3-11 July 2007
Merida, Mexico
Mexico/General timezone
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Contribution Oral

Merida, Mexico - Yucatan II+III+IV (Fiesta Americana)
HE.1.5

Instrument Overview of the JEM-EUSO Mission

Speakers

  • Prof. Fumiyoshi KAJINO

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Abstract content

JEM-EUSO with a large and wide-angle telescope mounted on ISS has been planed as a space mission to explore extremes of the universe through the investigation of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays by detecting photons which accompany air showers developed in the earth's atmosphere. JEM-EUSO will be launched by Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle(HTV) and mounted at the Exposed Facility of Japanese Experiment Module(JEM/EF) of ISS in the second phase of utilization plan. The telescope consists of high transmittance optical Fresnel lenses with a diameter of 2.5m, 200k channels of multianode- photomultiplier tubes, focal surface front-end, readout, trigger and system electronics. An infrared camera and a LIDAR system will be also used to monitor the earth's atmosphere.

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JEM-EUSO

Reference

Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 5 (HE part 2), pages 1077-1080