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Expected performance of the K-EUSO space-based observatory
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- Bianciotto, Marta (author)
- Università degli studi di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1 10125, Torino, Italy, Via Pietro Giuria 1
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- Bolmgren, Karl (author)
- KTH,Partikel- och astropartikelfysik
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- Carlson, Per (author)
- KTH,Partikel- och astropartikelfysik
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- Fuglesang, Christer, 1957- (author)
- KTH,Partikel- och astropartikelfysik
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- Zuccaro Marchi, A. (author)
- RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan, Saitama
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- Sissa Medialab Srl, 2022
- 2022
- English.
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In: 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2021. - : Sissa Medialab Srl.
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Abstract
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- K-EUSO is a planned mission of the JEM-EUSO program for the study of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) from space, to be deployed on the International Space Station. The K-EUSO observatory consists of a UV telescope with a wide field of view, which aims at the detection of fluorescence light emitted by extensive air showers (EAS) in the atmosphere. The EAS events will be sampled with a time resolution of 1-2.5 μs to reconstruct the entire shower profile with high precision. The detector consisting of ∼ 105 independent pixels will allow a spatial resolution of ∼700 m on ground. From a 400 km altitude, K-EUSO will achieve a large and full sky exposure to sample the highest energy range of the UHECR spectrum. In this contribution, we present estimates of the performance of the observatory: an estimation of the expected exposure and triggered event rate as a function of energy and the event reconstruction performance, including resolution of arrival directions and energy of UHECRs.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Fysik -- Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Physical Sciences -- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology (hsv//eng)
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