Measurement of UV light emission of the nighttime Earth by Mini-EUSO for space-based UHECR observations

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dc.contributor.authorShinozaki, Kenji
dc.contributor.authorKrizmanic, John
dc.contributor.authorBolmgren, Karl
dc.contributor.authorBarghini, Dario
dc.contributor.authorBattisti, Matteo
dc.contributor.authorBelov, Alexander S.
dc.contributor.authorBertaina, Mario E.
dc.contributor.authorBisconti, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorCambiè, Giorgio
dc.contributor.authorCapel, Francesca
dc.contributor.authorCasolino, Marco
dc.contributor.authorFenu, Francesco
dc.contributor.authorGolzio, Alessio
dc.contributor.authorKlimov, Pavel
dc.contributor.authorKungel, Viktoria
dc.contributor.authorMarcelli, Laura
dc.contributor.authorMiyamoto, Hiroko
dc.contributor.authorPiotrowski, Lech Wiktor
dc.contributor.authorPlebaniak, Zbigniew Dariusz
dc.contributor.authorPrzybylak, Marika
dc.contributor.authorSakaki, Naoto
dc.contributor.authorSzabelski, Jacek
dc.contributor.authorTakizawa, Yoshiyuki
dc.contributor.authorJEM-EUSO Collaboration
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-06T20:51:41Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-18
dc.description37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021), Berlin Germany, 12-23 July 2021
dc.descriptionJEM-EUSO Collaboration: G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J.H. Adams Jr., D. Allard, G. Alonso, L. Anchordoqui, A. Anzalone,E. Arnone,K. Asano, R. Attallah, H. Attoui, M. Ave Pernas, M. Bagheri, J. Baláz, M. Bakiri, 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, P. Carlson, R. Caruso, M. Casolino, C. Cassardo, A. Castellina, O. Catalano, A. Cellino, K. erný, M. Chikawa, G. Chiritoi, M.J. Christl, R. Colalillo, L. Conti, G. Cotto, H.J. Crawford, R. Cremonini, A. Creusot, A. de Castro Gónzalez, C. de la Taille, L. del Peral, 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.I. 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, C. González Alvarado, P. Gorodetzky, A. Green, F. Guarino, C. Guépin, A. Guzmán , Y. Hachisu , A. Haungs, J. Hernández Carretero, L. Hulett, D. Ikeda, N. Inoue, S. Inoue, F. Isgrò , Y. Itow , T. Jammer, S. Jeong, E. Joven, E.G. Judd, J. Jochum, F. Kajino , T. Kajino , S. Kalli , I. Kaneko, Y. Karadzhov, 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, D. Kolev, 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. Marsza, Y. Martín, O. Martinez, K. Mase, R. Matev, 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, M. Mastafa, S. Nagataki, S. Naitamor, T. Napolitano, J. M. Nachtman, 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, G. Sáez Cano, H. Sagawa, Z. Sahnoune, A. Saito, N. Sakaki, H. Salazar, J.C. Sanchez Balanzar, J.L. Sánchez, A. Santangelo, A. Sanz-Andrés, M. Sanz Palomino, 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, O. Vaduvescu, 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 Jr., R. Weigand Muñoz, A. Weindl, L. Wiencke, M. Wille, J. Wilms, D. Winn, T. Yamamoto, J. Yang, H. Yano, I.V. Yashin, D. Yonetoku, S. Yoshida, R. Young, I.S. Zgura, M.Yu. Zotov, A. Zuccaro Marchi
dc.description.abstractThe JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program aims at the realization of the ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observation using wide field of view fluorescence detectors in satellite orbit. Ultra-violet (UV) light emission from the atmosphere such as airglow and anthropogenic light on the Earth’s surface are the main background for the space-based UHECR observations. The Mini-EUSO mission has been operated on the International Space Station (ISS) since 2019 which is the first space-based experiment for the program. The Mini-EUSO instrument consists of a 25 cm refractive optics and the photo-detector module with the 2304-pixel array of the multi-anode photomultiplier tubes. On the nadir-looking window of the ISS, the instrument is capable of continuously monitoring a ∼300 km × 300 km area. In the present work, we report the preliminary result of the measurement of the UV light in the nighttime Earth using the Mini-EUSO data downlinked to the ground. We mapped UV light distribution both locally and globally below the ISS obit. Simulations were also made to characterize the instrument response to diffuse background light. We discuss the impact of such light on space-based UHECR observations and the Mini-EUSO science objectives.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS, by the Italian Space Agency through the ASI INFN agreement n. 2020-26-HH.0 and contract n. 2016-1-U.0, by the French space agency CNES, National Science Centre in Poland grants 2017/27/B/ST9/02162 and 2020/37/B/ST9/01821. This research has been supported by the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational School of Moscow University “Fundamental and Applied Space Research”. The article has been prepared based on research materials carried out in the space experiment “UV atmosphere”.
dc.description.urihttps://pos.sissa.it/395/385
dc.format.extent11 pages
dc.genreconference papers and proceedings
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2l5wz-ibmi
dc.identifier.citationShinozaki, Kenji, Karl Bolmgren, Dario Barghini, et al. “Measurement of UV Light Emission of the Nighttime Earth by Mini-EUSO for Space-Based UHECR Observations.” Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021) 395 (March 2022): 385. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.395.0385.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.22323/1.395.0385
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/41348
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherProceedings of Science
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dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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dc.titleMeasurement of UV light emission of the nighttime Earth by Mini-EUSO for space-based UHECR observations
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dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9690-9352

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