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The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a major ground-based observatory proposed for gamma-ray astronomy. CTA is envisioned to consist of two large arrays of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes for the study of sources of high-energy gamma…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 R. A. Ong , T. Aune , J. Hall

The Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a design concept for a next-generation UHECR observatory, addressing the requirements for a large-area, low-cost detector suitable for measuring the properties of…

We describe the current situation of the data on the highest energy particles in the Universe - the ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. The new results in the field come from the Telescope Array experiment in Utah, U.S.A. For this reason we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-10-04 Todor Stanev

The Pierre Auger Observatory (Auger) and the Telescope Array (TA) are the world's two largest ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observatories. They operate in the Southern and Northern hemispheres, respectively, at similar latitudes but…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is a next-generation facility for ground-based very high energy gamma ray astronomy. CTAO will be operated as an open observatory. With two sites, in the northern and southern hemispheres,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-23 Werner Hofmann , Roberta Zanin

EUSO-TA is a pathfinder experiment for the space based JEM-EUSO mission for the detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. EUSO-TA is an high-resolution fluorescence telescope installed in front of the Black Rock Mesa fluorescence…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-26 Francesca Bisconti

The origin and nature of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) remain an open question in astroparticle physics. Motivated by the need for an unprecedented aperture for further advancements, the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel…

EUSO-TA is a ground-based florescence detector built to validate the design of an ultra-high energy cosmic ray fluorescence detector to be operated in space. EUSO-TA detected the first air shower events with the technology developed within…

Telescope Array (TA) has completed analysis of nearly nine years of data measuring the atmospheric depth of air shower maximum ($X_{\textrm{max}}$) utilizing the TA surface detector array and the Black Rock Mesa and Long Ridge fluorescence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-22 William Hanlon

We present a measurement of the energy spectrum of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays performed by the Telescope Array experiment using monocular observations from its two new FADC-based fluorescence detectors. After a short description of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-28 The Telescope Array Collaboration , T. Abu-Zayyad , R. Aida , M. Allen , R. Anderson , R. Azuma , E. Barcikowski , J. W. Belz , D. R. Bergman , S. A. Blake , R. Cady , B. G. Cheon , J. Chiba , M. Chikawa , E. J. Cho , W. R. Cho , H. Fujii , T. Fujii , T. Fukuda , M. Fukushima , W. Hanlon , K. Hayashi , Y. Hayashi , N. Hayashida , K. Hibino , K. Hiyama , K. Honda , T. Iguchi , D. Ikeda , K. Ikuta , N. Inoue , T. Ishii , R. Ishimori , H. Ito , D. Ivanov , S. Iwamoto , C. C. H. Jui , K. Kadota , F. Kakimoto , O. Kalashev , T. Kanbe , K. Kasahara , H. Kawai , S. Kawakami , S. Kawana , E. Kido , H. B. Kim , H. K. Kim , J. H. Kim , J. H. Kim , K. Kitamoto , S. Kitamura , Y. Kitamura , K. Kobayashi , Y. Kobayashi , Y. Kondo , K. Kuramoto , V. Kuzmin , Y. J. Kwon , J. Lan , S. I. Lim , J. P. Lundquist , S. Machida , K. Martens , T. Matsuda , T. Matsuura , T. Matsuyama , J. N. Matthews , I. Myers , M. Minamino , K. Miyata , Y. Murano , S. Nagataki , T. Nakamura , S. W. Nam , T. Nonaka , S. Ogio , J. Ogura , M. Ohnishi , H. Ohoka , K. Oki , D. Oku , T. Okuda , M. Ono , A. Oshima , S. Ozawa , I. H. Park , M. S. Pshirkov , D. C. Rodriguez , S. Y. Roh , G. Rubtsov , D. Ryu , H. Sagawa , N. Sakurai , A. L. Sampson , L. M. Scott , P. D. Shah , F. Shibata , T. Shibata , H. Shimodaira , B. K. Shin , J. I. Shin , T. Shirahama , J. D. Smith , P. Sokolsky , T. J. Sonley , R. W. Springer , B. T. Stokes , S. R. Stratton , T. A. Stroman , S. Suzuki , Y. Takahashi , M. Takeda , A. Taketa , M. Takita , Y. Tameda , H. Tanaka , K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , S. B. Thomas , G. B. Thomson , P. Tinyakov , I. Tkachev , H. Tokuno , T. Tomida , S. Troitsky , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsutsumi , Y. Tsuyuguchi , Y. Uchihori , S. Udo , H. Ukai , G. Vasiloff , Y. Wada , T. Wong , Y. Yamakawa , R. Yamane , H. Yamaoka , K. Yamazaki , J. Yang , Y. Yoneda , S. Yoshida , H. Yoshii , R. Zollinger , Z. Zundel

