Sokolsky, N. Sakaki, Marco Casolino, and Gordon Thomson

Subjects
Physics, Photomultiplier, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, QC1-999, Detector, Cosmic ray, Field of view, 01 natural sciences, Particle detector, law.invention, Telescope, Optics, law, Temporal resolution, 0103 physical sciences, Focal surface, business, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Abstract

EUSO-TA is a cosmic ray detector developed by the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for Extreme Universe Space Observatory) Collaboration, observing during nighttime the fluorescence light emitted along the path of extensive air showers in the atmosphere. It is installed at the Telescope Array site in Utah, USA, in front of the fluorescence detector station at Black Rock Mesa. It serves as a ground-based pathfinder experiment for future space-based missions. EUSO-TA has an optical system with two Fresnel lenses and a focal surface with 6 × 6 multi-anode photomultiplier tubes with 64 channels each, for a total of 2304 channels. The overall field of view is ∼10.6°× 10.6°. This detector technology allows the detection of cosmic ray events with high spatial resolution, having each channel a field of view of about ∼0.2° × 0.2° and a temporal resolution of 2.5 µs. First observations of ultra-high energy cosmic rays revealed the cosmic ray detection capability of EUSO-TA. The foreseen upgrade of EUSO-TA will improve the efficiency of the detector and will increase the statistics of detected events. In this work we present recent results of the detection capability of EUSO-TA and its limits. Moreover, other results about the analysis of laser pulses, stars and meteors will be discussed.

Published
2019

10. First observations of speed of light tracks by a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere

Author

G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J.H. Adams Jr., A. Ahriche, D. Allard, L. Allen, G. Alonso, L. Anchordoqui, A. Anzalone, Y. Arai, K. Asano, R. Attallah, H. Attoui, M. Ave Pernas, S. Bacholle, M. Bakiri, P. Baragatti, P. Barrillon, S. Bartocci, J. Bayer, B. Beldjilali, T. Belenguer, N. Belkhalfa, R. Bellotti, A. Belov, K. Belov, K. Benmessai, M. Bertaina, P.L. Biermann, S. Biktemerova, F. Bisconti, N. Blanc, J. Błȩcki, S. Blin-Bondil, P. Bobik, M. Bogomilov, E. Bozzo, A. Bruno, K.S. Caballero, F. Cafagna, D. Campana, J-N. Capdevielle, F. Capel, A. Caramete, L. Caramete, P. Carlson, R. Caruso, M. Casolino, C. Cassardo, A. Castellina, C. Catalano, O. Catalano, A. Cellino, M. Chikawa, G. Chiritoi, M.J. Christl, V. Connaughton, L. Conti, G. Cordero, G. Cotto, H.J. Crawford, R. Cremonini, S. Csorna, A. Cummings, S. Dagoret-Campagne, C. De Donato, C. de la Taille, C. De Santis, L. del Peral, M. Di Martino, A. Diaz Damian, T. Djemil, I. Dutan, A. Ebersoldt, T. Ebisuzaki, R. Engel, J. Eser, F. Fenu, S. Fernández-González, J. Fernández-Soriano, S. Ferrarese, M. Flamini, C. Fornaro, M. Fouka, A. Franceschi, S. Franchini, C. Fuglesang, T. Fujii, J. Fujimoto, M. Fukushima, P. Galeotti, E. García-Ortega, G. Garipov, E. Gascón, J. Genci, G. Giraudo, C. González Alvarado, P. Gorodetzky, R. Greg, F. Guarino, A. Guzmán, Y. Hachisu, M. Haiduc, B. Harlov, A. Haungs, J. Hernández Carretero, W. Hidber Cruz, D. Ikeda, N. Inoue, S. Inoue, F. Isgrò, Y. Itow, T. Jammer, S. Jeong, E. Joven, E.G. Judd, A. Jung, J. Jochum, F. Kajino, T. Kajino, S. Kalli, I. Kaneko, Y. Karadzhov, J. Karczmarczyk, K. Katahira, K. Kawai, Y. Kawasaki, A. Kedadra, H. Khales, B.A. Khrenov, Jeong-Sook Kim, Soon-Wook Kim, M. Kleifges, P.A. Klimov, D. Kolev, H. Krantz, I. Kreykenbohm, K. Kudela, Y. Kurihara, A. Kusenko, E. Kuznetsov, A. La Barbera, C. Lachaud, H. Lahmar, F. Lakhdari, R. Larson, O. Larsson, J. Lee, J. Licandro, L. López Campano, M.C. Maccarone, S. Mackovjak, M. Mahdi, D. Maravilla, L. Marcelli, J.L. Marcos, A. 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Sagawa, Z. Sahnoune, A. Saito, N. Sakaki, H. Salazar, J.C. Sanchez Balanzar, J.L. Sánchez, A. Santangelo, A. Sanz-Andrés, M. Sanz Palomino, O. Saprykin, F. Sarazin, M. Sato, T. Schanz, H. Schieler, V. Scotti, S. Selmane, D. Semikoz, M. Serra, S. Sharakin, H.M. Shimizu, K. Shinozaki, T. Shirahama, B. Spataro, I. Stan, T. Sugiyama, D. Supanitsky, M. Suzuki, B. Szabelska, J. Szabelski, N. Tajima, T. Tajima, Y. Takahashi, H. Takami, M. Takeda, Y. Takizawa, M.C. Talai, C. Tenzer, S.B. Thomas, O. Tibolla, L. Tkachev, H. Tokuno, T. Tomida, N. Tone, S. Toscano, M. Traïche, R. Tsenov, Y. Tsunesada, K. Tsuno, J. Tubbs, S. Turriziani, Y. Uchihori, O. Vaduvescu, J.F. Valdés-Galicia, P. Vallania, G. Vankova, C. Vigorito, L. Villaseñor, B. Vlcek, P. von Ballmoos, M. Vrabel, S. Wada, J. Watanabe, J. Watts Jr., M. Weber, R. Weigand Muñoz, A. Weindl, L. Wiencke, M. Wille, J. Wilms, Z. Włodarczyk, T. Yamamoto, J. Yang, H. Yano, I.V. Yashin, D. Yonetoku, S. Yoshida, R. Young, I.S Zgura, M.Yu. Zotov, A. 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Subjects
visible and IR photons, Balloon instrumentation, Detectors for UV, visible and IR photons, Lasers, Space instrumentation, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Laser, chemistry.chemical_element, FOS: Physical sciences, 01 natural sciences, Fluorescence spectroscopy, law.invention, Aeronáutica, Atmosphere, Xenon, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Detectors for UV, Physics, Instrumentation et méthodes en physique, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Autres mathématiques, Speed of light (cellular automaton), 3. Good health, Pathfinder, chemistry, business, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Detectors for UV, visible and IR photon
Abstract

EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO). It was launched on the moonless night of the 25th of August 2014 from Timmins, Canada. The flight ended successfully after maintaining the target altitude of 38 km for five hours. One part of the mission was a 2.5 hour underflight using a helicopter equipped with three UV light sources (LED, xenon flasher and laser) to perform an inflight calibration and examine the detectors capability to measure tracks moving at the speed of light. We describe the helicopter laser system and details of the underflight as well as how the laser tracks were recorded and found in the data. These are the first recorded laser tracks measured from a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere. Finally, we present a first reconstruction of the direction of the laser tracks relative to the detector., 0, SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

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2018

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