The Fluorescence Telescope on board EUSO-SPB2 for the detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays

Osteria, G.; Adams, J.; Battisti, M.; Belov, A.; Bertaina, M.; Bisconti, F.; Cafagna, F.; Campana, D.; Caruso, R.; Casolino, M.; Christi, M.; Ebisuzaki, T.; Eser, J.; Fenu, F.; Filippatos, G.; Fornaro, C.; Guarino, F.; Klimov, P.; Kungel, V.; Mackovjak, S.; Mese, M.; Miller, M.; Miyamoto, H.; Olinto, A.; Onel, Y.; Parizot, E.; Pech, M.; Perfetto, F.; Piotrowski, L.; Prevot, G.; Reardon, P.; Ricci, M.; Sarazin, F.; Scotti, V.; Shinozaki, K.; Shovanec, P.; Szabelski, J.; Takizawa, Y.; Valore, L.; Wiencke, L.

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“…EUSO-SPB2 hosted onboard two independent telescopes, a fluorescence detector (FT) and a Cherenkov detector (CT), in order to be a scientific and technical sub-orbital altitude precursor for the POEMMA. A complete description of the two instruments can be found respectively in [6] and [7], here we will briefly report only on the details relevant to the functioning of the Data Processing system.…”

Section: The Euso-spb2 Fluorescence Telescopementioning

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Description and performance results of The Data processor of the SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope

Mese¹,

Scotti²,

Anastasio³

et al. 2023

Proceedings of 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2023)

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EUSO-SPB2 (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II) is a precursor mission for a future space observatory for multi-messenger astrophysics, planned to be launched in Spring 2023 with a flight duration target of 100 days. The Fluorescence Telescope (FT) hosted on board is designed to detect Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays via the UV fluorescence emission of the Extensive Air Showers in the atmosphere. The Data Processor (DP) of the FT is the component of the electronics system that performs data management and instrument control for the telescope. The DP controls front-end electronics, tags events with arrival time and payload position through a GPS system, provides signals for time synchronization of the event and measures the live and dead time of the telescope. Furthermore, it manages mass memory for data storage, performs housekeeping monitoring, and controls the power-on and power-off sequences. Finally, the data processor combines the data from the PDMs and onboard differential GPS and prioritizes data for download. The long duration of the flight poses strict requirements on electronics and data handling. The operations at high altitude in an unpressurized environment represent a technological challenge for heat dissipation. This contribution will provide an overview of the innovative elements developed and the results of the integration and field test campaigns. We will also present some preliminary analysis of the performance during the flight.

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Section: The Euso-spb2 Fluorescence Telescopementioning

confidence: 99%

Description and performance results of The Data processor of the SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope

Mese¹,

Scotti²,

Anastasio³

et al. 2023

Proceedings of 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2023)

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EUSO-SPB2: A sub-orbital cosmic ray and neutrino multi-messenger pathfinder observatory

Cummings,

Eser,

Filippatos

et al. 2023

SciPost Phys. Proc.

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The next generation of ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) and very-high energy neutrino observatories will address the challenge of the extremely low fluxes of these particles at the highest energies. EUSO-SPB2 (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2) is designed to prepare space missions to address this challenge. EUSO-SPB2 is equipped with 2 telescopes: the Fluorescence Telescope, which will point downwards and measure fluorescence emission from UHECR air showers with an energy above 2 EeV, and the Cherenkov Telescope (CT), which will point towards the Earth’s limb and measure direct Cherenkov emission from cosmic rays with energies above 1 PeV verifying the technique. Pointed below the limb, the CT will search for Cherenkov emission produced by neutrino-sourced tau-lepton decays above 10 PeV energies and study backgrounds for such events. The EUSO-SPB2 mission will provide pioneering observations and technical milestones on the path towards a space-based multi-messenger observatory.

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The Fluorescence Telescope on board EUSO-SPB2 for the detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays

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Description and performance results of The Data processor of the SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope

Description and performance results of The Data processor of the SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope

EUSO-SPB2: A sub-orbital cosmic ray and neutrino multi-messenger pathfinder observatory

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