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The TBT project is being developed under ESA's General Studies and Technology Programme (GSTP), and shall implement a test-bed for the validation of an autonomous optical observing system in a realistic scenario within the Space Situational…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-27 Francisco Ocaña , Aitor Ibarra , Elena Racero , Ángel Montero , Jirí Doubek , Vicente Ruiz

Detailed studies of the resolution of a EUDET-type beam telescope are carried out using the DATURA beam telescope as an example. The EUDET-type beam telescopes make use of CMOS MIMOSA 26 pixel detectors for particle tracking allowing for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-04 Hendrik Jansen

TUS (Track Ultraviolet Setup) is the first space experiment aimed to check the possibility of registering extreme energy cosmic rays (EECRs) at E>50 EeV by measuring the fluorescence signal of extensive air showers in the atmosphere. The…

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a NASA super pressure balloon test flight was to circle the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-15 EUSO Collaboration , G. Abdellaoui , S. Abe , J. H. Adams. , D. Allard , G. Alonso , L. Anchordoqui , A. Anzalone , E. Arnone , K. Asano , R. Attallah , H. Attoui , M. Ave Pernas , R. Bachmann , S. Bacholle , M. Bagheri , M. Bakiri , J. Baláz , D. Barghini , S. Bartocci , M. Battisti , J. Bayer , B. Beldjilali , T. Belenguer , N. Belkhalfa , R. Bellotti , A. A. Belov , K. Benmessai , M. Bertaina , P. F. Bertone , P. L. Biermann , F. Bisconti , C. Blaksley , N. Blanc , S. Blin-Bondil , P. Bobik , M. Bogomilov , K. Bolmgren , E. Bozzo , S. Briz , A. Bruno , K. S. Caballero , F. Cafagna , G. Cambié , D. Campana , J. N. Capdevielle , F. Capel , A. Caramete , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , M. Casolino , C. Cassardo , A. Castellina , O. Catalano , A. Cellino , K. Černý , M. Chikawa , G. Chiritoi , M. J. Christl , R. Colalillo , L. Conti , G. Cotto , H. J. Crawford , R. Cremonini , A. Creusot , A. Cummings , A. de Castro Gónzalez , C. de la Taille , L. del Peral , J. Desiato , A. Diaz Damian , R. Diesing , P. Dinaucourt , A. Djakonow , T. Djemil , A. Ebersoldt , T. Ebisuzaki , J. Eser , F. Fenu , S. Fernández-González , S. Ferrarese , G. Filippatos , W. Finch , C. Fornaro , M. Fouka , A. Franceschi , S. Franchini , C. Fuglesang , T. Fujii , M. Fukushima , P. Galeotti , E. García-Ortega , D. Gardiol , G. K. Garipov , E. Gascón , E. Gazda , J. Genci , A. Golzio , P. Gorodetzky , R. Gregg , A. Green , F. Guarino , C. Guépin , A. Guzmán , Y. Hachisu , A. Haungs , T. Heigbes , J. Hernández Carretero , L. Hulett , D. Ikeda , N. Inoue , S. Inoue , F. Isgrò , Y. Itow , T. Jammer , S. Jeong , J. Jochum , E. Joven , E. G. Judd , A. Jung , F. Kajino , T. Kajino , S. Kalli , I. Kaneko , M. Kasztelan , K. Katahira , K. Kawai , Y. Kawasaki , A. Kedadra , H. Khales , B. A. Khrenov , Jeong-Sook Kim , Soon-Wook Kim , M. Kleifges , P. A. Klimov , I. Kreykenbohm , J. F. Krizmanic , K. Królik , V. Kungel , Y. Kurihara , A. Kusenko , E. Kuznetsov , H. Lahmar , F. Lakhdari , J. Licandro , L. López Campano , F. López Martínez , S. Mackovjak , M. Mahdi , D. Mandát , M. Manfrin , L. Marcelli , J. L. Marcos , W. Marszał , Y. Martín , O. Martinez , K. Mase , M. Mastafa , J. N. Matthews , N. Mebarki , G. Medina-Tanco , A. Menshikov , A. Merino , M. Mese , J. Meseguer , S. S. Meyer , J. Mimouni , H. Miyamoto , Y. Mizumoto , A. Monaco , J. A. Morales de los Ríos , J. M. Nachtman , S. Nagataki , S. Naitamor , T. Napolitano , A. Neronov , K. Nomoto , T. Nonaka , T. Ogawa , S. Ogio , H. Ohmori , A. V. Olinto , Y. Onel , G. Osteria , A. N. Otte , A. Pagliaro , W. Painter , M. I. Panasyuk , B. Panico , E. Parizot , I. H. Park , B. Pastircak , T. Paul , M. Pech , I. Pérez-Grande , F. Perfetto , T. Peter , P. Picozza , S. Pindado , L. W. Piotrowski , S. Piraino , Z. Plebaniak , A. Pollini , E. M. Popescu , R. Prevete , G. Prévôt , H. Prieto , M. Przybylak , G. Puehlhofer , M. Putis , P. Reardon , M. H. Reno , M. Reyes , M. Ricci , M. D. Rodríguez Frías , O. F. Romero Matamala , F. Ronga , M. D. Sabau , G. Saccá , H. Sagawa , Z. Sahnoune , A. Saito , N. Sakaki , H. Salazar , J. L. Sánchez , J. C. Sanchez Balanzar , A. Santangelo , A. Sanz-Andrés , O. A. Saprykin , F. Sarazin , M. Sato , A. Scagliola , T. Schanz , H. Schieler , P. Schovánek , V. Scotti , M. Serra , S. A. Sharakin , H. M. Shimizu , K. Shinozaki , J. F. Soriano , A. Sotgiu , I. Stan , I. Strharský , N. Sugiyama , D. Supanitsky , M. Suzuki , J. Szabelski , N. Tajima , T. Tajima , Y. Takahashi , M. Takeda , Y. Takizawa , M. C. Talai , Y. Tameda , C. Tenzer , S. B. Thomas , O. Tibolla , L. G. Tkachev , T. Tomida , N. Tone , S. Toscano , M. Traïche , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsuno , S. Turriziani , Y. Uchihori , J. F. Valdés-Galicia , P. Vallania , L. Valore , G. Vankova-Kirilova , T. M. Venters , C. Vigorito , L. Villaseñor , B. Vlcek , P. von Ballmoos , M. Vrabel , S. Wada , J. Watanabe , J. Watts. , R. Weigand Muñoz , A. Weindl , L. Wiencke , M. Wille , J. Wilms , T. Yamamoto , J. Yang , H. Yano , I. V. Yashin , D. Yonetoku , S. Yoshida , R. Young , I. S. Zgura , M. Yu. Zotov , A. Zuccaro Marchi

We present the data acquisition and control software for the operation of the Mini-Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO), a space-based fluorescence telescope for the observation of extensive air showers and atmospheric phenomena. This…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-12 F. Capel , A. Belov , G. Cambiè , M. Casolino , C. Fornaro , P. Klimov , L. Marcelli , L. W. Piotrowski , S. Turriziani

In this paper we present the Data Processor (DP) of EUSO-SPB2 (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon, mission two) telescopes . The EUSO-SPB2 is the continuation of the JEM-EUSO science program on ultra-long…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-05 Giuseppe Osteria , Valentina Scotti , Francesco Perfetto

The World Space Observatory - Ultraviolet (WSO-UV) space telescope is equipped with high dispersion (55,000) spectrographs working in the 1150-3100 {\AA} spectral range. To evaluate the impact of the design on the scientific objectives of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-13 Pablo Marcos-Arenal , Ana I. Gómez de Castro , Belén Perea Abarca , Mikhail Sachkov

The Telescope Array (TA) is the largest ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observatory in the Northern Hemisphere. Together with its extensions, TA Low Energy (TALE), TALE infill, and the TA$\times$4 array, it measures extensive air…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-20 Jihyun Kim

We present program objectives and specifications for the first generation Ultra-Fast Astronomy (UFA) observatory which will explore a new astrophysical phase space by characterizing the variability of the optical (320 nm - 650 nm) sky in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-01 Siyang Li , George F. Smoot , Bruce Grossan , Albert Wai Kit Lau , Marzhan Bekbalanova , Mehdi Shafiee , Thorsten Stezelberger

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are extremely energetic charged particles that originate from outer space. The Telescope Array (TA) experiment, the largest UHECR observatory in the Northern Hemisphere, has provided high-precision…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-06 Jihyun Kim , Dmitri Ivanov , Gordon Thomson

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) is the most advanced balloon mission undertaken by the JEM-EUSO collaboration. EUSO-SPB2 is built on the experience of previous stratosphere missions,…

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

Euclid is a proposed high-precision survey mission to map the geometry of the Dark Universe with demonstrated feasibility. Euclid's Visible - Near-InfraRed imaging and spectroscopy of the extragalactic sky will further produce extensive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-09 R. Laureijs

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 European Solar Telescope (EST) is a project aimed at studying the magnetic connectivity of the solar atmosphere, from the deep photosphere to the upper chromosphere. Its design combines the knowledge and expertise gathered by the…

A study of the UHE nu_tau detection performances of a km^3 Neutrino Telescope sitting at the three proposed sites for ANTARES, NEMO and NESTOR in the Mediterranean sea is here performed. In particular, it is analyzed the effect of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Gennaro Miele

The detection of astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube and the potential to constrain source models of ultra-high energy cosmic rays provide the motivation to develop instruments for the observation of neutrinos above $10^7$ GeV. Among the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 A. Nepomuk Otte , Eliza Gazda , Eleanor Judd , John F. Krizmanic , Evgeny Kutzenzov , Oscar Romero Matamala , Patrick J. Reardon , Lawrence Wiencke

The Telescope Array (TA) is the largest hybrid cosmic ray detector in the Northern Hemisphere, which observes primary particles in the energy range from 2 PeV to 100 EeV. The main TA detector consists of 507 plastic scintillation counters…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-24 Hiroyuki Sagawa

The eROSITA X-ray telescope on board the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) spacecraft observed the field of the UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey (UDS) in August-September 2019, during its flight to Sun-Earth L2 point. The resulting eROSITA UDS (or…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-22 R. Krivonos , M. Gilfanov , P. Medvedev , S. Sazonov , R. Sunyaev

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

Aims. We describe a pilot study to explore a new generation of fast and low noise CMOS image sensors for time domain astronomy, using two remote telescopes with a baseline of 1800 km. Methods. Direct imaging with novel qCMOS image sensor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-17 Martin M. Roth , Paško Roje , Stella Vješnica , Stefan Cikota , Alex J. Brown , Mike Kretlow , Marco Azzaro , Santiago Reinhart , Jesús Aceituno , Thomas Kupfer