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1. Observation of Declination Dependence in the Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum

Author: The Telescope Array Collaboration, Abbasi, R. U., Abu-Zayyad, T., Allen, M., Belz, J. W., Bergman, D. R., Buckland, I., Campbell, W., Cheon, B. G., Endo, K., Fedynitch, A., Fujii, T., Fujisue, K., Fujita, K., Fukushima, M., Furlich, G., Gerber, Z., Globus, N., Hanlon, W., Hayashida, N., He, H., Hibino, K., Higuchi, R., Ikeda, D., Ishii, T., Ivanov, D., Jeong, S., Jui, C. C. H., Kadota, K., Kakimoto, F., Kalashev, O., Kasahara, K., Kawachi, Y., Kawata, K., Kharuk, I., Kido, E., Kim, H. B., Kim, J. H., Kim, S. W., Kobo, R., Komae, I., Komatsu, K., Komori, K., Koyama, C., Kudenko, M., Kuroiwa, M., Kusumori, Y., Kuznetsov, M., Kwon, Y. J., Lee, K. H., Lee, M. J., Lubsandorzhiev, B., Lundquist, J. P., Matsuzawa, A., Matthews, J. A., Matthews, J. N., Mizuno, K., Mori, M., Murakami, M., Nagataki, S., Nakahara, M., Nakamura, T., Nakayama, T., Nakayama, Y., Nonaka, T., Ogio, S., Ohoka, H., Okazaki, N., Onishi, M., Oshima, A., Oshima, H., Ozawa, S., Park, I. H., Park, K. Y., Potts, M., Przybylak, M., Pshirkov, M. S., Remington, J., Rott, C., Rubtsov, G. I., Ryu, D., Sagawa, H., Sakaki, N., Sakamoto, R., Sako, T., Sakurai, N., Sakurai, S., Sato, D., Sato, S., Sekino, K., Shibata, T., Shikita, J., Shimodaira, H., Shin, B. K., Shin, H. S., Shinozaki, K., Smith, J. D., Sokolsky, P., Stokes, B. T., Stroman, T. A., Takagi, Y., Takahashi, K., Takeda, M., Takeishi, R., Taketa, A., Takita, M., Tameda, Y., Tanaka, K., Tanaka, M., Thomas, S. B., Thomson, G. B., Tinyakov, P., Tkachev, I., Tomida, T., Troitsky, S., Tsunesada, Y., Udo, S., Urban, F., Vaiman, I. A., Vrábel, M., Warren, D., Yamazaki, K., Zhezher, Y., Zundel, Z., and Zvirzdin, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: We report on an observation of the difference between northern and southern skies of the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray energy spectrum with a significance of ${\sim}8\sigma$. We use measurements from the two largest experiments$\unicode{x2014}$the Telescope Array observing the northern hemisphere and the Pierre Auger Observatory viewing the southern hemisphere. Since the comparison of two measurements from different observatories introduces the issue of possible systematic differences between detectors and analyses, we validate the methodology of the comparison by examining the region of the sky where the apertures of the two observatories overlap. Although the spectra differ in this region, we find that there is only a $1.8\sigma$ difference between the spectrum measurements when anisotropic regions are removed and a fiducial cut in the aperture is applied., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures
Published: 2024

2. EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science

Author: Collaboration, JEM-EUSO, Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams. Jr., J. H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Pernas, M. Ave, Bachmann, R., Bacholle, S., Bagheri, M., Bakiri, M., Baláz, J., Barghini, D., Bartocci, S., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bolmgren, K., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J. N., Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Cummings, A., Gónzalez, A. de Castro, de la Taille, C., del Peral, L., Desiato, J., Damian, A. Diaz, Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fenu, F., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., Gorodetzky, P., Gregg, R., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Heigbes, T., Carretero, J. Hernández, Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Jochum, J., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jung, A., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, Jeong-Sook, Kim, Soon-Wook, Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kungel, V., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., Campano, L. López, Martínez, F. López, Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Mastafa, M., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Ríos, J. A. Morales de los, Nachtman, J. M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piotrowski, L. W., Piraino, S., Plebaniak, Z., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Frías, M. D. Rodríguez, Matamala, O. F. Romero, Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Sánchez, J. L., Balanzar, J. C. Sanchez, Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Shinozaki, K., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., von Ballmoos, P., Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts. Jr., J., Muñoz, R. Weigand, Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Yu., and Marchi, A. Zuccaro
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a NASA super pressure balloon test flight was to circle the southern hemisphere. The primary scientific goal was to make the first observations of ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray extensive air showers (EASs) by looking down on the atmosphere with an ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence telescope from suborbital altitude (33~km). After 12~days and 4~hours aloft, the flight was terminated prematurely in the Pacific Ocean. Before the flight, the instrument was tested extensively in the West Desert of Utah, USA, with UV point sources and lasers. The test results indicated that the instrument had sensitivity to EASs of approximately 3 EeV. Simulations of the telescope system, telescope on time, and realized flight trajectory predicted an observation of about 1 event assuming clear sky conditions. The effects of high clouds were estimated to reduce this value by approximately a factor of 2. A manual search and a machine-learning-based search did not find any EAS signals in these data. Here we review the EUSO-SPB1 instrument and flight and the EAS search., Comment: 18 pages, 19 figures
Published: 2024
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3. JEM-EUSO Collaboration contributions to the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference

Author: Abe, S., Adams Jr., J. H., Allard, D., Alldredge, P., Aloisio, R., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Bagheri, M., Baret, B., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P. F., Bianciotto, M., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blin-Bondil, S., Bolmgren, K., Briz, S., Burton, J., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Campana, D., Capel, F., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Černý, K., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Cummings, A., Gónzalez, A. de Castro, de la Taille, C., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Di Nola, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fenu, F., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. W., Flaminio, F., Fornaro, C., Fuehne, D., Fuglesang, C., Fukushima, M., Gadamsetty, S., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gazda, E., Golzio, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Haungs, A., Heibges, T., Isgrò, F., Judd, E. G., Kajino, F., Kaneko, I., Kim, S. -W., Klimov, P. A., Krizmanic, J. F., Kungel, V., Kuznetsov, E., Martínez, F. López, Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, A., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Matthews, J. N., Mese, M., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Nagataki, S., Nachtman, J. M., Naumov, D., Neronov, A., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Paul, T., Pech, M., Perfetto, F., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Posligua, J., Potts, M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Ricci, M., Matamala, O. F. Romero, Romoli, G., Sagawa, H., Sakaki, N., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Selmane, S., Sharakin, S. A., Shinozaki, K., Stepanoff, S., Soriano, J. F., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Thomas, S. B., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Trofimov, D., Tsuno, K., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Vrábel, M., Wada, S., Watts Jr., J., Wiencke, L., Winn, D., Wistrand, H., Yashin, I. V., Young, R., and Zotov, M. Yu.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: This is a collection of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Nagoya, Japan, July 26-August 3, 2023)
Published: 2023

4. Developments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF Simulation and Analysis Framework

Author: Abe, S., Adams Jr., J. H., Allard, D., Alldredge, P., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Baret, B., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P. F., Bianciotto, M., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bolmgren, K., Briz, S., Burton, J., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capel, F., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Černý, K., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Cummings, A., Gónzalez, A. de Castro, de la Taille, C., del Peral, L., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Di Nola, A., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fenu, F., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. W., Flaminio, F., Fornaro, C., Fuehne, D., Fuglesang, C., Fukushima, M., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Golzio, A., Gorodetzky, P., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Haungs, A., Heibges, T., Hernández-Carretero, J., Isgrò, F., Judd, E. G., Kajino, F., Kaneko, I., Kawasaki, Y., Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Kungel, V., Kuznetsov, E., Martínez, F. López, Mackovjak, S., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, A., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Matthews, J. N., Menshikov, A., Mernik, T., Mese, M., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Ríos, J. A Morales de los, Nagataki, S., Nachtman, J. M., Naumov, D., Neronov, A., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Pagliaro, A., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Perfetto, F., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Posligua, J., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Putis, M., Reali, E., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Ricci, M., Frías, M. Rodríguez, Romoli, G., Cano, G. Sáez, Sagawa, H., Sakaki, N., Santangelo, A., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Selmane, S., Sharakin, S. A., Shinozaki, K., Soriano, J. F., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Trofimov, D., Tsuno, K., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., von Ballmoos, P., Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watts Jr., J., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wilms, J., Winn, D., Wistrand, H., Yashin, I. V., Young, R., and Zotov, M. Yu.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: JEM--EUSO is an international program for the development of space-based Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray observatories. The program consists of a series of missions which are either under development or in the data analysis phase. All instruments are based on a wide-field-of-view telescope, which operates in the near-UV range, designed to detect the fluorescence light emitted by extensive air showers in the atmosphere. We describe the simulation software ESAFin the framework of the JEM--EUSO program and explain the physical assumptions used. We present here the implementation of the JEM--EUSO, POEMMA, K--EUSO, TUS, Mini--EUSO, EUSO--SPB1 and EUSO--TA configurations in ESAF. For the first time ESAF simulation outputs are compared with experimental data.
Published: 2023
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5. Detection limits and trigger rates for ultra-high energy cosmic ray detection with the EUSO-TA ground-based fluorescence telescope

Author: Adams, J.H., Jr., Anchordoqui, L., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Belov, A.A., Belz, J.W., Bertaina, M., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blin-Bondil, S., Capel, F., Casolino, M., Cummings, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Falk, S., Fenu, F., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Fouka, M., Fuglesang, C., Gorodetzky, P., Guarino, F., Haungs, A., Inoue, N., Kajino, F., Klimov, P.A., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mashiyama, H., Matthews, J.N., Miyamoto, H., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A.V., Parizot, E., Paul, T., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L.W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sagawa, H., Sahnoun, Z., Sakaki, N., Shin, H., Shinozaki, K., Sokolsky, P., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Takizawa, Y., Tameda, Y., Thomson, G.B., Vrabel, M., Wiencke, L., and Zotov, M.Yu.
Published: 2024
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6. JEM-EUSO Collaboration contributions to the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference

Author: Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams Jr., J. H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Pernas, M. Ave, Bagheri, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Barghini, D., Bartocci, S., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bolmgren, K., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J-N., Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Gónzalez, A. de Castro, de la Taille, C., del Peral, L., Damian, A. Diaz, Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fenu, F., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Fornaro, W. I. Finch C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., Alvarado, C. González, Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Carretero, J. Hernández, Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jochum, J., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, Jeong-Sook, Kim, Soon-Wook, Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kungel, V., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., Campano, L. López, Martínez, F. López, Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Ríos, J. A. Morales de los, Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Neronov, J. M. Nachtman A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Osteria, Y. Onel G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piotrowski, L. W., Piraino, S., Plebaniak, Z., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Frías, M. D. Rodríguez, Matamala, O. F. Romero, Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Cano, G. Sáez, Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Balanzar, J. C. Sanchez, Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Palomino, M. Sanz, Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Shinozaki, K., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., von Ballmoos, P., Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts Jr., J., Muñoz, R. Weigand, Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Yamamoto, D. Winn T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Yu., and Marchi, A. Zuccaro
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Compilation of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), held on July 12-23, 2021 (online) in Berlin, Germany., Comment: html page with links to the JEM-EUSO Collaboration papers presented at ICRC-2021, Berlin, Germany
Published: 2022