The surface detector (SD) of the Telescope Array (TA) experiment allows one to indirectly detect photons with energies of order $10^{18}$ eV and higher and to separate photons from the cosmic-ray background. In this paper we present the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-10 Telescope Array Collaboration , R. U. Abbasi , M. Abe , T. Abu-Zayyad , M. Allen , R. Azuma , E. Barcikowski , J. W. Belz , D. R. Bergman , S. A. Blake , R. Cady , B. G. Cheon , J. Chiba , M. Chikawa , A. diMatteo , T. Fujii , K. Fujita , R. Fujiwara , M. Fukushima , G. Furlich , W. Hanlon , M. Hayashi , Y. Hayashi , N. Hayashida , K. Hibino , K. Honda , D. Ikeda , N. Inoue , T. Ishii , R. Ishimori , H. Ito , D. Ivanov , H. M. Jeong , S. Jeong , C. C. H. Jui , K. Kadota , F. Kakimoto , O. Kalashev , K. Kasahara , H. Kawai , S. Kawakami , S. Kawana , K. Kawata , E. Kido , H. B. Kim , J. H. Kim , J. H. Kim , S. Kishigami , V. Kuzmin , M. Kuznetsov , Y. J. Kwon , K. H. Lee , B. Lubsandorzhiev , J. P. Lundquist , K. Machida , K. Martens , T. Matsuyama , J. N. Matthews , R. Mayta , M. Minamino , K. Mukai , I. Myers , S. Nagataki , K. Nakai , R. Nakamura , T. Nakamura , T. Nonaka , H. Oda , S. Ogio , M. Ohnishi , H. Ohoka , T. Okuda , Y. Omura , M. Ono , R. Onogi , A. Oshima , S. Ozawa , I. H. Park , M. S. Pshirkov , J. Remington , D. C. Rodriguez , G. Rubtsov , D. Ryu , H. Sagawa , R. Sahara , K. Saito , Y. Saito , N. Sakaki , T. Sako , N. Sakurai , L. M. Scott , T. Seki , K. Sekino , P. D. Shah , F. Shibata , T. Shibata , H. Shimodaira , B. K. Shin , H. S. Shin , J. D. Smith , P. Sokolsky , B. T. Stokes , S. R. Stratton , T. A. Stroman , T. Suzawa , Y. Takagi , Y. Takahashi , M. Takamura , M. Takeda , R. Takeishi , A. Taketa , M. Takita , Y. Tameda , H. Tanaka , K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , Y. Tanoue , S. B. Thomas , G. B. Thomson , P. Tinyakov , I. Tkachev , H. Tokuno , T. Tomida , S. Troitsky , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsutsumi , Y. Uchihori , S. Udo , F. Urban , T. Wong , K. Yada , M. Yamamoto , H. Yamaoka , K. Yamazaki , J. Yang , K. Yashiro , H. Yoshii , Y. Zhezher , Z. Zundel

EAS arrays are survey instruments able to monitor continuously all the overhead sky. Their sensitivity in the sub-TeV/TeV energy domain cannot compete with that of Cherenkov telescopes, but the wide field of view (about 2 sr) is ideal to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-04 G. Di Sciascio

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation of ground based gamma-ray telescopes allowing us to study very high energy phenomena in the Universe. CTA aims to gain about a factor of ten in sensitivity compared to current…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-23 S. Mangano

