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The XEUS Mission

XEUS, the X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy mission, is at present an ESA-ISAS initiative for the study of the evolution of the hot Universe in the post-Chandra/XMM-Newton era. The key science objectives of XEUS are: Search for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Johan Bleeker , Mariano Mendez

World Space Observatory/Ultraviolet (WSO/UV): Progress Report

The World Space Observatory/Ultraviolet (WSO/UV) represents a new mission implementation model for large space missions for astrophysics. The process has been brought up to enable, fully scientific needs driven, a logic to be applied to the…

Popular Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. Wamsteker , H. J. Haubold

The Rapid Atmospheric Monitoring System of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Observatory is a facility built to detect air showers produced by cosmic rays above 10^17 eV. During clear nights with a low illuminated moon fraction, the UV fluorescence light produced by air showers is recorded by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-04 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , M. Ahlers , E. J. Ahn , I. F. M. Albuquerque , D. Allard , I. Allekotte , J. Allen , P. Allison , A. Almela , J. Alvarez Castillo , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , R. Alves Batista , M. Ambrosio , A. Aminaei , L. Anchordoqui , S. Andringa , T. Antičić , C. Aramo , E. Arganda , F. Arqueros , H. Asorey , P. Assis , J. Aublin , M. Ave , M. Avenier , G. Avila , A. M. Badescu , M. Balzer , K. B. Barber , A. F. Barbosa , R. Bardenet , S. L. C. Barroso , B. Baughman , J. Bäuml , C. Baus , J. J. Beatty , K. H. Becker , A. Bellétoile , J. A. Bellido , S. BenZvi , C. Berat , X. Bertou , P. L. Biermann , P. Billoir , F. Blanco , M. Blanco , C. Bleve , H. Blümer , M. Boháčová , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi , R. Bonino , N. Borodai , J. Brack , I. Brancus , P. Brogueira , W. C. Brown , R. Bruijn , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , L. Buroker , R. E. Burton , K. S. Caballero-Mora , B. Caccianiga , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , A. Castellina , O. Catalano , G. Cataldi , L. Cazon , R. Cester , J. Chauvin , S. H. Cheng , A. Chiavassa , J. A. Chinellato , J. Chirinos Diaz , J. Chudoba , M. Cilmo , R. W. Clay , G. Cocciolo , L. Collica , M. R. Coluccia , R. Conceição , F. Contreras , H. Cook , M. J. Cooper , J. Coppens , A. Cordier , S. Coutu , C. E. Covault , A. Creusot , A. Criss , J. Cronin , A. Curutiu , S. Dagoret-Campagne , R. Dallier , B. Daniel , S. Dasso , K. Daumiller , B. R. Dawson , R. M. de Almeida , M. De Domenico , C. De Donato , S. J. de Jong , G. De La Vega , W. J. M. de Mello Junior , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , I. De Mitri , V. de Souza , K. D. de Vries , L. del Peral , M. del Río , O. Deligny , H. Dembinski , N. Dhital , C. Di Giulio , M. L. Díaz Castro , P. N. Diep , F. Diogo , C. Dobrigkeit , W. Docters , J. C. D'Olivo , P. N. Dong , A. Dorofeev , J. C. dos Anjos , M. T. Dova , D. D'Urso , I. Dutan , J. Ebr , R. Engel , M. Erdmann , C. O. Escobar , J. Espadanal , A. Etchegoyen , P. Facal San Luis , H. Falcke , K. Fang , G. Farrar , A. C. Fauth , N. Fazzini , A. P. Ferguson , B. Fick , J. M. Figueira , A. Filevich , A. Filipčič , S. Fliescher , C. E. Fracchiolla , E. D. Fraenkel , O. Fratu , U. Fröhlich , B. Fuchs , R. Gaior , R. F. Gamarra , S. Gambetta , B. García , S. T. Garcia Roca , D. Garcia-Gamez , D. Garcia-Pinto , G. Garilli , A. Gascon Bravo , H. Gemmeke , P. L. Ghia , M. Giller , J. Gitto , H. Glass , M. S. Gold , G. Golup , F. Gomez Albarracin , M. Gómez Berisso , P. F. Gómez Vitale , P. Gonçalves , J. G. Gonzalez , B. Gookin , A. Gorgi , P. Gouffon , E. Grashorn , S. Grebe , N. Griffith , A. F. Grillo , Y. Guardincerri , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , P. Hansen , D. Harari , T. A. Harrison , J. L. Harton , A. Haungs , T. Hebbeker , D. Heck , A. E. Herve , C. Hojvat , N. Hollon , V. C. Holmes , P. Homola , J. R. Hörandel , P. Horvath , M. Hrabovský , D. Huber , T. Huege , A. Insolia , F. Ionita , A. Italiano , S. Jansen , C. Jarne , S. Jiraskova , M. Josebachuili , K. Kadija , K. H. Kampert , P. Karhan , P. Kasper , I. Katkov , B. Kégl , B. Keilhauer , A. Keivani , J. L. Kelley , E. Kemp , R. M. Kieckhafer , H. O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Kleinfeller , J. Knapp , D. -H. Koang , K. Kotera , N. Krohm , O. Krömer , D. Kruppke-Hansen , D. Kuempel , J. K. Kulbartz , N. Kunka , G. La Rosa , C. Lachaud , D. LaHurd , L. Latronico , R. Lauer , P. Lautridou , S. Le Coz , M. S. A. B. Leão , D. Lebrun , P. Lebrun , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , A. Letessier-Selvon , I. Lhenry-Yvon , K. Link , R. López , A. Lopez Agüera , K. Louedec , J. Lozano Bahilo , L. Lu , A. Lucero , M. Ludwig , H. Lyberis , M. C. Maccarone , C. Macolino , S. Maldera , J. Maller , D. Mandat , P. Mantsch , A. G. Mariazzi , J. Marin , V. Marin , I. C. Maris , H. R. Marquez Falcon , G. Marsella , D. Martello , L. Martin , H. Martinez , O. Martínez Bravo , D. Martraire , J. J. Masías Meza , H. J. Mathes , J. Matthews , J. A. J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , D. 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Wilczyński , M. Will , C. Williams , T. Winchen , M. Wommer , B. Wundheiler , T. Yamamoto , T. Yapici , P. Younk , G. Yuan , A. Yushkov , B. Zamorano Garcia , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , I. Zaw , A. Zepeda , J. Zhou , Y. Zhu , M. Zimbres Silva , M. Ziolkowski

