Observing the Ultrahigh Energy Universe with OWL Eyes
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Space Physics
Abstract
The goal of the Orbiting Wide-field Light-collectors (OWL) mission is to study the origin and physics of the highest energy particles known in nature, the ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). The OWL mission consists of telescopes with UV sensitive cameras on two satellites operating in tandem to view in stereo the development of the giant particle showers induced in the Earth's atmosphere by UHECRs. This paper discusses the characteristics of the OWL mission.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0408162,
title = {Observing the Ultrahigh Energy Universe with OWL Eyes},
author = {F. W. Stecker and J. F. Krizmanic and L. M. Barbier and E. Loh and J. W. Mitchell and P. Sokolsky and R. E. Streitmatter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0408162},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Paper presented at the CRIS 2004 Cosmic Ray Conference on "GZK and Surroundings", to be published in Nucl. Phys. B. New figure and revised text