7. Measurement of UV light emission of the nighttime Earth by Mini-EUSO for space-based UHECR observations

Author: Shinozaki, K., Bolmgren, K., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M., Bisconti, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Casolino, M., Fenu, F., Golzio, A., Plebaniak, Z., Przybylak, M., Szabelski, J., Sakaki, N., and Takizawa, Y.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program aims at the realization of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observation using wide field of view fluorescence detectors in orbit. Ultra-violet (UV) light emission from the atmosphere such as airglow and anthropogenic light on the Earth's surface are the main background for the space-based UHECR observations. The Mini-EUSO mission has been operated on the International Space Station (ISS) since 2019 which is the first space-based experiment for the program. The Mini-EUSO instrument consists of a 25 cm refractive optics and the photo-detector module with the 2304-pixel array of the multi-anode photomultiplier tubes. On the nadir-looking window of the ISS, the instrument is capable of continuously monitoring a ~300 km x 300 km area. In the present work, we report the preliminary result of the measurement of the UV light in the nighttime Earth using the Mini-EUSO data downlinked to the ground. We mapped UV light distribution both locally and globally below the ISS obit. Simulations were also made to characterize the instrument response to diffuse background light. We discuss the impact of such light on space-based UHECR observations and the Mini-EUSO science objectives., Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, presented in 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Berlin)
Published: 2021
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8. Study of the calibration method using the stars measured by the EUSO-TA telescope

Author: Plebaniak, Z., Przybylak, M., Barghini, D., Bertaina, M., Bisconti, F., Casolino, M., Gardiol, D., Lipiec, R., Piotrowski, L. W., Shinozaki, K., and Szabelski, J.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: EUSO-TA is a ground-based experiment, placed at Black Rock Mesa of the Telescope Array site as a part of the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program. The UV fluorescence imaging telescope with a field of view of about 10.6 deg x 10.6 deg consisting of 2304 pixels (36 Multi-Anode Photomultipliers, 64 pixels each) works with 2.5-microsecond time resolution. An experimental setup with two Fresnel lenses allows for measurements of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays in parallel with the TA experiment as well as the other sources like flashes of lightning, artificial signals from UV calibration lasers, meteors and stars. Stars increase counts on pixels while crossing the field of view as the point-like sources. In this work, we discuss the method for calibration of EUSO fluorescence detectors based on signals from stars registered by the EUSO-TA experiment during several campaigns. As the star position is known, the analysis of signals gives an opportunity to determine the pointing accuracy of the detector. This can be applied to space-borne or balloon-borne EUSO missions. We describe in details the method of the analysis which provides information about detector parameters like the shape of the point spread function and is the way to perform absolute calibration of EUSO cameras.
Published: 2021
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9. EUSO-SPB1 mission and science

Author: Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, J.H., Jr., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Pernas, M. Ave, Bachmann, R., Bacholle, S., Bagheri, M., Bakiri, M., Baláz, J., Barghini, D., Bartocci, S., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A.A., Benmessai, K., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P.F., Biermann, P.L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bolmgren, K., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K.S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J.N., Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M.J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H.J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Cummings, A., de Castro Gónzalez, A., de la Taille, C., del Peral, L., Desiato, J., Damian, A. Diaz, Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fenu, F., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G.K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., Gorodetzky, P., Gregg, R., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Heigbes, T., Carretero, J. Hernández, Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Jochum, J., Joven, E., Judd, E.G., Jung, A., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B.A., Kim, Jeong-Sook, Kim, Soon-Wook, Kleifges, M., Klimov, P.A., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J.F., Królik, K., Kungel, V., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., Campano, L. López, Martínez, F. López, Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marcos, J.L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Mastafa, M., Matthews, J.N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S.S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., de los Ríos, J.A. Morales, Nachtman, J.M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A.V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A.N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M.I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I.H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piotrowski, L.W., Piraino, S., Plebaniak, Z., Pollini, A., Popescu, E.M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M.H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Frías, M.D. Rodríguez, Matamala, O.F. Romero, Ronga, F., Sabau, M.D., Saccá, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Sánchez, J.L., Balanzar, J.C. Sanchez, Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Saprykin, O.A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S.A., Shimizu, H.M., Shinozaki, K., Soriano, J.F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Talai, M.C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S.B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L.G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Valdés-Galicia, J.F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T.M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., von Ballmoos, P., Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts, J., Jr., Muñoz, R. Weigand, Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I.V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I.S., Zotov, M.Yu., and Marchi, A. Zuccaro
Published: 2024
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10. Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 calibration: from the laboratory to the desert

Author: Adams Jr., J. H., Allen, L., Bachman, R., Bacholle, S., Barrillon, P., Bayer, J., Bertaina, M., Blaksley, C., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Casolino, M., Christl, M. J., Cummings, A., Dagoret-Campagne, S., Damian, A. Diaz, Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Escobar, J., Eser, J., Evrard, J., Fenu, F., Finch, W., Fornaro, C., Gorodetzky, P., Gregg, R., Guarino, F., Haungs, A., Hedber, W., Hunt, P., Jung, A., Kawasaki, Y., Kleifges, M., Kuznetsov, E., Mackovjak, S., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Medina-Tanco, G., Meyer, S. S., Miyamoto, H., Mastafa, M., Olinto, A. V., Osteria, G., Painter, W., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Paul, T., Perfetto, F., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Polonski, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Rezazadeh, M., Ricci, M., Balanzar, J. C. Sanchez, Santangelo, A., Sarazin, F., Scotti, V., Shinozaki, K., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Wiencke, L., Young, R., and von Ballmoos, P.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) instrument was launched out of Wanaka, New Zealand, by NASA in April, 2017 as a mission of opportunity. The detector was developed as part of the Joint Experimental Missions for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (JEM-EUSO) program toward a space-based ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) telescope with the main objective to make the first observation of UHECRs via the fluorescence technique from suborbital space. The EUSO-SPB1 instrument is a refractive telescope consisting of two 1m$^2$ Fresnel lenses with a high-speed UV camera at the focal plane. The camera has 2304 individual pixels capable of single photoelectron counting with a time resolution of 2.5$\mu$s. A detailed performance study including calibration was done on ground. We separately evaluated the properties of the Photo Detector Module (PDM) and the optical system in the laboratory. An end-to-end test of the instrument was performed during a field campaign in the West Desert in Utah, USA at the Telescope Array (TA) site in September 2016. The campaign lasted for 8 nights. In this article we present the results of the preflight laboratory and field tests. Based on the tests performed in the field, it was determined that EUSO-SPB1 has a field of view of 11.1$^\circ$ and an absolute photo-detection efficiency of 10%. We also measured the light flux necessary to obtain a 50% trigger efficiency using laser beams. These measurements were crucial for us to perform an accurate post flight event rate calculation to validate our cosmic ray search. Laser beams were also used to estimated the reconstruction angular resolution. Finally, we performed a flat field measurement in flight configuration at the launch site prior to the launch providing a uniformity of the focal surface better than 6%.
Published: 2020
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11. Mini-EUSO mission to study Earth UV emissions on board the ISS

Author: Bacholle, S., Barrillon, P., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Casolino, M., Crisconio, M., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., de la Taille, C., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fenu, F., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, C., Gorodetzky, P., Haungs, A., Kajino, F., Kasuga, H., Khrenov, B., Klimov, P., Kochepasov, S., Kuznetsov, V., Marcelli, L., Marszal, W., Mignone, M., Mascetti, G., Miyamoto, H., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Olinto, A. V., Ohmori, H., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Porfilio, M., Poroshin, A., Parizot, E., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prevot, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Turriziani, S., Valentini, M. Traiche G., Wada, S., Wiencke, L., Yashin, I., and Zuccaro-Marchi, A.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Mini-EUSO is a telescope observing the Earth in the ultraviolet band from the International Space Station. It is a part of the JEM-EUSO program, paving the way to future larger missions, such as KEUSO and POEMMA, devoted primarily to the observation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays from space. Mini-EUSO is capable of observing Extensive Air Showers generated by Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays with an energy above 10^21 eV and detect artificial showers generated with lasers from the ground. Other main scientific objectives of the mission are the search for nuclearites and Strange Quark Matter, the study of atmospheric phenomena such as Transient Luminous Events, meteors and meteoroids, the observation of sea bioluminescence and of artificial satellites and man-made space debris. Mini-EUSO will map the night-time Earth in the UV range (290 - 430 nm), with a spatial resolution of about 6.3 km and a temporal resolution of 2.5 microseconds, through a nadir-facing UV-transparent window in the Russian Zvezda module. The instrument, launched on August 22, 2019 from the Baikonur cosmodrome, is based on an optical system employing two Fresnel lenses 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 and an overall field of view of 44 degrees. Mini-EUSO also contains two ancillary cameras to complement measurements in the near infrared and visible ranges. In this paper we describe the detector and present the various phenomena observed in the first months of operations., Comment: 23 pages, 20 figures
Published: 2020
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12. Mini-EUSO experiment to study UV emission of terrestrial and astrophysical origin onboard of the International Space Station

Author: Casolino, M., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M., Bisconti, F., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, C., Gorodetzky, P., Haungs, A., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Miyamoto, H., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Poroshin, A., Parizot, E., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., and Turriziani, S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Mini-EUSO will observe the Earth in the UV range (300 - 400 nm) offering the opportunity to study a variety of atmospheric events such as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), meteors and marine bioluminescence. Furthermore it aims to search for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) above $10^{21}$ eV and Strange Quark Matter (SQM). The detector is expected to be launched to the International Space Station in August 2019 and look at the Earth in nadir mode from the UV-transparent window of the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. The instrument comprises a compact telescope with a large field of view ($44^{\circ}$), based on an optical system employing two Fresnel lenses for light collection. The light is focused onto an array of 36 multi-anode photomultiplier tubes (MAPMT), for a total of 2304 pixels and the resulting signal is converted into digital, processed and stored via the electronics subsystems on-board. In addition to the main detector, Mini-EUSO contains two ancillary cameras for complementary measurements in the near infrared (1500 - 1600 nm) and visible (400 - 780 nm) range and also a 8x8 SiPM imaging array., Comment: 8 pages, 12 figures, ICRC2019
Published: 2019

13. Cherenkov light from Horizontal Air Shower

Author: Królik, K., Djakonow, A., Plebaniak, Z., Przybylak, M., Szabelski, J., and Wiencke, L.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: We present results of horizontal EAS simulations focused on the opportunity of measuring Cherenkov light from air showers at stratospheric balloon altitude (eg. EUSO-SPB2). For a 1 m2 UV light detector at a 38 km altitude, the largest horizontal distance to the edge of the Earth atmosphere is about 1000 km which represents a depth of 10000 g/cm2 of atmosphere. The Cherenkov light produced by the EAS electron component would be scattered in atmosphere on its way to the detector, and would not contribute to detected light. The most promising scenario relies on the detection of light emitted within about 300 km from the detector by EAS muons with energies above 100 GeV (required to produce Cherenkov light at high altitudes and for muons to survive over a large distance). Within this scenario we might expect to measure Cherenkov light from proton induced EAS of energy between 1e17 and 1e18 eV, the lower limit being related to the strength of a signal, and upper limit being due to the product of geometrical factor by the CR flux., Comment: presented at the 36th ICRC (Madison, WI; 2019)
Published: 2019

