The observation of Extensive Air Showers from an Earth-Orbiting Satellite
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2011-12-15 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
In this paper we review the main issues that are relevant for the detection of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) from space. EAS are produced by the interaction of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Particles (UHECP) with the atmosphere and can be observed from an orbiting telescope by detecting air fluorescence UV light. We define the requirements and provide the main formulas and plots needed to design and optimize a suitable telescope. We finally estimate its expected performances in ideal conditions.
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@article{arxiv.1105.2129,
title = {The observation of Extensive Air Showers from an Earth-Orbiting Satellite},
author = {M. Pallavicini and R. Pesce and A. Petrolini and A. Thea},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2129},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
24 pages, 10 figures; submitted to Astroparticle Physics 27 pages, 14 figures; major revision; added new figures and sections; typos fixed. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:0810.5711