Space experiment TUS on board the Lomonosov satellite as pathfinder of JEM-EUSO Articles uri icon

publication date

  • November 2015

start page

  • 315

end page

  • 326

issue

  • 1

volume

  • 40

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0922-6435

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1572-9508

abstract

  • 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 ultraviolet set-up" (TUS) - is in the last stage of its construction and testing. The TUS detector will collect preliminary data on EECR in the conditions of a space environment, which will be extremely useful for planning the major JEM-EUSO detector operation.

keywords

  • air-shower fluorescence telescope; jem-euso; pathfinder; detector