EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2015)

EUSO@TurLab: An experimental replica of ISS orbits

  • Bertaina M.,
  • Bowaire A.,
  • Cambursano S.,
  • Caruso R.,
  • Contino G.,
  • Cotto G.,
  • Crivello F.,
  • Forza R.,
  • Guardone N.,
  • Manfrin M.,
  • Mignone M.,
  • Mulas R.,
  • Suino G.,
  • Tibaldi P.S.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20158903003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 89
p. 03003

Abstract

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The EUSO@TurLab project is an on-going activity aimed to reproduce atmospheric and luminous conditions that JEM-EUSO will encounter on its orbits around the Earth. The use of the TurLab facility, part of the Department of Physics of the University of Torino, allows the simulation of different surface conditions in a very dark and rotating environment in order to test the response of JEM-EUSO's sensors and sensitivity. The experimental setup currently in operation has been used to check the potential of the TurLab facility for the above purposes, and the acquired data will be used to test the concept of JEM-EUSO's trigger system.