14. Space Debris detection and tracking with the techniques of cosmic ray physics

Author: Miyamoto, H., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M. E., Bisconti, F., Bonino, R., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Casolino, M., Cellino, A., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, C., Gardiol, D., Gorodetzky, P., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Parizot, E., Poroshin, A., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Suino, G., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., and Turriziani, S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: Space Debris (SD) consist of non-operational artificial objects orbiting around the Earth, which could possibly damage space vehicles, such as the International Space Station (ISS) or other manned spacecrafts. The vast majority of such objects are cm-sized, not catalogued and usually the tracking data are not precise enough. Here we present the feasibility study of SD detection and tracking with techniques usually employed in cosmic-ray physics. For this purpose, we have evaluated the possibility of using Mini-EUSO, a space-borne fluorescence telescope to be deployed on the ISS, to track SD illuminated by the Sun. By means of ESAF (EUSO Simulation and analysis Framework) simulation and by developing the trigger algorithms, we estimated the minimum size and maximum distances of detectable SD. We then studied the number of possible SD detections using an ESA software called MASTER (Meteoroid and SD Terrestrial Environment Reference). With the Mini-EUSO Engineering Model (Mini-EUSO EM), we performed some measurements to estimate the reflectance of the most common SD materials and to demonstrate the ability of Mini-EUSO to detect SD events. We also performed some tests in open-sky conditions, identifying and tracking fast-moving objects. In particular, the detection of a rocket body allowed us to confirm the simulation outcomes predictions and the expected performance of the detector.
Published: 2019

15. Calibration of the EUSO-TA detector with stars

Author: Plebaniak, Z., Szabelski, J., Przybylak, M., Piotrowski, L. W., Djakonow, A., and Krolik, K.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: The Extreme Universe Space Observatory-Telescope Array (EUSO-TA) is a ground-based experiment, part of the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions -- Extreme Universe Space Observatory) dedicated to the observation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) in parallel with the Telescope Array (TA) experiment. The main goal of EUSO-TA operations is to test the hardware and calibrate the EUSO detector to obtain optimal performance for cosmic ray observations. Apart from the artificial source calibration such as the Central Laser Facility (CLF), mobile lasers and UV diodes, natural signals from stars can be also used as a calibration source. This work presents the results of the calibration of the EUSO-TA detector. The influence of the atmosphere and of the detector parameters on star observations are discussed. Considering, stars as point-like sources with well known UV emission parameters, signal amplitudes from stars as well as the EUSO-TA detector point spread function were estimated. This unique calibration method could be used in future missions of the JEM-EUSO program such as EUSO-SPB2 (Super-Pressure Balloon)., Comment: presented at the 36th ICRC (Madison, WI; 2019)
Published: 2019

16. Mini-EUSO engineering model: tests in open-sky condition

Author: Bisconti, F., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M. E., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Casolino, M., Cellino, A., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, C., Gardiol, D., Gorodetzky, P., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Miyamoto, H., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Parizot, E., Poroshin, A., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Suino, G., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., and Turriziani, S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: Mini-EUSO is a UV telescope that will look downwards to the Earth's atmosphere onboard the International Space Station. With the design of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray fluorescence detectors belonging to the JEM-EUSO program, it will make the first UV map of the Earth by observing atmospheric phenomena such as transient luminous events, sprites and lightning, as well as meteors and bioluminescence from earth. Diffused light from laser shots from the ground, which mimic the fluorescence light emitted by Nitrogen molecules when extensive air showers pass through the atmosphere, can be used to verify the capability of this kind of detector to observe ultra-high energy cosmic rays. To validate the electronics and the trigger algorithms developed for Mini-EUSO, a scaled down version of the telescope with 1:9 of the original focal surface and a lens of 2.5 cm diameter has been built. Tests of the Mini-EUSO engineering model have been made in laboratory and in open sky condition. In this paper, we report results of observations of the night sky, which include the detection of stars, meteors, a planet and a rocket body reflecting the sunlight. Interesting results of the observation of city lights are also reported., Comment: presented at the 36th ICRC (Madison, WI; 2019)
Published: 2019

17. The EUSO@TurLab: Test of Mini-EUSO Engineering Model

Author: Miyamoto, H., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M. E., Bisconti, F., Bonino, R., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cellino, A., Churilo, I., Contino, G., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, C., Gardiol, D., Gorodetzky, P., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Parizot, E., Poroshin, A., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Suino, G., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., and Turriziani, S.
Subjects: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract: The TurLab facility is a laboratory, equipped with a 5 m diameter and 1 m depth rotating tank, located in the Physics Department of the University of Turin. Originally, it was mainly built to study systems of different scales where rotation plays a key role in the fluid behavior such as in atmospheric and oceanic flows. In the past few years the TurLab facility has been used to perform experiments related to the observation of Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays (EECRs) from space using the fluorescence technique. For example, in the case of the JEM-EUSO mission, where the diffuse night brightness and artificial light sources can vary significantly in time and space inside the Field of View of the telescope. The Focal Surface of Mini-EUSO Engineering Model (Mini-EUSO EM) with the level 1 (L1) and 2 (L2) trigger logics implemented in the Photo-Detector Module (PDM) has been tested at TurLab. Tests related to the possibility of using an EUSO-like detector for other type of applications such as Space Debris (SD) monitoring and imaging detector have also been pursued. The tests and results obtained within the EUSO@TurLab Project on these different topics are presented., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, ICRC2019
Published: 2019

18. Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 calibration: from the laboratory to the desert

Author: Adams, Jr., J. H., Allen, L., Bachman, R., Bacholle, S., Barrillon, P., Bayer, J., Bertaina, M., Blaksley, C., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Casolino, M., Christl, M. J., Cummings, A., Dagoret-Campagne, S., Damian, A. Diaz, Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Escobar, J., Eser, J., Evrard, J., Fenu, F., Finch, W., Fornaro, C., Gorodetzky, P., Gregg, R., Guarino, F., Haungs, A., Hedber, W., Hunt, P., Jung, A., Kawasaki, Y., Kleifges, M., Kuznetsov, E., Mackovjak, S., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Medina-Tanco, G., Meyer, S. S., Miyamoto, H., Mastafa, M., Olinto, A. V., Osteria, G., Painter, W., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Paul, T., Perfetto, F., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Polonski, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Rezazadeh, M., Ricci, M., Balanzar, J. C. Sanchez, Santangelo, A., Sarazin, F., Scotti, V., Shinozaki, K., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Wiencke, L., Young, R., and von Ballmoos, P.
Published: 2021
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19. Developments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF simulation and analysis framework

Author: Abe, S., primary, Adams, J. H., additional, Allard, D., additional, Alldredge, P., additional, Anchordoqui, L., additional, Anzalone, A., additional, Arnone, E., additional, Baret, B., additional, Barghini, D., additional, Battisti, M., additional, Bayer, J., additional, Bellotti, R., additional, Belov, A. A., additional, Bertaina, M., additional, Bertone, P. F., additional, Bianciotto, M., additional, Biermann, P. L., additional, Bisconti, F., additional, Blaksley, C., additional, Blin-Bondil, S., additional, Bobik, P., additional, Bolmgren, K., additional, Briz, S., additional, Burton, J., additional, Cafagna, F., additional, Cambié, G., additional, Campana, D., additional, Capel, F., additional, Caruso, R., additional, Casolino, M., additional, Cassardo, C., additional, Castellina, A., additional, Černý, K., additional, Christl, M. J., additional, Colalillo, R., additional, Conti, L., additional, Cotto, G., additional, Crawford, H. J., additional, Cremonini, R., additional, Creusot, A., additional, Cummings, A., additional, de Castro Gónzalez, A., additional, de la Taille, C., additional, del Peral, L., additional, Diesing, R., additional, Dinaucourt, P., additional, Di Nola, A., additional, Ebersoldt, A., additional, Ebisuzaki, T., additional, Eser, J., additional, Fenu, F., additional, Ferrarese, S., additional, Filippatos, G., additional, Finch, W. W., additional, Flaminio, F., additional, Fornaro, C., additional, Fuehne, D., additional, Fuglesang, C., additional, Fukushima, M., additional, Gardiol, D., additional, Garipov, G. K., additional, Golzio, A., additional, Gorodetzky, P., additional, Guarino, F., additional, Guépin, C., additional, Guzmán, A., additional, Haungs, A., additional, Heibges, T., additional, Hernández-Carretero, J., additional, Isgrò, F., additional, Judd, E. G., additional, Kajino, F., additional, Kaneko, I., additional, Kawasaki, Y., additional, Kleifges, M., additional, Klimov, P. A., additional, Kreykenbohm, I., additional, Krizmanic, J. F., additional, Kungel, V., additional, Kuznetsov, E., additional, López Martínez, F., additional, Mackovjak, S., additional, Mandát, D., additional, Manfrin, M., additional, Marcelli, A., additional, Marcelli, L., additional, Marszał, W., additional, Matthews, J. N., additional, Menshikov, A., additional, Mernik, T., additional, Mese, M., additional, Meyer, S. S., additional, Mimouni, J., additional, Miyamoto, H., additional, Mizumoto, Y., additional, Monaco, A., additional, Morales de los Ríos, J.A, additional, Nagataki, S., additional, Nachtman, J. M., additional, Naumov, D., additional, Neronov, A., additional, Nonaka, T., additional, Ogawa, T., additional, Ogio, S., additional, Ohmori, H., additional, Olinto, A. V., additional, Onel, Y., additional, Osteria, G., additional, Pagliaro, A., additional, Panico, B., additional, Parizot, E., additional, Park, I. H., additional, Pastircak, B., additional, Paul, T., additional, Pech, M., additional, Perfetto, F., additional, Picozza, P., additional, Piotrowski, L. W., additional, Plebaniak, Z., additional, Posligua, J., additional, Prevete, R., additional, Prévôt, G., additional, Prieto, H., additional, Przybylak, M., additional, Putis, M., additional, Reali, E., additional, Reardon, P., additional, Reno, M. H., additional, Ricci, M., additional, Rodríguez Frías, M., additional, Romoli, G., additional, Sáez Cano, G., additional, Sagawa, H., additional, Sakaki, N., additional, Santangelo, A., additional, Saprykin, O. A., additional, Sarazin, F., additional, Sato, M., additional, Schieler, H., additional, Schovánek, P., additional, Scotti, V., additional, Selmane, S., additional, Sharakin, S. A., additional, Shinozaki, K., additional, Soriano, J. F., additional, Szabelski, J., additional, Tajima, N., additional, Tajima, T., additional, Takahashi, Y., additional, Takeda, M., additional, Takizawa, Y., additional, Tenzer, C., additional, Thomas, S. B., additional, Tkachev, L. G., additional, Tomida, T., additional, Toscano, S., additional, Traïche, M., additional, Trofimov, D., additional, Tsuno, K., additional, Vallania, P., additional, Valore, L., additional, Venters, T. M., additional, Vigorito, C., additional, von Ballmoos, P., additional, Vrabel, M., additional, Wada, S., additional, Watts, J., additional, Weindl, A., additional, Wiencke, L., additional, Wilms, J., additional, Winn, D., additional, Wistrand, H., additional, Yashin, I. V., additional, Young, R., additional, and Zotov, M. Yu., additional
Published: 2023
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20. Intumescent Flame-Retardant Treatments for Flexible Barriers

