EUSO-TA is a ground-based telescope, installed at the Telescope Array (TA) site in Black Rock Mesa, Utah, USA. This is the first detector to successfully use a Fresnel lens based optical system and multi-anode photomultipliers (64 channels per tube, 2304 channels encompassing a 10.6° × 10.6° field of view) for detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR). The telescope is located in front of one of the fluorescence detectors of the TA experiment. Since its installation in 2013, the detector has observed several ultra-high energy cosmic ray events and, in addition, meteors. The limiting magnitude of 5.5 on summed frames (∼ 3 ms) has been established. Measurements of the UV night sky emission in different conditions and moon phases and positions have been completed. The performed observations serve as a proof of concept for the future application of this detector technology. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.

EUSO-TA – First results from a ground-based EUSO telescope

Bartocci, S.;Conti, L.;Flamini, M.;Fornaro, C.;Placidi, L.;
2018-01-01

Abstract

EUSO-TA is a ground-based telescope, installed at the Telescope Array (TA) site in Black Rock Mesa, Utah, USA. This is the first detector to successfully use a Fresnel lens based optical system and multi-anode photomultipliers (64 channels per tube, 2304 channels encompassing a 10.6° × 10.6° field of view) for detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR). The telescope is located in front of one of the fluorescence detectors of the TA experiment. Since its installation in 2013, the detector has observed several ultra-high energy cosmic ray events and, in addition, meteors. The limiting magnitude of 5.5 on summed frames (∼ 3 ms) has been established. Measurements of the UV night sky emission in different conditions and moon phases and positions have been completed. The performed observations serve as a proof of concept for the future application of this detector technology. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
2018
Cosmology
Enterprise software
Fluorescence
Optical instrument lenses
Optical systems
Telescopes, Detector technology
Fluorescence detector
Fresnel lens
Ground-based telescopes
JEM-EUSO
Multi-anode photomultipliers
UHECR
Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, Cosmic rays
cosmic rays
EAS
Fresnel lens
JEM-EUSO
UHECR
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