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JEM-EUSO is an international collaboration for the development of space--based Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) detectors. The instrument consists of a wide Field Of View (FOV) camera for the detection of the UV light emitted by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-07 Francesco Fenu

The study of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays represents one of the most challenging topic in the Cosmic Rays and in the Astroparticle Physics fields. The interaction of primary particles with atmospheric nuclei produces a huge Extensive Air…

The Taishan Antineutrino Observatory (TAO) is a ton-level liquid scintillator detector to be placed at 30\,m from a core of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant for precise reactor antineutrino spectrum measurements. One important background for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-07 Ruhui Li , Yichen Li , Zhimin Wang , Qiang Li , Liang Zhan , Jun Cao

Knowledge of the Earth's atmospheric optical turbulence is critical for astronomical instrumentation. Not only does it enable performance verification and optimisation of existing systems but it is required for the design of future…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 J. Osborn , R. W. Wilson , M. Sarazin , T. Butterley , A. Chacón , F. Derie , O. J. D. Farley , X. Haubois , D. Laidlaw , M. LeLouarn , E. Masciadri , J. Milli , J. Navarrete , M. J. Townson

Usage of secondary cosmic muons to image the geological structures density distribution significantly developed during the past ten years. Recent applications demonstrate the method interest to monitor magma ascent and volcanic gas…

Turbulence, the complicated fluid behavior of nonlinear and statistical nature, arises in many physical systems across various disciplines, from tiny laboratory scales to geophysical and astrophysical ones. The notion of turbulence in the…

EUSO-TA is a ground-based experiment, placed at Black Rock Mesa of the Telescope Array site as a part of the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program. The UV fluorescence imaging telescope with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-21 Z. Plebaniak , M. Przybylak , D. Barghini , M. Bertaina , F. Bisconti , M. Casolino , D. Gardiol , R. Lipiec , L. W. Piotrowski , K. Shinozaki , J. Szabelski

The JEM-EUSO program is focused on observations of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) from space. For this purpose, a series of detectors based on multi-anode photomultiplier tubes with a time resolution of the order of $\mu$s have been…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-19 Zbigniew Plebaniak , Marika Przybylak

The Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO) is an international collaboration working on realizing a next-generation observatory located in the Southern hemisphere, which offers a privileged view of our galactic center. We are…

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory Supper Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) is under development, and will prototype instrumentation for future satellite-based missions, including the Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA).…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 G. Filippatos , M. Battisti , M. Bertaina , F. Bisconti , J. Esser , C. Heaton , G. Osteria , F. Sarazin , L. Wiencke

Space-based experiments, either orbiting the Earth or from scientific balloon altitudes, measure high-energy cosmic rays by measuring from above the atmosphere the optical and radio signals generated by extensive air showers (EAS). These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-13 John F. Krizmanic

Atmospheric muons are important probes for studying primary cosmic rays and extensive air showers. Additionally, they constitute a significant background for many underground and deep-sea neutrino experiments, such as TRopIcal DEep-sea…

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II (EUSO-SPB2) launched from Wanaka, New Zealand on May 13th 2023. Consisting of two optical telescopes, EUSO-SPB2 aimed to search for very high energy neutrinos (E>PeV) via…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-28 George Filippatos

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) experiment is a pathfinder mission for future space-based instruments targeting the fluxes of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR), with energies exceeding…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-12 Austin Cummings

A new vertical water tunnel with global temperature control and the possibility for bubble and local heat & mass injection has been designed and constructed. The new facility offers the possibility to accurately study heat and mass transfer…

Future detection of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) produced by Ultra High Energy Cosmic Particles (UHECP) by means of space based fluorescence telescopes will open a new window on the universe and allow cosmic ray and neutrino astronomy at a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-15 C. Berat , S. Bottai , D. De Marco , S. Moreggia , D. Naumov , M. Pallavicini , R. Pesce , A. Petrolini , A. Stutz , E. Taddei , A. Thea

A permanently available molecular-beam injection setup for controlled molecules (COMO) was installed and commissioned at the small quantum systems (SQS) instrument at the European x-ray free-electron laser (EuXFEL). A $b$-type electrostatic…

The Pierre Auger Observatory is a hybrid detector for ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECR) with energies above 10$^{18.5}$ eV. Currently the first part of the Observatory nears completion in the southern hemisphere in Argentina. One…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-15 B. Keilhauer

JEM-EUSO is a mission to study ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) by measuring the fluorescence light from giant air showers at the altitude of the International Space Station. In the tilted mode, JEM-EUSO will become very sensitive to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-08-05 Katsuaki Asano , Kenji Shinozaki , Masahiro Teshima

A completely new under-water dark-room test facility (UWDTF) has been built at the University of Winnipeg during 2021-2023, for the testing of the equipments, optical components and detectors before they might be used in different…