Expected performance of the K-EUSO space-based observatory

Bianciotto M, Abdellaoui G, Abe S, Adams JH, Allard D, Alonso G, Anchordoqui L, Anzalone A, Arnone E, Asano K, Attallah R, Attoui H, Ave Pernas M, Bagheri M, Baláz J, Bakiri M, Barghini D, Bartocci S, Battisti M, Bayer J, Beldjilali B, Belenguer T, Belkhalfa N, Bellotti R, Belov AA, Benmessai K, Bertaina M, Bertone PF, Biermann PL, Bisconti F, Blaksley C, Blanc N, Blin-Bondil S, Bobik P, Bogomilov M, Bolmgren K, Bozzo E, Briz S, Bruno A, Caballero KS, Cafagna F, Cambié G, Campana D, Capdevielle JN, Capel F, Caramete A, Caramete L, Carlson P, Caruso R, Casolino M, Cassardo C, Castellina A, Catalano O, Cellino A, Černý K, Chikawa M, Chiritoi G, Christl MJ, Colalillo R, Conti L, Cotto G, Crawford HJ, Cremonini R, Creusot A, de Castro Gónzalez A, de la Taille C, del Peral L, Diaz Damian A, Diesing R, Dinaucourt P, Djakonow A, Djemil T, Ebersoldt A, Ebisuzaki T, Eser J, Fenu F, Fernández-González S, Ferrarese S, Filippatos G, Finch WI, Fornaro C, Fouka M, Franceschi A, Franchini S, Fuglesang C, Fujii T, Fukushima M, Galeotti P, García-Ortega E, Gardiol D, Garipov GK, Gascón E, Gazda E, Genci J, Golzio A, González Alvarado C, Gorodetzky P, Green A, Guarino F, Guépin C, Guzmán A, Hachisu Y, Haungs A, Hernández Carretero J, Hulett L, Ikeda D, Inoue N, Inoue S, Isgrò F, Itow Y, Jammer T, Jeong S, Joven E, Judd EG, Jochum J, Kajino F, Kajino T, Kalli S, Kaneko I, Karadzhov Y, Kasztelan M, Katahira K, Kawai K, Kawasaki Y, Kedadra A, Khales H, Khrenov BA, Kim JS, Kim SW, Kleifges M, Klimov PA, Kolev D, Kreykenbohm I, Krizmanic JF, Królik K, Kungel V, Kurihara Y, Kusenko A, Kuznetsov E, Lahmar H, Lakhdari F, Licandro J, López Campano L, López Martínez F, Mackovjak S, Mahdi M, Mandát D, Manfrin M, Marcelli L, Marcos JL, Marszał W, Martín Y, Martinez O, Mase K, Matev R, Matthews JN, Mebarki N, Medina-Tanco G, Menshikov A, Merino A, Mese M, Meseguer J, Meyer SS, Mimouni J, Miyamoto H, Mizumoto Y, Monaco A, Morales de los Ríos JA, Mastafa M, Nagataki S, Naitamor S, Napolitano T, Nachtman JM, Neronov A, Nomoto K, Nonaka T, Ogawa T, Ogio S, Ohmori H, Olinto AV, Onel Y, Osteria G, Otte AN, Pagliaro A, Painter W, Panasyuk MI, Panico B, Parizot E, Park IH, Pastircak B, Paul T, Pech M, Pérez-Grande I, Perfetto F, Peter T, Picozza P, Pindado S, Piotrowski LW, Piraino S, Plebaniak Z, Pollini A, Popescu EM, Prevete R, Prévôt G, Prieto H, Przybylak M, Puehlhofer G, Putis M, Reardon P, Reno MH, Reyes M, Ricci M, Rodríguez Frías MD, Romero Matamala OF, Ronga F, Sabau MD, Saccá G, Sáez Cano G, Sagawa H, Sahnoune Z, Saito A, Sakaki N, Salazar H, Sanchez Balanzar JC, Sánchez JL, Santangelo A, Sanz-Andrés A, Sanz Palomino M, Saprykin OA, Sarazin F, Sato M, Scagliola A, Schanz T, Schieler H, Schovánek P, Scotti V, Serra M, Sharakin SA, Shimizu HM, Shinozaki K, Soriano JF, Sotgiu A, Stan I, Strharský I, Sugiyama N, Supanitsky D, Suzuki M, Szabelski J, Tajima N, Tajima T, Takahashi Y, Takeda M, Takizawa Y, Talai MC, Tameda Y, Tenzer C, Thomas SB, Tibolla O, Tkachev LG, Tomida T, Tone N, Toscano S, Traïche M, Tsunesada Y, Tsuno K, Turriziani S, Uchihori Y, Vaduvescu O, Valdés-Galicia JF, Vallania P, Valore L, Vankova-Kirilova G, Venters TM, Vigorito C, Villaseñor L, Vlcek B, von Ballmoos P, Vrabel M, Wada S, Watanabe J, Watts J, Weigand Muñoz R, Weindl A, Wiencke L, Wille M, Wilms J, Winn D, Yamamoto T, Yang J, Yano H, Yashin IV, Yonetoku D, Yoshida S, Young R, Zgura IS, Zotov MY, Zuccaro Marchi A (2022)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 395

