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Título del libro: Proceedings Of The 33rd International Cosmic Rays Conference, Icrc 2013
Título del capítulo: The jem-euso instruments

Autores UNAM:
GUSTAVO ADOLFO MEDINA TANCO;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2013
Palabras clave:

Cosmology; Earth atmosphere; Fluorescence; Lenses; Light; Optical radar; Space stations; Telescopes; EECR; Front-end readout electronics; International Space stations; Japanese experiment modules; JEM-EUSO; Space instrument; UHECR; Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays; Cosmic rays


Resumen:

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO) with a large and wide-angle telescope to be mounted on the International Space Station will open up?particle astronomy? from space. It will characterize Ultra High-Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) by detecting fluorescent and Cherenkov photons generated by air showers in the earth?s atmosphere. The JEM-EUSO telescope consists of 3 light-weight optical Fresnel lenses with a diameter of about 2.5 m, 300 k channels of MAPMTs, frontend readout electronics, trigger electronics, and system electronics. An infrared camera and a LIDAR system on-board and a global light system on the ground will also be used to monitor the earth?s atmosphere and to calibrate the telescope instruments. © 2013 Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica. All Rights Reserved.


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