The Targets of Opportunity Source Catalog for the EUSO-SPB2 Mission

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2, EUSO SPB2, mission was designed to take optical measurements of extensive air showers, EASs, from suborbital space. The EUSO SPB2 payload includes an optical Cherenkov…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-12-05 Hannah Wistrand , Tobias Heibges , Jonatan Posligua , Claire Guepin , Mary Hall Reno , Tonia M. Venters

Spectroscopy of Stellar Jets, Outflows, and Young Stellar Objects with the Infrared Space Observatory

The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was an extremely successful european space mission that gave us an unparallel view of the Universe in the infrared, and provided us with hundreds of observations of star forming regions and bipolar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alberto Noriega-Crespo

Expected Performance of the EUSO-SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope

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

Future Ground-based Wide Field of View Air Shower Detectors

Extensive air shower (EAS) arrays directly sample the shower particles that reach the observation altitude. They are wide field of view (FoV) detectors able to view the whole sky simultaneously and continuously. In fact, EAS arrays have an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-14 Giuseppe Di Sciascio

Neutrino Astronomy beyond and beneath the Horizons

The Earth's Shadow to Cosmic Rays offer a windows to Tau Neutrino Astronomy at the Horizon edges. Inclined and Horizontal C.R. Showers (70^o-90^o zenith angle) produce secondary (gamma,e) mostly suppressed by high column atmosphere depth.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Fargion

Solar flares in the Solar Orbiter era: Short-exposure EUI/FSI observations of STIX flares

Aims: This paper aims to demonstrate the importance of short-exposure extreme ultraviolet (EUV) observations of solar flares in the study of particle acceleration, heating and energy partition in flares. This work highlights the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-18 Hannah Collier , Laura A. Hayes , Stefan Purkhart , Säm Krucker , Daniel F. Ryan , Vanessa Polito , Astrid M. Veronig , Louise K. Harra , David Berghmans , Emil Kraaikamp , Marie Dominique , Laurent R. Dolla , Cis Verbeeck

Detection of Ultra-High Energy neutrinos skimming the Earth due to decay of superheavy dark matter at JEM-EUSO

The possibility of detecting Ultra-high energy (UHE from now on) neutrinos due to superheavy dark matter are considered by the neutrinos interaction with the nuclei in the air in the present paper. To reject other standard model particles,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-20 Ye Xu

Euclid preparation: XVI. Exploring the ultra low-surface brightness Universe with Euclid/VIS