Author: Kozlowski, R., Wesolek, D., Wladyka-Przybylak, M., Duquesne, Sophie, Vannier, A., Bourbigot, S., Delobel, R., Hull, Robert, editor, Osgood, R. M., editor, Parisi, Jürgen, editor, Warlimont, Hans, editor, Duquesne, Sophie, editor, Magniez, Carole, editor, and Camino, Giovanni, editor
Published: 2007
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21. Science and mission status of EUSO-SPB2

Author: Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, Jr, J.H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Ave Pernas, M., Bagheri, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Barghini, D., Bartocci, S., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J. N., Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Castro Gónzalez, A. de, Taille, C. de la, Peral, L. del, Diaz Damian, A., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eliasson, L., Eser, J., Fenu, F., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. I., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., González Alvarado, C., Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Hernández Carretero, J., Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jochum, J., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, J.-S., Kim, S.-W., Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kungel, V., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., López Campano, L., López Martínez, F., Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Morales de los Ríos, J. A., Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Nachtman, J. M., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piotrowski, L. W., Piraino, S., Plebaniak, Z., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Rodríguez Frías, M. D., Romero Matamala, O. F., Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sáez Cano, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Sanchez Balanzar, J. C., Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Sanz Palomino, M., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Shinozaki, K., Shirahama, T., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., Ballmoos, P. von, Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts, Jr, J., Weigand Muñoz, R., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Winn, D., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Yu, Zuccaro Marchi, A., JEM-EUSO Collaboration, Guarino, Fausto, Isgro', Francesco, Colalillo, Roberta, Mese, Marco, Valore, Laura, Scotti, Valentina, and Prevete, Roberto
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Universe, law.invention, Telescope, Air shower, Observatory, law, Nadir, Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray, ddc:620, Neutrino, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Engineering & allied operations, Cherenkov radiation, media_common
Abstract: The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II (EUSO-SPB2) is a second generation stratospheric balloon instrument for the detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs, E > 1 EeV) via the fluorescence technique and of Very High Energy (VHE, E > 10 PeV) neutrinos via Cherenkov emission. EUSO-SPB2 is a pathfinder mission for instruments like the proposed Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA). The purpose of such a space-based observatory is to measure UHECRs and UHE neutrinos with high statistics and uniform exposure. EUSO-SPB2 is designed with two Schmidt telescopes, each optimized for their respective observational goals. The Fluorescence Telescope looks at the nadir to measure the fluorescence emission from UHECR-induced extensive air shower (EAS), while the Cherenkov Telescope is optimized for fast signals ($\sim$10 ns) and points near the Earth's limb. This allows for the measurement of Cherenkov light from EAS caused by Earth skimming VHE neutrinos if pointed slightly below the limb or from UHECRs if observing slightly above. The expected launch date of EUSO-SPB2 is Spring 2023 from Wanaka, NZ with target duration of up to 100 days. Such a flight would provide thousands of VHECR Cherenkov signals in addition to tens of UHECR fluorescence tracks. Neither of these kinds of events have been observed from either orbital or suborbital altitudes before, making EUSO-SPB2 crucial to move forward towards a space-based instrument. It will also enhance the understanding of potential background signals for both detection techniques. This contribution will provide a short overview of the detector and the current status of the mission as well as its scientific goals., 37$^{\rm{th}}$ International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021) July 12th -- 23rd, 2021 Online -- Berlin, Germany
Published: 2022
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22. Measurement of UV light emission of the nighttime Earth by Mini-EUSO for space-based UHECR observations

Author: Shinozaki, K., Bolmgren, K., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M., Bisconti, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Casolino, M., Fenu, F., Golzio, A., Klimov, P., Kungel, V., Marcelli, L., Miyamoto, H., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Przybylak, M., Szabelski, J., Sakaki, N., Takizawa, Y., Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, Jr, J.H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Ave Pernas, M., Bagheri, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Bartocci, S., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J.-N., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Caruso, R., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Castro Gónzalez, A. de, Taille, C. de la, Peral, L. del, Diaz Damian, A., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. I., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., González Alvarado, C., Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Hernández Carretero, J., Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jochum, J., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, J.-S., Kim, S.-W., Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., López Campano, L., López Martínez, F., Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Morales de los Ríos, J. A., Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Nachtman, J. M., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piraino, S., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Rodríguez Frías, M. D., Romero Matamala, O. F., Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sáez Cano, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Salazar, H., Sanchez Balanzar, J. C., Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Sanz Palomino, M., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., Ballmoos, P. von, Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts, Jr, J., Weigand Muñoz, R., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Winn, D., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Yu, Zuccaro Marchi, A., and JEM-EUSO Collaboration
Subjects: Photomultiplier, media_common.quotation_subject, Orbits, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Fluorescence, Atmosphere, International Space Station, Cosmic rays, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Engineering & allied operations, media_common, Earth atmosphere, Photomultipliers, Space stations, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Detector, Airglow, Astronomy, Universe, Light emission, ddc:620, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program aims at the realization of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observation using wide field of view fluorescence detectors in orbit. Ultra-violet (UV) light emission from the atmosphere such as airglow and anthropogenic light on the Earth’s surface are the main background for the space-based UHECR observations. The Mini-EUSO mission has been operated on the International Space Station (ISS) since 2019 which is the first space-based experiment for the program. The Mini-EUSO instrument consists of a 25 cm refractive optics and the photo-detector module with the 2304-pixel array of the multi-anode photomultiplier tubes. On the nadir-looking window of the ISS, the instrument is capable of continuously monitoring a ∼300 km × 300 km area. In the present work, we report the preliminary result of the measurement of the UV light in the nighttime Earth using the Mini-EUSO data downlinked to the ground. We mapped UV light distribution both locally and globally below the ISS obit. Simulations were also made to characterize the instrument response to diffuse background light. We discuss the impact of such light on space-based UHECR observations and the Mini-EUSO science objectives., PoS: Proceedings of Science, 395 (385), ISSN:1824-8039, Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference
Published: 2022

23. Neutrino Target-of-Opportunity Observations with Space-based and Suborbital Optical Cherenkov Detectors

Author: Venters, T. M., Reno, M. H., Krizmanic, J. F., Olinto, A. V., Adams, Jr, J.H., Aloisio, R., Anchordoqui, L. A., Anzalone, A., Bagheri, M., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Bergman, D. R., Bertaina, M. E., Bertone, P. F., Bisconti, F., Bustamante, M., Cafagna, F., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Černý, K., Christl, M. J., Cummings, A. L., De Mitri, I., Diesing, R., Engel, R., Eser, J., Fang, K., Fenu, F., Filippatos, G., Gazda, E., Guepin, C., Haungs, A., Hays, E. A., Judd, E. G., Klimov, P. A., Kungel, V., Kuznetsov, E., Mackovjak, Š., Mandát, D., Marcelli, L., McEnery, J., Medina-Tanco, G., Merenda, K.-D., Meyer, S. S., Mitchell, J. W., Miyamoto, H., Nachtman, J. M., Neronov, A., Oikonomou, F., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Parizot, E., Paul, T., Pech, M., Perkins, J. S., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Reardon, P., Ricci, M., Romero Matamala, O. F., Sarazin, F., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Shinozaki, K., Soriano, J. F., Stecker, F., Takizawa, Y., Ulrich, R., Unger, M., Wiencke, L., Winn, D., Young, R. M., Zotov, M. Yu, Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Ave Pernas, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Bartocci, S., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Biermann, P. L., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bolmgren, K., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J.-N., Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Castro Gónzalez, A. de, Taille, C. de la, Peral, L. del, Diaz Damian, A., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Finch, W. I., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., González Alvarado, C., Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Hernández Carretero, J., Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Jochum, J., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, J.-S., Kim, S.-W., Kleifges, M., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Królik, K., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., López Campano, L., López Martínez, F., Mahdi, M., Manfrin, M., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Menshikov, G. A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Mimouni, J., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Morales de los Ríos, J. A., Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Nomoto, J. K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Pindado, S., Piraino, S., Pollini, Z. A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reyes, M., Rodríguez Frías, M. D., Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sáez Cano, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Sanchez Balanzar, J. C., Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Sanz Palomino, M., Saprykin, O. A., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., Ballmoos, P. von, Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts, Jr, J., Weigand Muñoz, R., Weindl, A., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Zgura, I. S., Zuccaro Marchi, A., POEMMA Collaboration, and JEM-EUSO Collaboration
Subjects: Physics, ddc:530
Abstract: Cosmic-ray accelerators capable of reaching ultra-high energies are expected to also produce very-high energy neutrinos via hadronic interactions within the source or its surrounding environment. Many of the candidate astrophysical source classes are either transient in nature or exhibit flaring activity. Using the Earth as a neutrino converter, suborbital and space-based optical Cherenkov detectors, such as POEMMA and EUSO-SPB2, will be able to detect upward-moving extensive air showers induced by decaying tau-leptons generated from cosmic tau neutrinos with energies ∼10 PeV and above. Both EUSO-SPB2 and POEMMA will be able to quickly repoint, enabling rapid response to astrophysical transient events. We calculate the transient sensitivity and sky coverage for both EUSO-SPB2 and POEMMA, accounting for constraints imposed by the Sun and the Moon on the observation time. We also calculate both detectors' neutrino horizons for a variety of modeled astrophysical neutrino fluences. We find that both EUSO-SPB2 and POEMMA will achieve transient sensitivities at the level of modeled neutrino fluences for nearby sources. We conclude with a discussion of the prospects of each mission detecting at least one transient event for various modeled astrophysical neutrino sources.
Published: 2022
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24. EUSO-SPB2 Telescope Optics and Testing

Author: Kungel, V., Bachman, R., Brewster, J., Dawes, M., Desiato, J., Eser, J., Finch, W., Huelett, L., Olinto, A. V., Pace, J., Pech, M., Reardon, P., Schovanek, P., Wang, C., Wiencke, L., Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, J.H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Ave Pernas, M., Bagheri, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Barghini, D., Bartocci, S., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bolmgren, K., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J.-N., Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Castro Gónzalez, A. De, Taille, C. De La, Peral, L. Del, Diaz Damian, A., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fenu, F., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., González Alvarado, C., Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Hernández Carretero, J., Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jochum, J., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, J.-S., Kim, S.-W., Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., López Campano, L., López Martínez, F., Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Morales De Los Ríos, J. A., Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Nachtman, J. M., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piotrowski, L. W., Piraino, S., Plebaniak, Z., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Rodríguez Frías, M. D., Romero Matamala, O. F., Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sáez Cano, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Sanchez Balanzar, J. C., Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Sanz Palomino, M., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Shinozaki, K., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., Ballmoos, P. Von, Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts, J., Weigand Muñoz, R., Weindl, A., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Winn, D., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Yu, Zuccaro Marchi, A., and JEM-EUSO Collaboration
Subjects: Physics, ddc:530
Abstract: The Extreme Universe Space Observatory - Super Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB2) mission will fly two custom telescopes that feature Schmidt optics to measure Cherenkov- and fluorescence emission of extensive air showers from cosmic rays at the PeV and EeV-scale, and search for τ-neutrinos. Both telescopes have 1-meter diameter apertures and UV/UV-visible sensitivity. The Cherenkov telescope uses a bifocal mirror segment alignment, to distinguish between a direct cosmic ray that hits the camera versus the Cherenkov light from outside the telescope. Telescope integration and laboratory calibration will be performed in Colorado. To estimate the point spread function and efficiency of the integrated telescopes, a test beam system that delivers a 1-meter diameter parallel beam of light is being fabricated. End-to-end tests of the fully integrated instruments will be carried out in a field campaign at dark sites in the Utah desert using cosmic rays, stars, and artificial light sources. Laser tracks have long been used to characterize the performance of fluorescence detectors in the field. For EUSO-SPB2 an improvement in the method that includes a correction for aerosol attenuation is anticipated by using a bi-dynamic Lidar configuration in which both the laser and the telescope are steerable. We plan to conduct these field tests in Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 to accommodate the scheduled launch of EUSO-SPB2 in 2023 from Wanaka, New Zealand.
Published: 2022

