Mini-EUSO experiment to study UV emission of terrestrial and astrophysical origin onboard of the International Space Station

QC 20201216
Mini-EUSO will observe the Earth in the UV range (300 - 400 nm) offering the opportunity to study a variety of atmospheric events such as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), meteors and marine bioluminescence. Furthermore it aims to search for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) above 1021 eV and Strange Quark Matter (SQM). The detector is expected to be launched to the International Space Station in August 2019 and look at the Earth in nadir mode from the UV-transparent window of the Zvezda module of the International Space Station. The instrument comprises a compact telescope with a large field of view (44?), based on an optical system employing two Fresnel lenses for light collection. The light is focused onto an array of 36 multi-anode photomultiplier tubes (MAPMT), for a total of 2304 pixels and the resulting signal is converted into digital, processed and stored via the electronics subsystems on-board. In addition to the main detector, Mini-EUSO contains two ancillary cameras[4] for complementary measurements in the near infrared (1500 - 1600 nm) and visible (400 - 780 nm) range and also a 8 × 8 SiPM imaging array.

NATURVETENSKAP Fysik Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Physical Sciences Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology hsv//eng
Cosmic rays
Cosmology
Earth (planet)
Imaging arrays
Infrared devices
International Space stations
Large field of views
Lenses
Light collection
Multi-anode photomultiplier tubes
Near Infrared
Optical systems
Photomultipliers
Space stations
Transient luminous events
Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays

Battisti, M (author)
Belov, A (author)
Bertaina, M (author)
Bisconti, F (author)
Blin-Bondil, S (author)
Cafagna, F (author)
Cambiè, G (author)
Capel, FrancescaKTH,Partikel- och astropartikelfysik(Swepub:kth)u1vr3tkc (author)
Churilo, I (author)
Cotto, G (author)
Djakonow, A (author)
Ebisuzaki, T (author)
Fausti, F (author)
Fenu, F (author)
Fornaro, C (author)
Franceschi, A (author)
Fuglesang, Christer,1957-KTH,Partikel- och astropartikelfysik(Swepub:kth)u14h36o6 (author)
Gorodetzky, P (author)
Haungs, A (author)
Kajino, F (author)
Klimov, P (author)
Marcelli, L (author)
Marszal, W (author)
Mignone, M (author)
Miyamoto, H (author)
Murashov, A (author)
Napolitano, T (author)
Osteria, G (author)
Panasyuk, M (author)
Poroshin, A (author)
Parizot, E (author)
Picozza, P (author)
Piotrowski, L W (author)
Plebaniak, Z (author)
Prévôt, G (author)
Przybylak, M (author)
Reali, E (author)
Ricci, M (author)
Sakaki, N (author)
Shinozaki, K (author)
Szabelski, J (author)
Takizawa, Y (author)
Traïche, M (author)
Turriziani, S (author)
Collaboration, J E M-E U S O (author)
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