TY - JOUR
T1 - The Fluorescence Telescope on board EUSO-SPB2 for the detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays
AU - The JEM-EUSO Collaboration
AU - Osteria, G.
AU - Adams, J.
AU - Battisti, M.
AU - Belov, A.
AU - Bertaina, M.
AU - Bisconti, F.
AU - Cafagna, F.
AU - Campana, D.
AU - Caruso, R.
AU - Casolino, M.
AU - Christi, M.
AU - Ebisuzaki, T.
AU - Eser, J.
AU - Fenu, F.
AU - Filippatos, G.
AU - Fornaro, C.
AU - Guarino, F.
AU - Klimov, P.
AU - Kungel, V.
AU - Mackovjak, S.
AU - Mese, M.
AU - Miller, M.
AU - Miyamoto, H.
AU - Olinto, A.
AU - Onel, Y.
AU - Parizot, E.
AU - Pech, M.
AU - Perfetto, F.
AU - Piotrowski, L.
AU - Prevot, G.
AU - Reardon, P.
AU - Ricci, M.
AU - Sarazin, F.
AU - Scotti, V.
AU - Shinozaki, K.
AU - Shovanec, P.
AU - Szabelski, J.
AU - Takizawa, Y.
AU - Valore, L.
AU - Wiencke, L.
AU - Abdellaoui, G.
AU - Abe, S.
AU - Adams, J. H.
AU - Allard, D.
AU - Alonso, G.
AU - Anchordoqui, L.
AU - Anzalone, A.
AU - Arnone, E.
AU - Asano, K.
AU - de la Taille, C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/3/18
Y1 - 2022/3/18
N2 - The Fluorescence Telescope is one of the two telescopes on board the Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II (EUSO-SPB2). EUSO-SPB2 is an ultra-long-duration balloon mission that aims at the detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) via the fluorescence technique (using a Fluorescence Telescope) and of Ultra High Energy (UHE) neutrinos via Cherenkov emission (using a Cherenkov Telescope). The mission is planned to fly in 2023 and is a precursor of the Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA). The Fluorescence Telescope is a second generation instrument preceded by the telescopes flown on the EUSO-Balloon and EUSO-SPB1 missions. It features Schmidt optics and has a 1-meter diameter aperture. The focal surface of the telescope is equipped with a 6912-pixel Multi Anode Photo Multipliers (MAPMT) camera covering a 37.4 x 11.4 degree Field of Regard. Such a big Field of Regard, together with a flight target duration of up to 100 days, would allow, for the first time from suborbital altitudes, detection of UHECR fluorescence tracks. This contribution will provide an overview of the instrument including the current status of the telescope development.
AB - The Fluorescence Telescope is one of the two telescopes on board the Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II (EUSO-SPB2). EUSO-SPB2 is an ultra-long-duration balloon mission that aims at the detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) via the fluorescence technique (using a Fluorescence Telescope) and of Ultra High Energy (UHE) neutrinos via Cherenkov emission (using a Cherenkov Telescope). The mission is planned to fly in 2023 and is a precursor of the Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA). The Fluorescence Telescope is a second generation instrument preceded by the telescopes flown on the EUSO-Balloon and EUSO-SPB1 missions. It features Schmidt optics and has a 1-meter diameter aperture. The focal surface of the telescope is equipped with a 6912-pixel Multi Anode Photo Multipliers (MAPMT) camera covering a 37.4 x 11.4 degree Field of Regard. Such a big Field of Regard, together with a flight target duration of up to 100 days, would allow, for the first time from suborbital altitudes, detection of UHECR fluorescence tracks. This contribution will provide an overview of the instrument including the current status of the telescope development.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85143084563
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85143084563
SN - 1824-8039
VL - 395
JO - Proceedings of Science
JF - Proceedings of Science
M1 - 206
T2 - 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021
Y2 - 12 July 2021 through 23 July 2021
ER -