EUSO-TA ground based fluorescence detector: analysis of the detected eventsRIKEN, Wako, Japan; National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Section of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
RIKEN, Wako, Japan.
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA.
APC, Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris, APC, Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
APC, Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris, APC, Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris.
RIKEN, Wako, Japan.
National Centre for Nuclear Research, Lodz, Poland.
APC, Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris, APC, Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, Sorbonne Paris.
Institute of Experimental Physics, Kosice, Slovakia.
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan.
RIKEN, Wako, Japan.
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan.
National Institute for Nuclear Physics - Section of Turin, Turin, Italy; University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
RIKEN, Wako, Japan.
Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka.
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
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2021 (English)In: 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2019, Sissa Medialab Srl , 2021, article id 197Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
EUSO-TA is a ground-based florescence detector built to validate the design of an ultra-high energy cosmic ray fluorescence detector to be operated in space. EUSO-TA detected the first air shower events with the technology developed within the JEM-EUSO program. It operates at the Telescope Array (TA) site in Utah, USA. With the external trigger provided by the Black Rock Mesa fluorescence detectors of Telescope Array (TA-FDs), EUSO-TA observed nine ultra-high energy cosmic ray events and several laser events from the Central Laser Facility of Telescope Array and portable lasers like the JEM-EUSO Global Light System prototype. The reconstruction parameters of the cosmic ray events which crossed the EUSO-TA field of view (both detected and not detected by EUSO-TA), were provided by the Telescope Array Collaboration. As the TA-FDs have a wider field of view than EUSO-TA (∼30 times larger), they allow the cosmic ray energy reconstruction based on the observation of most of the extensive air-shower profiles, including the shower maximum, while EUSO-TA only observes a portion of the showers, usually far from the maximum. For this reason, the energy of the cosmic rays corresponding to the EUSO-TA signals appear lower than the actual ones. In this contribution, the analysis of the cosmic-ray events detected with EUSO-TA is discussed.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sissa Medialab Srl , 2021. article id 197
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-358392Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85214063714OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-358392DiVA, id: diva2:1927866
Conference
36th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2019, Madison, United States of America, Jul 24 2019 - Aug 1 2019
Note
QC 20250117
2025-01-152025-01-152025-01-17Bibliographically approved