25. The Mini-EUSO telescope on board the International Space Station: Launch and first results

Author: Casolino, M., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Bolmgren, K., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Ebisuzaki, T., Fenu, F., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, C., Golzio, A., Gorodetzki, P., Kajino, F., Kasuga, H., Klimov, P., Kungel, V., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Miyamoto, H., Mignone, M., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Parizot, E., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Wada, S., Wiencke, L., Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, Jr, J.H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Ave Pernas, M., Bagheri, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Bartocci, S., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J.-N., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Caruso, R., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Castro Gónzalez, A. de, Taille, C. de la, Peral, L. del, Diaz Damian, A., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Eliasson, L., Eser, J., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. I., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franchini, S., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., González Alvarado, C., Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Hernández Carretero, J., Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jochum, J., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, J.-S., Kim, S.-W., Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., López Campano, L., López Martínez, F., Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Marcos, J. L., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Ríos, J. A. M. de los, Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Nachtman, J. M., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Pindado, S., Piraino, S., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Rodríguez Frías, M. D., Romero Matamala, O. F., Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sáez Cano, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Salazar, H., Sanchez Balanzar, J. C., Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Sanz Palomino, M., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Shirahama, T., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., Ballmoos, P. von, Vrabel, M., Watanabe, J., Watts, Jr, J., Weigand Muñoz, R., Weindl, A., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Winn, D., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Yu, Zuccaro Marchi, A., and JEM-EUSO Collaboration
Subjects: Telescope, On board, Engineering, business.industry, law, Physics, International Space Station, ddc:530, Aerospace engineering, business, law.invention
Abstract: Mini-EUSO is a telescope launched on board the International Space Station in 2019 and currently located in the Russian section of the station. Main scientific objectives of the mission are the search for nuclearites and Strange Quark Matter, the study of atmospheric phenomena such as Transient Luminous Events, meteors and meteoroids, the observation of sea bioluminescence and of artificial satellites and man-made space debris. It is also capable of observing Extensive Air Showers generated by Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays with an energy above 10$^{21}$ eV and detect artificial showers generated with lasers from the ground. Mini-EUSO can map the night-time Earth in the UV range (290 - 430 nm), with a spatial resolution of about 6.3 km and a temporal resolution of 2.5 μs, observing our planet through a nadir-facing UV-transparent window in the Russian Zvezda module. The instrument, launched on 2019/08/22 from the Baikonur cosmodrome is based on an optical system employing two Fresnel lenses 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 and an overall field of view of 44°. Mini-EUSO also contains two ancillary cameras to complement measurements in the near infrared and visible ranges. In this paper we describe the detector and present the various phenomena observed in the first year of operation.
Published: 2022

26. Towards observations of nuclearites in Mini-EUSO

Author: Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, J. H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Ave Pernas, M., Bagheri, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Barghini, D., Bartocci, S., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bolmgren, K., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J. -N, Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Castro Gónzalez, A., La Taille, C., Del Peral, L., Diaz Damian, A., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fenu, F., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. I., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., González Alvarado, C., Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Hernández Carretero, J., Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jochum, J., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, J. -S, Kim, S. -W, Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kungel, V., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., López Campano, L., López Martínez, F., Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Morales Los Ríos, J. A., Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Nachtman, J. M., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piotrowski, L. W., Piraino, S., Plebaniak, Z., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Rodríguez Frías, M. D., Romero Matamala, O. F., Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sáez Cano, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Sanchez Balanzar, J. C., Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Sanz Palomino, M., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Shinozaki, K., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., Ballmoos, P., Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts, J., Weigand Muñoz, R., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Winn, D., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Y., and Zuccaro Marchi, A.
Subjects: ddc:620, Engineering & allied operations
Abstract: Mini-EUSO is a small orbital telescope with a field of view of 44° x 44°,observing the night-time Earth mostly in 320-420 nm band. Its time resolution spanning from microseconds (triggered) to milliseconds (untriggered) and more than 300×300 km of the ground covered, already allowed it to register thousands of meteors. Such detections make the telescope a suitable tool in the search for hypothetical heavy compact objects, which would leave trails of light in the atmosphere due to their high density and speed. The most prominent example are the nuclearites -- hypothetical lumps of strange quark matter that could be stabler and denser than the nuclear matter. In this paper, we show potential limits on the flux of nuclearites after collecting 42 hours of observations data.
Published: 2022

27. Estimation of the exposure of the TUS space-based cosmic ray observatory

Author: Fenu, F., Shinozaki, K., Zotov, M., Bertaina, M., Castellina, A., Cellino, A., Klimov, P., Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, J.H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Ave Pernas, M., Bagheri, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Barghini, D., Bartocci, S., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bolmgren, K., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J.-N., Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Catalano, O., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Castro Gónzalez, A. De, Taille, C. De La, Peral, L. Del, Diaz Damian, A., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. I., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., González Alvarado, C., Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Hernández Carretero, J., Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jochum, J., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, J.-S., Kim, S.-W., Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kungel, V., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., López Campano, L., López Martínez, F., Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Morales De Los Ríos, J. A., Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Nachtman, J. M., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piotrowski, L. W., Piraino, S., Plebaniak, Z., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Rodríguez Frías, M. D., Romero Matamala, O. F., Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sáez Cano, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Sanchez Balanzar, J. C., Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Sanz Palomino, M., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., Ballmoos, P. Von, Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts, J., Weigand Muñoz, R., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Winn, D., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Yu, Zuccaro Marchi, A., and JEM-EUSO Collaboration
Subjects: Physics, ddc:530
Abstract: The TUS observatory was the first orbital detector aimed at the detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). It was launched on April 28, 2016, from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia and operated until December 2017. It collected ∼80,000 events with a time resolution of 0.8~μs. A fundamental parameter to be determined for cosmic ray studies is the exposure of an experiment. This parameter is important to estimate the average expected event rate as a function of energy and to calculate the absolute flux in case of event detection. Here we present results of a study aimed to calculate the exposure that TUS accumulated during its mission. The role of clouds, detector dead time, artificial sources, storms, lightning discharges, airglow and moon phases is studied in detail. An exposure estimate with its geographical distribution is presented. We report on the applied technique and on the perspectives of this study in view of the future missions of the JEM-EUSO program.
Published: 2022

28. An overview of the JEM-EUSO program and results

Author: Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, J.H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Ave Pernas, M., Bagheri, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Barghini, D., Bartocci, S., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bolmgren, K., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J.-N., Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Castro Gónzalez, A. De, Taille, C. De La, Peral, L. Del, Diaz Damian, A., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fenu, F., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. I., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., González Alvarado, C., Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Hernández Carretero, J., Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jochum, J., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, J.-S., Kim, S.-W., Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kungel, V., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., López Campano, L., López Martínez, F., Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Morales De Los Ríos, J. A., Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Nachtman, J. M., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piotrowski, L. W., Piraino, S., Plebaniak, Z., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Rodríguez Frías, M. D., Romero Matamala, O. F., Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sáez Cano, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Sanchez Balanzar, J. C., Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Sanz Palomino, M., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Shinozaki, K., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., Ballmoos, P. Von, Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts, J., Weigand Muñoz, R., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Winn, D., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Yu, Zuccaro Marchi, A., and JEM-EUSO Collaboration The
Subjects: ddc:620, Engineering & allied operations
Abstract: The field of UHECRs (Ultra-High energy cosmic Rays) and the understanding of particle acceleration in the cosmos, as a key ingredient to the behaviour of the most powerful sources in the universe, is of outmost importance for astroparticle physics as well as for fundamental physics and will improve our general understanding of the universe. The current main goals are to identify sources of UHECRs and their composition. For this, increased statistics is required. A space-based detector for UHECR research has the advantage of a very large exposure and a uniform coverage of the celestial sphere. The aim of the JEM-EUSO program is to bring the study of UHECRs to space. The principle of observation is based on the detection of UV light emitted by isotropic ﬂuorescence of atmospheric nitrogen excited by the Extensive Air Showers (EAS) in the Earth’s atmosphere and forward-beamed Cherenkov radiation reﬂected from the Earth’s surface or dense cloud tops. In addition to the prime objective of UHECR studies, JEM-EUSO will do several secondary studies due to the instruments' unique capacity of detecting very weak UV-signals with extreme time-resolution around 1 microsecond: meteors, Transient Luminous Events (TLE), bioluminescence, maps of human generated UV-light, searches for Strange Quark Matter (SQM) and high-energy neutrinos, and more. The JEM-EUSO program includes several missions from ground (EUSO-TA), from stratospheric balloons (EUSO-Balloon, EUSO-SPB1, EUSO-SPB2), and from space (TUS, Mini-EUSO) employing fluorescence detectors to demonstrate the UHECR observation from space and prepare the large size missions K-EUSO and POEMMA. A review of the current status of the program, the key results obtained so far by the different projects, and the perspectives for the near future are presented.
Published: 2022

29. Study of the calibration method using the stars measured by the EUSO-TA telescope

Author: Plebaniak, Zbigniew, primary, Przybylak, M., additional, Barghini, D., additional, Bertaina, M., additional, Bisconti, F., additional, Casolino, M., additional, Gardiol, D., additional, Lipiec, R., additional, Piotrowski, L. W., additional, Shinozaki, K., additional, and Szabelski, J., additional
Published: 2021
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30. Natural background radiation at Lab 2 of Callio Lab, Pyhäsalmi mine in Finland