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very-high energies. It will be capable of detecting gamma rays in the energy range from 20 GeV to more than 300 TeV with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-22 Daniel Mazin

Employing a 40-kW radio-frequency transmitter just west of Delta, UT, and operating at 54.1 MHz, the TARA (Telescope Array RAdar) experiment seeks radar detection of extensive air showers (EAS) initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays…

We measure the spectrum of cosmic rays with energies greater than $10^{18.2}$ eV with the Fluorescence Detectors (FDs) and the Surface Detectors (SDs) of the Telescope Array Experiment using the data taken in our first 2.3-year observation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-03 T. Abu-Zayyad , R. Aida , M. Allen , R. Anderson , R. Azuma , E. Barcikowski , J. W. Belz , D. R. Bergman , S. A. Blake , R. Cady , B. G. Cheon , J. Chiba , M. Chikawa , E. J. Cho , W. R. Cho , H. Fujii , T. Fujii , T. Fukuda , M. Fukushima , W. Hanlon , K. Hayashi , Y. Hayashi , N. Hayashida , K. Hibino , K. Hiyama , K. Honda , T. Iguchi , D. Ikeda , K. Ikuta , N. Inoue , T. Ishii , R. Ishimori , H. Ito , D. Ivanov , S. Iwamoto , C. C. H. Jui , K. Kadota , F. Kakimoto , O. Kalashev , T. Kanbe , K. Kasahara , H. Kawai , S. Kawakami , S. Kawana , E. Kido , H. B. Kim , H. K. Kim , J. H. Kim , J. H. Kim , K. Kitamoto , S. Kitamura , Y. Kitamura , K. Kobayashi , Y. Kobayashi , Y. Kondo , K. Kuramoto , V. Kuzmin , Y. J. Kwon , J. Lan , S. I. Lim , J. P. Lundquist , S. Machida , K. Martens , T. Matsuda , T. Matsuura , T. Matsuyama , J. N. Matthews , M. Minamino , K. Miyata , Y. Murano , I. Myers , K. Nagasawa , S. Nagataki , T. Nakamura , S. W. Nam , T. Nonaka , S. Ogio , M. Ohnishi , H. Ohoka , K. Oki , D. Oku , T. Okuda , M. Ono , A. Oshima , S. Ozawa , I. H. Park , M. S. Pshirkov , D. C. Rodriguez , S. Y. Roh , G. Rubtsov , D. Ryu , H. Sagawa , N. Sakurai , A. L. Sampson , L. M. Scott , P. D. Shah , F. Shibata , T. Shibata , H. Shimodaira , B. K. Shin , J. I. Shin , T. Shirahama , J. D. Smith , P. Sokolsky , R. W. Springer , B. T. Stokes , S. R. Stratton , T. Stroman , S. Suzuki , Y. Takahashi , M. Takeda , A. Taketa , M. Takita , Y. Tameda , H. Tanaka , K. Tanaka , M. Tanaka , S. B. Thomas , G. B. Thomson , P. Tinyakov , I. Tkachev , H. Tokuno , T. Tomida , S. Troitsky , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsutsumi , Y. Tsuyuguchi , Y. Uchihori , S. Udo , H. Ukai , F. Urban , G. Vasiloff , Y. Wada , T. Wong , Y. Yamakawa , R. Yamane , H. Yamaoka , K. Yamazaki , J. Yang , Y. Yoneda , S. Yoshida , H. Yoshii , X. Zhou , R. Zollinger , Z. Zundel

Telescope Array (TA) has recently published results of nearly nine years of $X_{\mathrm{max}}$ observations providing its highest statistics measurement of ultra high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) mass composition to date for energies exceeding…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-12 William Hanlon

The Telescope Array Low-Energy Extension (TALE) is a hybrid, Air Fluorescence Detector (FD) / Scintillator Array, designed to study cosmic ray initiated showers at energies above $\sim3\times10^{16}$ eV. Located in the western Utah desert,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-02 Tareq Abu-Zayyad , Telescope-Array Collaboration

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) remain one of the greatest mysteries in astroparticle physics. The Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a next-generation cosmic ray experiment which utilizes ground-based…