EPJ Web of Conferences (Jun 2013)

Pioneering space based detector for study of cosmic rays beyond GZK Limit

  • Na G.,
  • Martinez O.,
  • Salazar H.,
  • Ponce E.,
  • Park I.,
  • Lee J.,
  • Saprykin O.A.,
  • Botvinko A.A.,
  • Tkachenko A.V.,
  • Naumov D.V.,
  • Tkachev L.G.,
  • Yashin I.V.,
  • Biktemerova S.V.,
  • Grinyuk A.A.,
  • Sharakin S.A.,
  • Shirokov A.V.,
  • Morozenko V.S.,
  • Klimov P.A.,
  • Kalmykov N.N.,
  • Garipov G.K.,
  • Panasyuk M.I.,
  • Khrenov B.A.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135309006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53
p. 09006

Abstract

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Space-based detectors for study of extreme energy cosmic rays (EECR) are being prepared as promising new direction of EECR study. Pioneering space device – tracking ultraviolet set up (TUS) is at the last stage of its construction and testing. TUS detector description is presented.