Author: Polaczek-Grelik, K. (Kinga), Walencik-Łata, A. (Agata), Szkliniarz, K. (Katarzyna), Kisiel, J. (Jan), Jȩdrzejczak, K. (Karol), Szabelski, J. (Jacek), Kasztelan, M. (Marcin), Orzechowski, J. (Jerzy), Tokarski, P. (Przemysław), Marszał, W. (Włodzimierz), Przybylak, M. (Marika), Joutsenvaara, J. (Jari), Puputti, H. J. (Hannah J.), Holma, M. (Marko), and Enqvist, T. (Timo)
Subjects: Radioactivity content, Environmental radioactivity, Neutron flux, Uranium concentration, Gamma spectrometry, Deep underground laboratory
Abstract: In operating mines, as well as in deep locations for planned scientific activities, it is essential to recognize the natural background radiation from the point of view of both occupational hazard and experimental background. Callio Lab, located in the Pyhäsalmi Mine, Finland, is one of the underground laboratories participating in the Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network (BSUIN). The characterization of the natural background radiation was done at the Lab 2, which is the deepest located in Callio Lab. It involved in-situ gamma spectrometry, thermal neutron flux measurements, radon concentration determination, and α / β laboratory spectrometry of water and rock samples. At a depth of 1436 m (~4000 m w.e.) within the felsic volcanic bedrock occurs a volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit, wherein a thermal neutron flux of (1.73 ± 0.10) × 10−5 cm−2s−1, a gamma-ray flux of 12.7 ± 1.5 cm−2s−1, a gamma-ray dose of 0.158 ± 0.029 μ Sv/h and a radon concentration of 213.3 Bq/m³ ± 11% were determined.
Published: 2021

31. The Mini-EUSO telescope on board the International Space Station: Launch and first observations

Author: Marcelli, L., Bacholle, S., Barrillon, P., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Casolino, M., Crisconio, M., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., Taille, C. De La, Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fenu, F., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, C., Gorodetzky, P., Haungs, A., Kajino, F., Kasuga, H., Khrenov, B., Klimov, P., Kochepasov, S., Kuznetsov, V., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Mascetti, G., Miyamoto, H., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Olinto, A. V., Ohmori, H., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Porfilio, M., Poroshin, A., Parizot, E., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Turriziani, S., Traïche, M., Valentini, G., Wada, S., Wiencke, L., Yashin, I., and Zuccaro-Marchi, A.
Subjects: Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, ddc:530, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Mini-EUSO is a telescope that observes the Earth from the International Space Station by recording ultraviolet emissions (290 430 nm) of cosmic, atmospheric and terrestrial origin with a field of view of 44◦ and on different time scales, from a few microseconds upwards. The scientific objectives are manifold and span several fields of research: Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays, atmospheric phenomena such as ELVEs, meteors and meteoroids, maps of the Earth night-time ultraviolet emissions and others. In this paper we will describe the instrument, the launching phase and we will discuss some of its first observations.
Published: 2021

32. Expected Performance of the EUSO-SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope

Author: Heaton, C., Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, Jr, J.H., Allard, D., Alonso, G., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Arnone, E., Asano, K., Attallah, R., Attoui, H., Ave Pernas, M., Bagheri, M., Baláz, J., Bakiri, M., Barghini, D., Bartocci, S., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Beldjilali, B., Belenguer, T., Belkhalfa, N., Bellotti, R., Belov, A. A., Benmessai, K., Bertaina, M., Bertone, P. F., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blanc, N., Blin-Bondil, S., Bobik, P., Bogomilov, M., Bolmgren, K., Bozzo, E., Briz, S., Bruno, A., Caballero, K. S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Capdevielle, J.-N., Capel, F., Caramete, A., Caramete, L., Carlson, P., Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Catalano, O., Cellino, A., Černý, K., Chikawa, M., Chiritoi, G., Christl, M. J., Colalillo, R., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Crawford, H. J., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Castro Gónzalez, A. de, Taille, C. de la, Peral, L. del, Diaz Damian, A., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Djakonow, A., Djemil, T., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Eser, J., Fenu, F., Fernández-González, S., Ferrarese, S., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. I., Fornaro, C., Fouka, M., Franceschi, A., Franchini, S., Fuglesang, C., Fujii, T., Fukushima, M., Galeotti, P., García-Ortega, E., Gardiol, D., Garipov, G. K., Gascón, E., Gazda, E., Genci, J., Golzio, A., González Alvarado, C., Gorodetzky, P., Green, A., Guarino, F., Guépin, C., Guzmán, A., Hachisu, Y., Haungs, A., Hernández Carretero, J., Hulett, L., Ikeda, D., Inoue, N., Inoue, S., Isgrò, F., Itow, Y., Jammer, T., Jeong, S., Joven, E., Judd, E. G., Jochum, J., Kajino, F., Kajino, T., Kalli, S., Kaneko, I., Karadzhov, Y., Kasztelan, M., Katahira, K., Kawai, K., Kawasaki, Y., Kedadra, A., Khales, H., Khrenov, B. A., Kim, J.-S., Kim, S.-W., Kleifges, M., Klimov, P. A., Kolev, D., Kreykenbohm, I., Krizmanic, J. F., Królik, K., Kungel, V., Kurihara, Y., Kusenko, A., Kuznetsov, E., Lahmar, H., Lakhdari, F., Licandro, J., López Campano, L., López Martínez, F., Mackovjak, S., Mahdi, M., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, L., Marcos, J. L., Marszał, W., Martín, Y., Martinez, O., Mase, K., Matev, R., Matthews, J. N., Mebarki, N., Medina-Tanco, G., Menshikov, A., Merino, A., Mese, M., Meseguer, J., Meyer, S. S., Mimouni, J., Miyamoto, H., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Morales de los Ríos, J. A., Mastafa, M., Nagataki, S., Naitamor, S., Napolitano, T., Nachtman, J. M., Neronov, A., Nomoto, K., Nonaka, T., Ogawa, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Olinto, A. V., Onel, Y., Osteria, G., Otte, A. N., Pagliaro, A., Painter, W., Panasyuk, M. I., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pérez-Grande, I., Perfetto, F., Peter, T., Picozza, P., Pindado, S., Piotrowski, L. W., Piraino, S., Plebaniak, Z., Pollini, A., Popescu, E. M., Prevete, R., Prévôt, G., Prieto, H., Przybylak, M., Puehlhofer, G., Putis, M., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Reyes, M., Ricci, M., Rodríguez Frías, M. D., Romero Matamala, O. F., Ronga, F., Sabau, M. D., Saccá, G., Sáez Cano, G., Sagawa, H., Sahnoune, Z., Saito, A., Sakaki, N., Salazar, H., Sanchez Balanzar, J. C., Sánchez, J. L., Santangelo, A., Sanz-Andrés, A., Sanz Palomino, M., Saprykin, O. A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Scagliola, A., Schanz, T., Schieler, H., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Serra, M., Sharakin, S. A., Shimizu, H. M., Shinozaki, K., Soriano, J. F., Sotgiu, A., Stan, I., Strharský, I., Sugiyama, N., Supanitsky, D., Suzuki, M., Szabelski, J., Tajima, N., Tajima, T., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Talai, M. C., Tameda, Y., Tenzer, C., Thomas, S. B., Tibolla, O., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Tone, N., Toscano, S., Traïche, M., Tsunesada, Y., Tsuno, K., Turriziani, S., Uchihori, Y., Vaduvescu, O., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Vankova-Kirilova, G., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., Villaseñor, L., Vlcek, B., Ballmoos, P. von, Vrabel, M., Wada, S., Watanabe, J., Watts, Jr, J., Weigand Muñoz, R., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wille, M., Wilms, J., Winn, D., Yamamoto, T., Yang, J., Yano, H., Yashin, I. V., Yonetoku, D., Yoshida, S., Young, R., Zgura, I. S., Zotov, M. Yu, Zuccaro Marchi, A., and JEM-EUSO Collaboration
Subjects: ddc:620, Engineering & allied operations
Abstract: The Extreme Universe Space Observatory Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) is under development, and will prototype instrumentation for future satellite-based missions, including the Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA). EUSO-SPB2 will consist of two telescopes. The first is a Cherenkov telescope (CT) being developed to identify and estimate the background sources for future below-the-limb very high energy (E>10 PeV) astrophysical neutrino observations, as well as above-the-limb cosmic ray induced signals (E>1 PeV). The second is a fluorescence telescope (FT) being developed for detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs). In preparation for the expected launch in 2023, extensive simulations tuned by preliminary laboratory measurements have been performed to understand the FT capabilities. The energy threshold has been estimated at 10$^{18.2}$ eV, and results in a maximum detection rate at 10$^{18.6}$ eV when taking into account the shape of the UHECR spectrum. In addition, onboard software has been developed based on the simulations as well as experience with previous EUSO missions. This includes a level 1 trigger to be run on the computationally limited flight hardware, as well as a deep learning based prioritization algorithm in order to accommodate the balloon’s telemetry budget. These techniques could also be used later for future, space-based missions.
Published: 2021
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33. The EUSO@TurLab : Test of Mini-EUSO Engineering Model

Author: Miyamoto, H., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M. E., Bisconti, F., Bonino, R., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, Francesca, Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cellino, A., Churilo, I., Contino, G., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D., Gorodetzky, P., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Parizot, E., Poroshin, A., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Suino, G., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., Turriziani, S., Collaboration, the JEM-EUSO, Miyamoto, H., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M. E., Bisconti, F., Bonino, R., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, Francesca, Caruso, R., Casolino, M., Cellino, A., Churilo, I., Contino, G., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D., Gorodetzky, P., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Parizot, E., Poroshin, A., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Suino, G., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., Turriziani, S., and Collaboration, the JEM-EUSO
Abstract: The TurLab facility is a laboratory, equipped with a 5 m diameter and 1 m depth rotating tank, located in the Physics Department of the University of Turin. Originally, it was mainly built to study systems of different scales where rotation plays a key role in the fluid behavior such as in atmospheric and oceanic flows. In the past few years the TurLab facility has been used to perform experiments related to the observation of Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays (EECRs) from space using the fluorescence technique. For example, in the case of the JEM-EUSO mission, where the diffuse night brightness and artificial light sources can vary significantly in time and space inside the Field of View of the telescope. The Focal Surface of Mini-EUSO Engineering Model (Mini-EUSO EM) with the level 1 (L1) and 2 (L2) trigger logics implemented in the Photo-Detector Module (PDM) has been tested at TurLab. Tests related to the possibility of using an EUSO-like detector for other type of applications such as Space Debris (SD) monitoring and imaging detector have also been pursued. The tests and results obtained within the EUSO@TurLab Project on these different topics are presented., QC 20220824Not duplicate with 2-s2.0-85086259591
Published: 2021

34. Space Debris detection and tracking with the techniques of cosmic ray physics

Author: Miyamoto, H., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M. E., Bisconti, F., Bonino, R., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, Francesca, Casolino, M., Cellino, A., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D., Gorodetzky, P., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Parizot, E., Poroshin, A., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Suino, G., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., Turriziani, S., Collaboration, the JEM-EUSO, Miyamoto, H., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M. E., Bisconti, F., Bonino, R., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, Francesca, Casolino, M., Cellino, A., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D., Gorodetzky, P., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Parizot, E., Poroshin, A., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Suino, G., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., Turriziani, S., and Collaboration, the JEM-EUSO
Abstract: Space Debris (SD) consist of non-operational artificial objects orbiting around the Earth, which could possibly damage space vehicles, such as the International Space Station (ISS) or other manned spacecrafts. The vast majority of such objects are cm-sized, not catalogued and usually the tracking data are not precise enough. Here we present the feasibility study of SD detection and tracking with techniques usually employed in cosmic-ray physics. For this purpose, we have evaluated the possibility of using Mini-EUSO, a space-borne fluorescence telescope to be deployed on the ISS, to track SD illuminated by the Sun. By means of ESAF (EUSO Simulation and analysis Framework) simulation and by developing the trigger algorithms, we estimated the minimum size and maximum distances of detectable SD. We then studied the number of possible SD detections using an ESA software called MASTER (Meteoroid and SD Terrestrial Environment Reference). With the Mini-EUSO Engineering Model (Mini-EUSO EM), we performed some measurements to estimate the reflectance of the most common SD materials and to demonstrate the ability of Mini-EUSO to detect SD events. We also performed some tests in open-sky conditions, identifying and tracking fast-moving objects. In particular, the detection of a rocket body allowed us to confirm the simulation outcomes predictions and the expected performance of the detector., QC 20220811Not duplicate with DiVA 1513075
Published: 2021

