An end-to-end calibration of the Mini-EUSO detector in space

M. Battisti; M. Bertaina; E. Parizot; M. Abrate; D. Barghini; A. Belov; F. Bisconti; C. Blaksley; S. Blin; F. Capel; M. Casolino; I. Churilo; A. G. Coretti; M. Crisconio; C. De La Taille; T. Ebisuzaki; F. Fenu; M. A. Franceschi; C. Fuglesang; S. Gallian; D. Gardiol; A. Golzio; P. Gorodetzky; F. Kajino; H. Kasuga; P. Klimov; V. Kungel; V. Kuznetsov; M. Manfrin; L. Marcelli; W. Marszał; G. Mascetti; M. Mignone; H. Miyamoto; A. Murashov; T. Napolitano; H. Ohmori; A. Olinto; P. Picozza; L. W. Piotrowski; Z. Plebaniak; G. Prévôt; E. Reali; F. Reynaud; M. Ricci; G. Romoli; S. Sharakin; K. Shinozaki; J. Szabelski; Y. Takizawa; V. Vagelli; G. Valentini; M. Vrabel; L. Wiencke; M. Zotov

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2024.103057

An end-to-end calibration of the Mini-EUSO detector in space

M. Battisti
, M. Bertaina
, E. Parizot
, M. Abrate
, D. Barghini
, A. Belov
, F. Bisconti
, C. Blaksley
, S. Blin
, F. Capel
, M. Casolino
, I. Churilo
, A. G. Coretti
, M. Crisconio
, C. De La Taille
, T. Ebisuzaki
, F. Fenu
, M. A. Franceschi
, C. Fuglesang
, S. Gallian

D. Gardiol, A. Golzio, P. Gorodetzky, F. Kajino, H. Kasuga, P. Klimov, V. Kungel, V. Kuznetsov, M. Manfrin, L. Marcelli, W. Marszał, G. Mascetti, M. Mignone, H. Miyamoto, A. Murashov, T. Napolitano, H. Ohmori, A. Olinto, P. Picozza, L. W. Piotrowski, Z. Plebaniak, G. Prévôt, E. Reali, F. Reynaud, M. Ricci, G. Romoli, S. Sharakin, K. Shinozaki, J. Szabelski, Y. Takizawa, V. Vagelli, G. Valentini, M. Vrabel, L. Wiencke, M. Zotov

École Polytechnique

Astroparticule and Cosmol APC
INFN Sezione di Torino
University of Turin
National Institute of Astrophysics
Moscow State University
INFN Roma Tor Vergata
Riken
Technical University of Munich
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia
Science and Research Directorate
LNF-INFN
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
ARPA Piemonte
Konan University
Colorado School of Mines
National Centre for Nuclear Research
University of Chicago
University of Warsaw
Stefan Batory Academy of Applied Sciences

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Abstract

Mini-EUSO is a wide Field-of-View (44^∘×44^∘) telescope currently in operation from a nadir-facing Ultra-Violet (UV) transparent window in the Russian Zvezda module on the International Space Station (ISS). Mini-EUSO has been designed as a scaled-down version of the original JEM-EUSO telescope to raise its instrumentation's technological readiness level and demonstrate its observational principle, while performing multidisciplinary studies on different fields such as atmospheric science and planetology. One of Mini-EUSO main goals is the study of the UV background for future space missions employing the same concept as the original JEM-EUSO telescope, which requires an absolute calibration of the Mini-EUSO instrument. During the past years, a few observational campaigns have been completed, employing a ground-based UV flasher to perform an end-to-end calibration of the instrument. In this paper, we present the assembled UV flasher system, the operation of the field campaign and the analysis of the obtained data. The results are interpreted by the means of a parametrization of the Mini-EUSO photon counts. The end-to-end efficiency of several pixels has been obtained, taking into account different parameters such as the atmospheric attenuation, the optics efficiency and the multi-anode photomultiplier detection efficiency.

Original language	English
Article number	103057
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	165
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2024.103057
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2025

Keywords

Calibration
End-to-end
Flasher
GLS system
Orbital detector

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Battisti, M., Bertaina, M., Parizot, E., Abrate, M., Barghini, D., Belov, A., Bisconti, F., Blaksley, C., Blin, S., Capel, F., Casolino, M., Churilo, I., Coretti, A. G., Crisconio, M., De La Taille, C., Ebisuzaki, T., Fenu, F., Franceschi, M. A., Fuglesang, C., ... Zotov, M. (2025). An end-to-end calibration of the Mini-EUSO detector in space. Astroparticle Physics, 165, Article 103057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2024.103057

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