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Open AccessDevelopments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF simulation and analysis framework
JEM-EUSO is an international program for the development of space-based Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray observatories. The program consists of a series of missions which are either under development or in the dat...
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Open AccessA Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder for JEM-EUSO, the mission concept of a spaceborne observatory which is designed to observe Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR)-induced Extensive Air Showers (EAS) by detecting their ...
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Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 calibration: from the laboratory to the desert
The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) instrument was launched out of Wanaka, New Zealand, by NASA in April, 2017 as a mission of opportunity. The detector was developed ...
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Performance of the EUSO-Balloon optics
EUSO-Balloon is the first balloon pathfinder of the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions - Extreme Universe Space Observatory) framework. It is an ultraviolet (UV) telescope designed to test the key technologie...
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Future gamma-ray missions’ polarimetric prospects
High-energy astrophysics polarimetry may significantly benefit from e-ASTROGAM and from AMEGO mission proposals, since to date limited polarimetric measurements were performed in this domain, exclusively under...
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The e-ASTROGAM mission
e-ASTROGAM (‘enhanced ASTROGAM’) is a breakthrough Observatory space mission, with a detector composed by a Silicon tracker, a calorimeter, and an anticoincidence system, dedicated to the study of the non-ther...
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Erratum to: Ultra high energy photons and neutrinos with JEM-EUSO
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Erratum to: Performances of JEM-EUSO: angular reconstruction
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Space experiment TUS on board the Lomonosov satellite as pathfinder of JEM-EUSO
Space-based detectors for the study of extreme energy cosmic rays (EECR) are being prepared as a promising new method for detecting highest energy cosmic rays. A pioneering space device – the “tracking ultravi...
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The infrared camera onboard JEM-EUSO
The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO) on board the International Space Station (ISS) is the first space-based mission worldwide in the field of Ultra High-Energy C...
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The atmospheric monitoring system of the JEM-EUSO instrument
The JEM-EUSO telescope will detect Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) from space, detecting the UV Fluorescence Light produced by Extensive Air Showers (EAS) induced by the interaction of the cosmic rays w...
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Performances of JEM–EUSO: energy and X max reconstruction
The Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO) on–board the Japanese Experimental Module (JEM) of the International Space Station aims at the detection of ultra high energy cosmic rays from space. The mission c...
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Open AccessScience of atmospheric phenomena with JEM-EUSO
The main goal of the JEM-EUSO experiment is the study of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR, 1019−1021 e V), but the method which will be used (detection of the ...
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The JEM-EUSO mission: An introduction
The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on board the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station, JEM-EUSO, is being designed to search from space ultra-high energy cosmic rays. These are char...
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Ultra high energy photons and neutrinos with JEM-EUSO
Ultra high energy photons and neutrinos are carriers of very important astrophysical information. They may be produced at the sites of cosmic ray acceleration or during the propagation of the cosmic rays in th...
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JEM-EUSO observational technique and exposure
Designed as the first mission to explore the ultra-high energy universe from space, JEM-EUSO observes the Earth’s atmosphere at night to record the ultraviolet tracks generated by the extensive air showers. We...
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The EUSO-Balloon pathfinder
EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder for JEM-EUSO, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory which is to be hosted on-board the International Space Station. As JEM-EUSO is designed to observe Ultra-...
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The JEM-EUSO instrument
In this paper we describe the main characteristics of the JEM-EUSO instrument. The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO) of the International Space Station (ISS) will ...
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The JEM-EUSO observation in cloudy conditions
The JEM-EUSO (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on-board the Japanese Experiment Module) mission will conduct extensive air shower (EAS) observations on the International Space Station (ISS). Following the IS...
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Calibration aspects of the JEM-EUSO mission
The JEM-EUSO telescope will be, after calibration, a very accurate instrument which yields the number of received photons from the number of measured photo-electrons. The project is in phase A (demonstration o...