35. Mini-EUSO engineering model : tests in open-sky condition

Author: Bisconti, F., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M. E., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, Francesca, Casolino, M., Cellino, A., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D., Gorodetzky, P., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Miyamoto, H., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Parizot, E., Poroshin, A., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Suino, G., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., Turriziani, S., Collaboration, the JEM-EUSO, Bisconti, F., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M. E., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, Francesca, Casolino, M., Cellino, A., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fausti, F., Fenu, F., Fornaro, C., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D., Gorodetzky, P., Kajino, F., Klimov, P., Marcelli, L., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Miyamoto, H., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Osteria, G., Panasyuk, M., Parizot, E., Poroshin, A., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Suino, G., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Traïche, M., Turriziani, S., and Collaboration, the JEM-EUSO
Abstract: Mini-EUSO is a UV telescope that will look downwards to the Earth's atmosphere onboard the International Space Station. With the design of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray fluorescence detectors belonging to the JEM-EUSO program, it will make the first UV map of the Earth by observing atmospheric phenomena such as transient luminous events, sprites and lightning, as well as meteors and bioluminescence from earth. Diffused light from laser shots from the ground, which mimic the fluorescence light emitted by Nitrogen molecules when extensive air showers pass through the atmosphere, can be used to verify the capability of this kind of detector to observe ultra-high energy cosmic rays. To validate the electronics and the trigger algorithms developed for Mini-EUSO, a scaled down version of the telescope with 1:9 of the original focal surface and a lens of 2.5 cm diameter has been built. Tests of the Mini-EUSO engineering model have been made in laboratory and in open sky condition. In this paper, we report results of observations of the night sky, which include the detection of stars, meteors, a planet and a rocket body reflecting the sunlight. Interesting results of the observation of city lights are also reported., QC 2022081Not duplicate with DiVA 1513420
Published: 2021

36. The Mini-EUSO telescope on board the International Space Station: Launch and first observations

Author: Marcelli, L., Bacholle, S., Barrillon, P., Battisti, M., Belov, A., Bertaina, M., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Cambiè, G., Capel, F., Casolino, M., Crisconio, M., Churilo, I., Cotto, G., de La Taille, C., Djakonow, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Fenu, F., Franceschi, A., Fuglesang, C., Gorodetzky, P., Haungs, A., Kajino, F., Kasuga, H., Khrenov, B., Klimov, P., Kochepasov, S., Kuznetsov, V., Marszał, W., Mignone, M., Mascetti, G., Miyamoto, H., Murashov, A., Napolitano, T., Olinto, A.V., Ohmori, H., Osteria, G., Porfilio, M.Panasyuk M., Poroshin, A., Parizot, E., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L.W., Plebaniak, Z., Prévôt, G., Przybylak, M., Reali, E., Ricci, M., Sakaki, N., Shinozaki, K., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Turriziani, S., Traïche, M., Valentini, G., Wada, S., Wiencke, L., Yashin, I., Zuccaro-Marchi, A., 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 de Paris (UP), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Organisation de Micro-Électronique Générale Avancée (OMEGA), École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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: Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [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; Mini-EUSO is a telescope that observes the Earth from the International Space Station by recording ultraviolet emissions (290–430 nm) of cosmic, atmospheric and terrestrial origin with a field of view of 44◦ and on different time scales, from a few microseconds upwards. The scientific objectives are manifold and span several fields of research: Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays, atmospheric phenomena such as ELVEs, meteors and meteoroids, maps of the Earth night-time ultraviolet emissions and others. In this paper we will describe the instrument, the launching phase and we will discuss some of its first observations.
Published: 2020
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37. Mini-EUSO Mission to Study Earth UV Emissions on board the ISS

Author: Bacholle, S., primary, Barrillon, P., additional, Battisti, M., additional, Belov, A., additional, Bertaina, M., additional, Bisconti, F., additional, Blaksley, C., additional, Blin-Bondil, S., additional, Cafagna, F., additional, Cambiè, G., additional, Capel, F., additional, Casolino, M., additional, Crisconio, M., additional, Churilo, I., additional, Cotto, G., additional, de la Taille, C., additional, Djakonow, A., additional, Ebisuzaki, T., additional, Fenu, F., additional, Franceschi, A., additional, Fuglesang, C., additional, Gorodetzky, P., additional, Haungs, A., additional, Kajino, F., additional, Kasuga, H., additional, Khrenov, B., additional, Klimov, P., additional, Kochepasov, S., additional, Kuznetsov, V., additional, Marcelli, L., additional, Marszał, W., additional, Mignone, M., additional, Mascetti, G., additional, Miyamoto, H., additional, Murashov, A., additional, Napolitano, T., additional, Olinto, A. V., additional, Ohmori, H., additional, Osteria, G., additional, Panasyuk, M., additional, Porfilio, M., additional, Poroshin, A., additional, Parizot, E., additional, Picozza, P., additional, Piotrowski, L. W., additional, Plebaniak, Z., additional, Prévôt, G., additional, Przybylak, M., additional, Reali, E., additional, Ricci, M., additional, Sakaki, N., additional, Shinozaki, K., additional, Szabelski, J., additional, Takizawa, Y., additional, Turriziani, S., additional, Traïche, M., additional, Valentini, G., additional, Wada, S., additional, Wiencke, L., additional, Yashin, I., additional, and Zuccaro-Marchi, A., additional
Published: 2021
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38. The BSUIN project

Author: Jedrzejczak, K., Debicki, Z., Kasztelan, M., Marszal, W., Orzechowski, J., Przybylak, M., Tokarski, P., Jalas, P., Isoherranen, V., Joutsenvaara, J., Niinikoski, E-R., Heikkila, R., Ahola, H., Aro, P., Vuorela, T., Kisiel, Jan, Karpa, K., and Szkilniarz, Katarzyna
Subjects: Baltic Sea Region, Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network
Abstract: Baltic Sea Underground Innovation Network (BSUIN) is an European Union funded project that extends capabilities of underground laboratories. The aim of the project is to join efforts in making the underground laboratories in the Baltic Sea Region’s more accessible for innovation, business development and science by improving the availability of information about the underground facilities, service offerings, user experience, safety and marketing.The development of standards for the characterization of underground laboratories will allow to compared them with each other. This will help you choose the best places for physical measurements such as neutrino physics or searching for dark matter. The project concerns laboratories where so far no measurements have been made, and even undergrounds where there are no organized laboratories yet.The description of the BSUIN project and the first results of characterization of natural radioactive background in underground laboratories will be presented ˙ The BSUIN Project is funded by Interreg Baltic Sea funding cooperation [2].
Published: 2019

39. Mini-EUSO engineering model : Tests in open-sky condition

Author: Bisconti, F, Barghini, D, Battisti, M, Belov, A, Bertaina, M E, Blin-Bondil, S, Cafagna, F, Cambiè, G, Capel, Francesca, Casolino, M, Cellino, A, Churilo, I, Cotto, G, Djakonow, A, Ebisuzaki, T, Fausti, F, Fenu, F, Fornaro, C, Franceschi, A, Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D, Gorodetzky, P, Kajino, F, Klimov, P, Marcelli, L, Marszal, W, Mignone, M, Miyamoto, H, Murashov, A, Napolitano, T, Osteria, G, Panasyuk, M, Parizot, E, Poroshin, A, Picozza, P, Piotrowski, L W, Plebaniak, Z, Prévôt, G, Przybylak, M, Reali, E, Ricci, M, Sakaki, N, Shinozaki, K, Suino, G, Szabelski, J, Takizawa, Y, Traïche, M, Turriziani, S, Collaboration, J E M-E U S O, Bisconti, F, Barghini, D, Battisti, M, Belov, A, Bertaina, M E, Blin-Bondil, S, Cafagna, F, Cambiè, G, Capel, Francesca, Casolino, M, Cellino, A, Churilo, I, Cotto, G, Djakonow, A, Ebisuzaki, T, Fausti, F, Fenu, F, Fornaro, C, Franceschi, A, Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D, Gorodetzky, P, Kajino, F, Klimov, P, Marcelli, L, Marszal, W, Mignone, M, Miyamoto, H, Murashov, A, Napolitano, T, Osteria, G, Panasyuk, M, Parizot, E, Poroshin, A, Picozza, P, Piotrowski, L W, Plebaniak, Z, Prévôt, G, Przybylak, M, Reali, E, Ricci, M, Sakaki, N, Shinozaki, K, Suino, G, Szabelski, J, Takizawa, Y, Traïche, M, Turriziani, S, and Collaboration, J E M-E U S O
Abstract: Mini-EUSO is a UV telescope that will look downwards to the Earth’s atmosphere onboard the International Space Station. With the design of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray fluorescence detectors belonging to the JEM-EUSO program, it will make the first UV map of the Earth by observing atmospheric phenomena such as transient luminous events, sprites and lightning, as well as meteors and bioluminescence from earth. Diffused light from laser shots from the ground, which mimic the fluorescence light emitted by Nitrogen molecules when extensive air showers pass through the atmosphere, can be used to verify the capability of this kind of detector to observe ultra-high energy cosmic rays. To validate the electronics and the trigger algorithms developed for Mini-EUSO, a scaled down version of the telescope with 1:9 of the original focal surface and a lens of 2.5 cm diameter has been built. Tests of the Mini-EUSO engineering model have been made in laboratory and in open sky condition. In this paper, we report results of observations of the night sky, which include the detection of stars, meteors, a planet and a rocket body reflecting the sunlight. Interesting results of the observation of city lights are also reported., QC 20201230
Published: 2019

40. Space debris detection and tracking with the techniques of cosmic ray physics

Author: Miyamoto, H, Battisti, M, Belov, A, Bertaina, M E, Bisconti, F, Bonino, R, Blin-Bondil, S, Cafagna, F, Cambiè, G, Capel, Francesca, Casolino, M, Cellino, A, Churilo, I, Cotto, G, Djakonow, A, Ebisuzaki, T, Fausti, F, Fenu, F, Fornaro, C, Franceschi, A, Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D, Gorodetzky, P, Kajino, F, Klimov, P, Marcelli, L, Marszal, W, Mignone, M, Murashov, A, Napolitano, T, Osteria, G, Panasyuk, M, Parizot, E, Poroshin, A, Picozza, P, Piotrowski, L W, Plebaniak, Z, Prévôt, G, Przybylak, M, Reali, E, Ricci, M, Sakaki, N, Shinozaki, K, Suino, G, Szabelski, J, Takizawa, Y, Traïche, M, Turriziani, S, Collaboration, J E M-E U S O, Miyamoto, H, Battisti, M, Belov, A, Bertaina, M E, Bisconti, F, Bonino, R, Blin-Bondil, S, Cafagna, F, Cambiè, G, Capel, Francesca, Casolino, M, Cellino, A, Churilo, I, Cotto, G, Djakonow, A, Ebisuzaki, T, Fausti, F, Fenu, F, Fornaro, C, Franceschi, A, Fuglesang, Christer, Gardiol, D, Gorodetzky, P, Kajino, F, Klimov, P, Marcelli, L, Marszal, W, Mignone, M, Murashov, A, Napolitano, T, Osteria, G, Panasyuk, M, Parizot, E, Poroshin, A, Picozza, P, Piotrowski, L W, Plebaniak, Z, Prévôt, G, Przybylak, M, Reali, E, Ricci, M, Sakaki, N, Shinozaki, K, Suino, G, Szabelski, J, Takizawa, Y, Traïche, M, Turriziani, S, and Collaboration, J E M-E U S O
Abstract: Space Debris (SD) consist of non-operational artificial objects orbiting around the Earth, which could possibly damage space vehicles, such as the International Space Station (ISS) or other manned spacecrafts. The vast majority of such objects are cm-sized, not catalogued and usually the tracking data are not precise enough. Here we present the feasibility study of SD detection and tracking with techniques usually employed in cosmic-ray physics. For this purpose, we have evaluated the possibility of using Mini-EUSO, a space-borne fluorescence telescope to be deployed on the ISS, to track SD illuminated by the Sun. By means of ESAF (EUSO Simulation and analysis Framework) simulation and by developing the trigger algorithms, we estimated the minimum size and maximum distances of detectable SD. We then studied the number of possible SD detections using an ESA software called MASTER (Meteoroid and SD Terrestrial Environment Reference). With the Mini-EUSO Engineering Model (Mini-EUSO EM), we performed some measurements to estimate the reflectance of the most common SD materials and to demonstrate the ability of Mini-EUSO to detect SD events. We also performed some tests in open-sky conditions, identifying and tracking fast-moving objects. In particular, the detection of a rocket body allowed us to confirm the simulation outcomes predictions and the expected performance of the detector., QC 20201229
Published: 2019

41. Mini-EUSO experiment to study UV emission of terrestrial and astrophysical origin onboard of the International Space Station

Author: Casolino, M, Battisti, M, Belov, A, Bertaina, M, Bisconti, F, Blin-Bondil, S, Cafagna, F, Cambiè, G, Capel, Francesca, Churilo, I, Cotto, G, Djakonow, A, Ebisuzaki, T, Fausti, F, Fenu, F, Fornaro, C, Franceschi, A, Fuglesang, Christer, Gorodetzky, P, Haungs, A, Kajino, F, Klimov, P, Marcelli, L, Marszal, W, Mignone, M, Miyamoto, H, Murashov, A, Napolitano, T, Osteria, G, Panasyuk, M, Poroshin, A, Parizot, E, Picozza, P, Piotrowski, L W, Plebaniak, Z, Prévôt, G, Przybylak, M, Reali, E, Ricci, M, Sakaki, N, Shinozaki, K, Szabelski, J, Takizawa, Y, Traïche, M, Turriziani, S, Collaboration, J E M-E U S O, Casolino, M, Battisti, M, Belov, A, Bertaina, M, Bisconti, F, Blin-Bondil, S, Cafagna, F, Cambiè, G, Capel, Francesca, Churilo, I, Cotto, G, Djakonow, A, Ebisuzaki, T, Fausti, F, Fenu, F, Fornaro, C, Franceschi, A, Fuglesang, Christer, Gorodetzky, P, Haungs, A, Kajino, F, Klimov, P, Marcelli, L, Marszal, W, Mignone, M, Miyamoto, H, Murashov, A, Napolitano, T, Osteria, G, Panasyuk, M, Poroshin, A, Parizot, E, Picozza, P, Piotrowski, L W, Plebaniak, Z, Prévôt, G, Przybylak, M, Reali, E, Ricci, M, Sakaki, N, Shinozaki, K, Szabelski, J, Takizawa, Y, Traïche, M, Turriziani, S, and Collaboration, J E M-E U S O
Abstract: Mini-EUSO will observe the Earth in the UV range (300 - 400 nm) offering the opportunity to study a variety of atmospheric events such as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), meteors and marine bioluminescence. Furthermore it aims to search for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) above 1021 eV and Strange Quark Matter (SQM). The detector is expected to be launched to the International Space Station in August 2019 and look at the Earth in nadir mode from the UV-transparent window of the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. The instrument comprises a compact telescope with a large field of view (44?), based on an optical system employing two Fresnel lenses for light collection. The light is focused onto an array of 36 multi-anode photomultiplier tubes (MAPMT), for a total of 2304 pixels and the resulting signal is converted into digital, processed and stored via the electronics subsystems on-board. In addition to the main detector, Mini-EUSO contains two ancillary cameras[4] for complementary measurements in the near infrared (1500 - 1600 nm) and visible (400 - 780 nm) range and also a 8 × 8 SiPM imaging array., QC 20201216
Published: 2019

42. The EUSO@Turlab Project: Tests of Mini-EUSO Engineering Model

Author: Bertaina, Mario E., primary, Battisti, M., additional, Belov, A., additional, Bertaina, M.E, additional, Bisconti, F., additional, Bonino, R., additional, Blin-Bondil, S., additional, Cafagna, F., additional, Cambiè, G., additional, Capel, F., additional, Caruso, R., additional, Casolino, M., additional, Cellino, A., additional, Churilo, I., additional, Contino, G., additional, Cotto, G., additional, Djakonow, A., additional, Ebisuzaki, T., additional, Fausti, F., additional, Fenu, F., additional, Fornaro, C., additional, Franceschi, A., additional, Fuglesang, C., additional, Gardiol, D., additional, Gorodetzky, P., additional, Kajino, F., additional, Klimov, P., additional, Marcelli, L., additional, Marszał, W., additional, Mignone, M., additional, Murashov, A., additional, Napolitano, T., additional, Osteria, G., additional, Panasyuk, M. I., additional, Parizot, E., additional, Poroshin, A., additional, Picozza, P., additional, Piotrowski, L.W, additional, Plebaniak, Z., additional, Prevôt, G., additional, Przybylak, M., additional, Reali, E., additional, Ricci, Marco, additional, Sakaki, N., additional, Shinozaki, K., additional, Suino, G., additional, Szabelski, J., additional, Takizawa, Y., additional, Traiche, M., additional, and Turriziani, S., additional
Published: 2019
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43. Mini-EUSO experiment to study UV emission of terrestrial and astrophysical origin onboard of the International Space Station

Author: Casolino, Marco, primary, Battisti, M., additional, Belov, A., additional, Bertaina, M., additional, Bisconti, F., additional, Blin-Bondil, S., additional, Cafagna, F., additional, Cambiè, G., additional, Capel, F., additional, Churilo, I., additional, Cotto, G., additional, Djakonow, A., additional, Ebisuzaki, T., additional, Fausti, F., additional, Fenu, F., additional, Fornaro, C., additional, Franceschi, A., additional, Fuglesang, C., additional, Gorodetzky, P., additional, Haungs, A., additional, Kajino, F., additional, Klimov, P., additional, Marcelli, L., additional, Marsza, W., additional, Mignone, M., additional, Miyamoto, H., additional, Murashov, A., additional, Napolitano, T., additional, Osteria, G., additional, Panasyuk, M. I., additional, Poroshin, A., additional, Parizot, E., additional, Picozza, P., additional, Piotrowski, L.W, additional, Plebaniak, Z., additional, Prevôt, G., additional, Przybylak, M., additional, Reali, E., additional, Ricci, Marco, additional, Sakaki, N., additional, Shinozaki, K., additional, Szabelski, J., additional, Takizawa, Y., additional, Traiche, M., additional, and Turriziani, S., additional
Published: 2019
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44. The BSUIN project

Author: Jędrzejczak, Karol, primary, Debicki, Z, additional, Kasztelan, M, additional, Marszal, W, additional, Orzechowski, J, additional, Przybylak, M, additional, Tokarski, P, additional, Jalas, P, additional, Isoherranen, V, additional, Joutsenvaara, J, additional, Niinikoski, E-r, additional, Heikkila, R, additional, Ahola, H, additional, Aro, P, additional, Vuorela, T, additional, Kisiel, J, additional, Karpa, K, additional, Szkilniarz, K, additional, Laaksoharju, M, additional, Ohlsson, M, additional, Pytel, W, additional, Horner, D, additional, Mischo, H, additional, Giese, R, additional, Jaksch, K, additional, Mockus, V, additional, Valys, T, additional, Gostilo, V, additional, Shekov, V, additional, Stepanov, A, additional, and Paat, V Karu A, additional
Published: 2019
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45. Combustibility and toxicity of board materials used for interior fittings and decorations

Author: Kozlowski, R, Wesolek, D, and Wladyka-Przybylak, M
Published: 1999
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46. Value-added industrial products from bast fiber crops

Author: Papadopoulou, E., primary, Bikiaris, D., additional, Chrysafis, K., additional, Wladyka-Przybylak, M., additional, Wesolek, D., additional, Mankowski, J., additional, Kolodziej, J., additional, Baraniecki, P., additional, Bujnowicz, K., additional, and Gronberg, V., additional
Published: 2015
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47. Intumescent Flame-Retardant Treatments for Flexible Barriers

Author: Kozlowski, R., primary, Wesolek, D., additional, Wladyka-Przybylak, M., additional, Duquesne, Sophie, additional, Vannier, A., additional, Bourbigot, S., additional, and Delobel, R., additional
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48. Thermal Properties and Fire Resistance of Jute-Reinforced Composites

Author: Manfredi, L. B., primary, Rodríguez, E., additional, Wladyka-Przybylak, M., additional, and Vázquez, A., additional
Published: 2010
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49. Intumescent Flame-Retardant Treatments for Flexible Barriers.

Author: Hull, Robert, Osgood, R. M., Parisi, Jürgen, Warlimont, Hans, Magniez, Carole, Camino, Giovanni, Kozlowski, R., Wesolek, D., Wladyka-Przybylak, M., Duquesne, Sophie, Vannier, A., Bourbigot, S., and Delobel, R.
Abstract: Intumescent flame-retardant systems are known from several years in coating for the protection of building structure against fire. More recently, this concept was applied to polymer and to flexible structure such as textiles. The aim of this paper is to review the use of the intumescent flame-retardant process for flexible materials. In a first part, the mechanism of intumescence is described. It is pointed out that limited factors to apply this process to textiles are the durability of the systems, the stiffness due to surface deposit of the treatment and the spinnability of intumescent formulations for the bulk treatment. In a second and in a third part, recent developments to overcome those problems are presented, respectively, for natural and synthetic fibers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2007
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50. Polyphosphate Flame Retardants with Increased Heat Resistance

Author: Cichy, B., Luczkowska, D., Nowak, M., and Wladyka-Przybylak, M.
Abstract: A review of methods for producing and using condensed melamine phosphates as flame retardants, and analysis of our own investigations on production of melamine polyphosphate, are presented. Physicochemical properties of obtained products are given including thermal properties (DTA, TG, and DSC). Effectiveness of action of melamine polyphosphate as flame retardant for polypropylene was tested by a cone calorimeter according to ISO 5660.
Published: 2003

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