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Implications of Mini-EUSO measurements for a space-based observation of UHECRs
- Bertaina Mario Edoardo,
- Barghini Dario,
- Battisti Matteo,
- Belov Alexander,
- Bianciotto Marta,
- Bisconti Francesca,
- Blaksley Carl,
- Blin Sylvie,
- Bolmgren Karl,
- Cambiè Giorgio,
- Capel Francesca,
- Casolino Marco,
- Churilo Igor,
- Crisconio Marino,
- De La Taille Christophe,
- Ebisuzaki Toshikazu,
- Eser Johannes,
- Fenu Francesco,
- Filippatos George,
- Franceschi Massimo Alberto,
- Fuglesang Christer,
- Golzio Alessio,
- Gorodetzky Philippe,
- Kajino Fumiyoshi,
- Kasuga Hiroshi,
- Klimov Pavel,
- Kungel Viktoria,
- Kuznetsov Vladimir,
- Manfrin Massimiliano,
- Marcelli Laura,
- Mascetti Gabriele,
- Marszał Włodzimierz,
- Mignone Marco,
- Miyamoto Hiroko,
- Murashov Alexey,
- Napolitano Tommaso,
- Ohmori Hitoshi,
- Olinto Angela,
- Parizot Etienne,
- Picozza Piergiorgio,
- Piotrowski Lech Wiktor,
- Plebaniak Zbigniew,
- Prévôt Guillaume,
- Reali Enzo,
- Ricci Marco,
- Romoli Giulia,
- Sakaki Naoto,
- Sharakin Sergei,
- Shinozaki Kenji,
- Szabelski Jacek,
- Takizawa Yoshiyuki,
- Valentini Giovanni,
- Vrabel Michal,
- Wiencke Lawrence,
- Zotov Mikhail
Affiliations
- Bertaina Mario Edoardo
- Department of Physics, University of Turin
- Barghini Dario
- Department of Physics, University of Turin
- Battisti Matteo
- INFN Section of Turin
- Belov Alexander
- Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Bianciotto Marta
- Department of Physics, University of Turin
- Bisconti Francesca
- INFN Section of Rome Tor Vergata
- Blaksley Carl
- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa Wako
- Blin Sylvie
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie
- Bolmgren Karl
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Cambiè Giorgio
- INFN Section of Rome Tor Vergata
- Capel Francesca
- Technical University of Munich
- Casolino Marco
- INFN Section of Rome Tor Vergata
- Churilo Igor
- S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
- Crisconio Marino
- ASI, Italian Space Agency
- De La Taille Christophe
- Omega, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS/IN2P3
- Ebisuzaki Toshikazu
- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa Wako
- Eser Johannes
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago
- Fenu Francesco
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Filippatos George
- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines
- Franceschi Massimo Alberto
- INFN National Laboratories of Frascati
- Fuglesang Christer
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Golzio Alessio
- Department of Physics, University of Turin
- Gorodetzky Philippe
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie
- Kajino Fumiyoshi
- Department of Physics, Konan University
- Kasuga Hiroshi
- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa Wako
- Klimov Pavel
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.
- Kungel Viktoria
- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines
- Kuznetsov Vladimir
- S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
- Manfrin Massimiliano
- Department of Physics, University of Turin
- Marcelli Laura
- INFN Section of Rome Tor Vergata
- Mascetti Gabriele
- ASI, Italian Space Agency
- Marszał Włodzimierz
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- Mignone Marco
- INFN Section of Turin
- Miyamoto Hiroko
- INFN Section of Turin
- Murashov Alexey
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.
- Napolitano Tommaso
- INFN National Laboratories of Frascati
- Ohmori Hitoshi
- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa Wako
- Olinto Angela
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago
- Parizot Etienne
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie
- Picozza Piergiorgio
- INFN Section of Rome Tor Vergata
- Piotrowski Lech Wiktor
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
- Plebaniak Zbigniew
- Department of Physics, University of Turin
- Prévôt Guillaume
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie
- Reali Enzo
- INFN Section of Rome Tor Vergata
- Ricci Marco
- INFN National Laboratories of Frascati
- Romoli Giulia
- INFN Section of Rome Tor Vergata
- Sakaki Naoto
- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa Wako
- Sharakin Sergei
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.
- Shinozaki Kenji
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- Szabelski Jacek
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- Takizawa Yoshiyuki
- RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa Wako
- Valentini Giovanni
- ASI, Italian Space Agency
- Vrabel Michal
- National Centre for Nuclear Research
- Wiencke Lawrence
- Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines
- Zotov Mikhail
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328306008
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 283
p. 06008
Abstract
Mini-EUSO is the first mission of the JEM-EUSO program on board the International Space Station. It was launched in 2019 and it is currently located in the Russian section (Zvezda module) of the station and viewing our planet from a nadir-facing UV-transparent window. The instrument is based on the concept of the original JEM-EUSO mission and consists of 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° × 44°. Mini-EUSO can map the night-time Earth in the near UV range (predominantly between 290 nm and 430 nm), with a spatial resolution of about 6.3 km and different temporal resolutions of 2.5 µ, 320 µs and 41 ms. Mini-EUSO observations are extremely important to better assess the potential of a space-based detector in studying Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) such as K-EUSO and POEMMA. In this contribution we focus the attention on UV measurements, the observation of clouds and of certain categories of events that Mini-EUSO triggers with the shortest temporal resolution. We place them in the context of UHECR observations from space, namely the estimation of exposure and sensitivity to Extensive Air Showers.
