The JEM-EUSO observation in cloudy conditions

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“…It should be noted that they are not restricted simply by the presence of the moon in the sky. The case A) is still below this limit, while B) has been the case assumed in our previous publications [15,17].…”

Section: Pos(icrc2015)617mentioning

confidence: 77%

“…In Figure 1, the top panel shows the arrival time distribution of photons to JEM-EUSO from a typical air shower of E = 10 20 eV with a zenith angle Θ = 60 • [17]. Three different atmospheric conditions are considered as described in the legend.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In Figure 7, the occurrence of clear atmosphere (CA) or low-cloud (LC) is shown in the region where the ISS orbits assuming the TOVS data [16] (quoted from Reference [17]). The criteria of CA and LC are τ C < 0.1 and H C < 3.2 km, respectively.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Even in the case with low-cloud, the so-called shower maximum is observable above the cloud in most cases except for air showers at small zenith angles [15,17]. Determinations of X max , the atmospheric depth at shower maximum and energy are feasible with reasonable quality [23].…”

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Evaluation of scientific performance of JEM-EUSO mission with Space-X Dragon option

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Santangelo²,

Bayer³

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2015)

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Extreme Universe Space Observatory on-board the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO) is a mission devoted to the observation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) around and above the Greisen-Zatseptin-Kuzimin energy at ∼ 5 × 10 19 eV. The origin of these enigmatically energetic cosmic rays remain an open question since their discovery more than 50 years ago. High statistics on UHECRs are essential to provide key information to answer this question and necessitate very large exposures to overcome their extremely low flux of an order of a few events per square kilometer per century. JEM-EUSO is designed to measure the air showers induced by UHECRs using a super-wide field-of-view ultra-violet fluorescence telescope pointed downwards on Earth's nighttime atmosphere. Orbiting onboard the International Space Station (ISS), JEM-EUSO rather uniformly covers the entire Celestial Sphere, allowing a thorough analysis of the UHECR arrival direction distribution. In the present work, we introduce a design of the JEM-EUSO telescope suitable for using the Space-X Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon spacecraft for transport to the ISS. This design allows for accommodation of the telescope with equivalent or slightly improved performance than that studied for H-II Transport Vehicle option. We then discuss the expected performance, in particular the scientific objective of searching the arrival direction distribution of UHECRs for their origin through simulation studies.

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“…An IR camera system was developed and flown to record IR images of the scene below the balloon to identify clouds and estimate the heights of the cloud tops. Measuring clouds is important for estimating the exposure of EUSO-SPB1 because high clouds reduce the available aperture of the fluorescence telescope [24]. The University of Chicago Infra Red Camera (UCIRC) [25] featured two identical IR cameras that pointed down on the same region.…”

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2017

Proceedings of 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2017)

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The JEM-EUSO mission: An introduction

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The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on board the Japanese Experiment\ud Module of the International Space Station, JEM-EUSO, is being designed\ud to search from space ultra-high energy cosmic rays. These are charged\ud particles with energies from a few 10(19) eV to beyond 10(20) eV, at the\ud very end of the known cosmic ray energy spectrum. JEM-EUSO will also\ud search for extreme energy neutrinos, photons, and exotic particles,\ud providing a unique opportunity to explore largely unknown phenomena in\ud our Universe. The mission, principally based on a wide field of view (60\ud degrees) near-UV telescope with a diameter of similar to 2.5 m, will\ud monitor the earth's atmosphere at night, pioneering the observation from\ud space of the ultraviolet tracks (290-430 nm) associated with giant\ud extensive air showers produced by ultra-high energy primaries\ud propagating in the earth's atmosphere. Observing from an orbital\ud altitude of similar to 400 km, the mission is expected to reach an\ud instantaneous geometrical aperture of A (g e o) a parts per thousand yen\ud 2 x 10(5) km(2) sr with an estimated duty cycle of similar to 20 \%.\ud Such a geometrical aperture allows unprecedented exposures,\ud significantly larger than can be obtained with ground-based experiments.\ud In this paper we briefly review the history of space-based search for\ud ultra-high energy cosmic rays. We then introduce the special issue of\ud Experimental Astronomy devoted to the various aspects of such a\ud challenging enterprise. We also summarise the activities of the on-going\ud JEM-EUSO program

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The JEM-EUSO observation in cloudy conditions

Abstract: The JEM-EUSO (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on-board the Japa- 18Keywords JEM-EUSO · ultra-high energy cosmic ray · extensive air shower

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Evaluation of scientific performance of JEM-EUSO mission with Space-X Dragon option

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