Résumé
K-EUSO is a planned mission of the JEM-EUSO program for the study of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) from space, to be deployed on the International Space Station. The K-EUSO observatory consists of a UV telescope with a wide field of view, which aims at the detection of fluorescence light emitted by extensive air showers (EAS) in the atmosphere. The EAS events will be sampled with a time resolution of 1-2.5 μs to reconstruct the entire shower profile with high precision. The detector consisting of ∼ 105 independent pixels will allow a spatial resolution of ∼700 m on ground. From a 400 km altitude, K-EUSO will achieve a large and full sky exposure to sample the highest energy range of the UHECR spectrum. In this contribution, we present estimates of the performance of the observatory: an estimation of the expected exposure and triggered event rate as a function of energy and the event reconstruction performance, including resolution of arrival directions and energy of UHECRs.
| langue originale | Anglais |
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| Numéro d'article | 409 |
| journal | Proceedings of Science |
| Volume | 395 |
| état | Publié - 18 mars 2022 |
| Evénement | 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021 - Virtual, Berlin, Allemagne Durée: 12 juil. 2021 → 23 juil. 2021 |
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