Study of the calibration method using the stars measured by the EUSO-TA telescope
| dc.contributor.author | Plebaniak, Z. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Przybylak, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Barghini, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bertaina, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Krizmanic, J.F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | The JEM-EUSO Collaboration | |
| dc.contributor.author | et al | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-26T14:08:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-26T14:08:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-12-18 | |
| dc.description | 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021) July 12th – 23rd, 2021 Online – Berlin, Germany | en_US |
| dc.description | For the full list of authors, see pages 9-10. | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 a field of view of about 10.6◦ x 10.6◦ consisting of 2304 pixels (36 Multi-Anode Photomultipliers, 64 pixels each) works with 2.5-microsecond time resolution. An experimental setup with two Fresnel lenses allows for measurements of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays in parallel with the TA experiment as well as the other sources like flashes of lightning, artificial signals from UV calibration lasers, meteors and stars. Stars increase counts on pixels while crossing the field of view as the point-like sources. In this work, we discuss the method for calibration of EUSO fluorescence detectors based on signals from stars registered by the EUSO-TA experiment during several campaigns. As the star position is known, the analysis of signals gives an opportunity to determine the pointing accuracy of the detector. This can be applied to space-borne or balloon-borne EUSO missions. We describe in details the method of the analysis which provides information about detector parameters like the shape of the point spread function and is the way to perform absolute calibration of EUSO cameras. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was partially supported by Basic Science Interdisciplinary Research Projects of RIKEN and JSPS KAKENHI Grant (JP17H02905, JP16H02426 and JP16H16737), by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, by the Italian Space Agency through the ASI INFN agreement n. 2017-8-H.0 and contracts n. 2016-1-U.0 and n. 2021-8-HH.0, by ASI INAF agreeement n.2017-14-H.O, by NASA award 11-APRA-0058 in the USA, by the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, by the French space agency CNES, the Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics funded by the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association (Germany), by Slovak Academy of Sciences MVTS JEMEUSO as well as VEGA grant agency project 2/0132/17, by National Science Centre in Poland grant no 2017/27/B/ST9/02162, by Mexican funding agencies PAPIIT-UNAM, CONACyT and the Mexican Space Agency (AEM). Russian team is supported by ROSCOSMOS, "KLYPVE" is included into the Long-term program of Experiments on board the Russian Segment of the ISS. Sweden is funded by the Olle Engkvist Byggmästare Foundation. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.09904 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 12 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | conference papers and proceedings preprints | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2ncbg-pb8m | |
| dc.identifier.citation | "Plebaniak, Z. et al. Study of the calibration method using the stars measured by the EUSO-TA telescope. 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021). July 12th – 23rd, 2021, Online – Berlin, Germany" | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://arxiv.org/ct?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.22323%2F1.395.0240&v=17f20530 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/24080 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Proceedings of Science | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Center for Space Sciences and Technology | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.title | Study of the calibration method using the stars measured by the EUSO-TA telescope | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |