A 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 UltraViolet (UV) light tracks "from above." On August 25, 2014, EUSO-Balloon w...

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Autores: Adams, James H., Ahmad, S., Allard, D., Anzalone, A., Bacholle, S., Barrillon, P., Rodríguez Frías, María Dolores|||0000-0002-2550-4462, Peral Gochicoa, Luis del|||0000-0003-2580-5668
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/67103
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/67103
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00870-x
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Palabra clave:JEM-EUSO
Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays
Extensive air showers
Stratospheric Balloon
Física
Physics
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spelling A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO ProgramAdams, James H.Ahmad, S.Allard, D.Anzalone, A.Bacholle, S.Barrillon, P.Rodríguez Frías, María Dolores|||0000-0002-2550-4462Peral Gochicoa, Luis del|||0000-0003-2580-5668JEM-EUSOUltra-High Energy Cosmic RaysExtensive air showersStratospheric BalloonFísicaPhysicsEUSO-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 UltraViolet (UV) light tracks "from above." On August 25, 2014, EUSO-Balloon was launched from Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base (Ontario, Canada) by the balloon division of the French Space Agency CNES. After reaching a floating altitude of 38 km, EUSO-Balloon imaged the UV light in the wavelength range similar to 290-500 nm for more than 5 hours using the key technologies of JEM-EUSO. The flight allowed a good understanding of the performance of the detector to be developed, giving insights into possible improvements to be applied to future missions. A detailed measurement of the photoelectron counts in different atmospheric and ground conditions was achieved. By means of the simulation of the instrument response and by assuming atmospheric models, the absolute intensity of diffuse light was estimated. The instrument detected hundreds of laser tracks with similar characteristics to EASs shot by a helicopter flying underneath. These are the first recorded laser tracks measured from a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere. The reconstruction of the direction of the laser tracks was performed. In this work, a review of the main results obtained by EUSO-Balloon is presented as well as implications for future space-based observations of UHECRs.Collaboration, JEM-EUSO20222022-02-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/67103https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00870-xreponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/671032026-06-18T11:13:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
title A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
spellingShingle A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
Adams, James H.
JEM-EUSO
Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays
Extensive air showers
Stratospheric Balloon
Física
Physics
title_short A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
title_full A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
title_fullStr A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
title_full_unstemmed A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
title_sort A Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Adams, James H.
Ahmad, S.
Allard, D.
Anzalone, A.
Bacholle, S.
Barrillon, P.
Rodríguez Frías, María Dolores|||0000-0002-2550-4462
Peral Gochicoa, Luis del|||0000-0003-2580-5668
author Adams, James H.
author_facet Adams, James H.
Ahmad, S.
Allard, D.
Anzalone, A.
Bacholle, S.
Barrillon, P.
Rodríguez Frías, María Dolores|||0000-0002-2550-4462
Peral Gochicoa, Luis del|||0000-0003-2580-5668
author_role author
author2 Ahmad, S.
Allard, D.
Anzalone, A.
Bacholle, S.
Barrillon, P.
Rodríguez Frías, María Dolores|||0000-0002-2550-4462
Peral Gochicoa, Luis del|||0000-0003-2580-5668
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author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Collaboration, JEM-EUSO
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv JEM-EUSO
Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays
Extensive air showers
Stratospheric Balloon
Física
Physics
topic JEM-EUSO
Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays
Extensive air showers
Stratospheric Balloon
Física
Physics
description 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 UltraViolet (UV) light tracks "from above." On August 25, 2014, EUSO-Balloon was launched from Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base (Ontario, Canada) by the balloon division of the French Space Agency CNES. After reaching a floating altitude of 38 km, EUSO-Balloon imaged the UV light in the wavelength range similar to 290-500 nm for more than 5 hours using the key technologies of JEM-EUSO. The flight allowed a good understanding of the performance of the detector to be developed, giving insights into possible improvements to be applied to future missions. A detailed measurement of the photoelectron counts in different atmospheric and ground conditions was achieved. By means of the simulation of the instrument response and by assuming atmospheric models, the absolute intensity of diffuse light was estimated. The instrument detected hundreds of laser tracks with similar characteristics to EASs shot by a helicopter flying underneath. These are the first recorded laser tracks measured from a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere. The reconstruction of the direction of the laser tracks was performed. In this work, a review of the main results obtained by EUSO-Balloon is presented as well as implications for future space-based observations of UHECRs.
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