While Euclid is an ESA mission specifically designed to investigate the nature of Dark Energy and Dark Matter, the planned unprecedented combination of survey area ($\sim15\,000$ deg$^2$), spatial resolution, low sky-background, and depth…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-19 A. S. Borlaff , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. Altieri , P. M. Marcum , R. Vavrek , R. Laureijs , R. Kohley , F. Buitrago , J. C. Cuillandre , P. A. Duc , L. M. Gaspar Venancio , A. Amara , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , R. Azzollini , C. Baccigalupi , A. Balaguera-Antolínez , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , R. Bender , A. Biviano , C. Bodendorf , D. Bonino , E. Bozzo , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , C. Burigana , R. Cabanac , S. Camera , G. P. Candini , V. Capobianco , A. Cappi , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , C. S. Carvalho , S. Casas , F. J. Castander , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , A. Cimatti , R. Cledassou , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , L. Corcione , J. Coupon , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , D. Di Ferdinando , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , A. Ealet , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , S. Farrens , P. G. Ferreira , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , P. Flose-Reimberg , P. Fosalba , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. Ganga , B. Garilli , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , G. Gozaliasl , J. Graciá-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , W. Holmes , F. Hormuth , K. Jahnke , E. Keihanen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , C. C. Kirkpatrick , T. Kitching , J. H. Knapen , B. Kubik , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , P. Liebing , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , D. Martínez-Delgado , F. Marulli , R. Massey , M. Maturi , S. Maurogordato , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , R. B. Metcalf , G. Meylan , M. Moresco , G. Morgante , L. Moscardini , E. Munari , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , S. M. Niemi , J. W. Nightingale , A. Nucita , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , L. Patrizii , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. Popa , D. Potter , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , R. Saglia , A. G. Sánchez , D. Sapone , M. Sauvage , P. Schneider , V. Scottez , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , J. Skottfelt , L. Stanco , J. L. Starck , F. Sureau , P. Tallada-Crespí , A. N. Taylor , M. Tenti , I. Tereno , R. Teyssier , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , E. A. Valentijn , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , M. Viel , Y. Wang , J. Weller , L. Whittaker , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , E. Zucca

Ultra-high energy cosmic ray investigations by means of EAS muon density measurements

A new approach to investigations of ultra-high energy cosmic rays based on the ground-level measurements of the spectra of local density of EAS muons at various zenith angles is considered. Basic features of the local muon density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 N. S. Barbashina , A. G. Bogdanov , D. V. Chernov , A. N. Dmitrieva , D. M. Gromushkin , V. V. Kindin , R. P. Kokoulin , K. G. Kompaniets , G. Mannocchi , A. A. Petrukhin , O. Saavedra , V. V. Shutenko , D. A. Timashkov , G. Trinchero , I. I. Yashin

Air-Showers in Space and Z-Showers in Universe for Neutrino Astronomy and Spectroscopy

Amplified Tau-airshower at horizons may well open a novel powerful windows, at PeV-EeV energy, to Neutrino Astronomy. Neutrino induced air-showering astronomy rise because of neutrino masses, their mixing and the consequent replenishment of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. Fargion

Correlating Satellite Cloud Cover with Sky Cameras

The role of clouds is manifold in understanding the various events in the atmosphere, and also in studying the radiative balance of the earth. The conventional manner of such cloud analysis is performed mainly via satellite images. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-18 Shilpa Manandhar , Soumyabrata Dev , Yee Hui Lee , Yu Song Meng

The Contribution of EUV from Clusters of Galaxies to the Cosmic Ionizing Background

Recent observations with the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) suggest that at least some clusters of galaxies are luminous sources of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation. It is not clear yet whether EUV emission is a general feature of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Scott W. Randall , Craig L. Sarazin

Sun CubE OnE: A Multi-wavelength Synoptic Solar Micro Satellite

The Sun cubE onE (SEE) is a 12U CubeSat mission proposed for a phase A/B study to the Italian Space Agency that will investigate Gamma and X-ray fluxes and ultraviolet (UV) solar emission to support studies in Sun-Earth interaction and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-04 L. Giovannelli , F. Berrilli , M. Casolino , F. Curti , D. Del Moro , D. Calchetti , M. Cantoresi , A. D'Ambrosio , G. Francisco , P. Giobbi , L. Marcelli , P. Mazzotta , R. Mugatwala , G. Pucacco , R. Reda , S. K Dhara , F. Tombesi , D. Blandino , N. Benigno , M. Cilia , A. Di Salvo , V. Di Tana , F. Ingiosi , S. Loddo , M. Marmonti , M. Musazzi , S. Simonetti , G. Truscelli

A Change of Solar He II EUV Global Network Structure of the Transition Region as an Indicator of Geo-Effectiveness of Solar Minima

Solar activity during 2007--2009 was very low, causing anomalously low thermospheric density. A comparison of solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) irradiance in the He II spectral band (26 to 34 nm) from the Solar Extreme ultraviolet Monitor…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Leonid Didkovsky , Joseph B. Gurman

Probing mSUGRA via the Extreme Universe Space Observatory

An analysis is carried out within mSUGRA of the estimated number of events originating from upward moving ultra-high energy neutralinos that could be detected by the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO). The analysis exploits a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 Luis Anchordoqui , Haim Goldberg , Pran Nath

A study of the link between cosmic rays and clouds with a cloud chamber at the CERN PS

Recent satellite data have revealed a surprising correlation between galactic cosmic ray (GCR) intensity and the fraction of the Earth covered by clouds. If this correlation were to be established by a causal mechanism, it could provide a…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2012-08-27 The Cloud Collaboration

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super-Pressure Balloon II Mission

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II Mission (EUSO-SPB2) is a precursor for a next generation space observatory for multi-messenger astrophysics. The EUSO-SPB2 instrument will measure PeV and EeV-scale…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-01 L. Wiencke , A. Olinto