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Virtual, Berlin, DEU

Abstract

K-EUSO is a planned mission of the JEM-EUSO program for the study of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) from space, to be deployed on the International Space Station. The K-EUSO observatory consists of a UV telescope with a wide field of view, which aims at the detection of fluorescence light emitted by extensive air showers (EAS) in the atmosphere. The EAS events will be sampled with a time resolution of 1-2.5 μs to reconstruct the entire shower profile with high precision. The detector consisting of ∼ 10⁵ independent pixels will allow a spatial resolution of ∼700 m on ground. From a 400 km altitude, K-EUSO will achieve a large and full sky exposure to sample the highest energy range of the UHECR spectrum. In this contribution, we present estimates of the performance of the observatory: an estimation of the expected exposure and triggered event rate as a function of energy and the event reconstruction performance, including resolution of arrival directions and energy of UHECRs.

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Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) Korea, Republic of (KR) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Université Constantine 1 Algeria (DZ) Kyoto University / 京都大学 Kyōto daigaku Japan (JP) Riken Institute of Physical and Chemical Research / 理化学研究所 Japan (JP) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) University of California, Berkeley United States (USA) (US) Badji Mokhtar University / جامعة باجي مختار‎ Algeria (DZ) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Germany (DE) Universidad de León Spain (ES) Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany (DE) Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Spain (ES) Georgia Institute of Technology United States (USA) (US) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / 国立天文台(NAOJ) Japan (JP) Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) Spain (ES) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) Instituto Nacional Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) Spain (ES) Cardiovascular Research Foundation United States (USA) (US) Palacky University Olomouc / Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci Czech Republic (CZ) Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Switzerland (CH) Space Regatta Consortium (SRC) / Консорциум "Космическая регата" Russian Federation (RU) Colorado School of Mines United States (USA) (US) Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" / Софийски университет "Св. Климент Охридски" Bulgaria (BG) Hokkaido University (Hokudai) / 北海道大学 Japan (JP) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) University of Tokyo Japan (JP) Centre de Developpement des Technologies Avancées (CDTA) Algeria (DZ) Institute of Experimental Physics / Ústav experimentálnej fyziky SAV Slovakia (SK) Université Paris-Sud France (FR) University of Turin / Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO) Italy (IT) University of Abou Bekr Belkaïd Algeria (DZ) Nihon University / 日本大学 Japan (JP) Lomonosov Moscow State University / Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова Russian Federation (RU) National Institute for Laser, Plasma & Radiation Physics (INFLPR) Romania (RO) Royal Institute of Technology / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Sweden (SE) University of Geneva / Université de Genève (UNIGE) Switzerland (CH) Università degli Studi di Catania Italy (IT) University of Chicago United States (USA) (US) Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych Poland (PL) Kindai University / 近畿大学 Japan (JP) The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Japan (JP) Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP) France (FR) Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Spain (ES) Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) / Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla Mexico (MX) Centre for Development of Advanced Technologies (CDTA) Algeria (DZ) Saitama University / 埼玉大学 Japan (JP) Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy (IT) Nagoya University / 名古屋大学 Japan (JP) Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Korea, Republic of (KR) Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) / Akademie věd České republiky (AVČR) Czech Republic (CZ) Konan University / 甲南大学 Japan (JP) Université de M'Sila - Mohamed Boudiaf / جامعة محمد بوضياف مسيلة Algeria (DZ) Chiba University / 千葉大学 Japan (JP) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) National Autonomous University of Mexico / Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico (MX) University of Warsaw / Uniwersytet Warszawski Poland (PL) Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique CSEM SA Switzerland (CH) Technical University of Košice / Technická univerzita v Košiciach Slovakia (SK) University of Iowa United States (USA) (US) Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) Japan (JP) University of Maryland United States (USA) (US) National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology Japan (JP) Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH) Mexico (MX) Fairfield University United States (USA) (US) Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) Japan (JP) Kanazawa University / 金沢大学 Japan (JP) Osaka Electro-Communication University / 大阪電気通信大学 Japan (JP) Mesoamerican Centre for Theoretical Physics (MCTP) / Centro Mesoamericano de Física Teórica Mexico (MX) Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) / Объединённый институт ядерных исследований (ОИЯИ) Russian Federation (RU) Shinshu University / 信州大学 Japan (JP) Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (UNACH) Mexico (MX) Technische Universität München (TUM) Germany (DE)

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APA:

Bianciotto, M., Abdellaoui, G., Abe, S., Adams, J.H., Allard, D., Alonso, G.,... Zuccaro Marchi, A. (2022). Expected performance of the K-EUSO space-based observatory. In Proceedings of Science. Virtual, Berlin, DEU: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Bianciotto, Marta, et al. "Expected performance of the K-EUSO space-based observatory." Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021, Virtual, Berlin, DEU Sissa Medialab Srl, 2022.

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