24-26 May 2017
Cinvestav-Zacatenco
Mexico/General timezone
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Contribution
First results of the TUS experiment on board of the M. Lomonosov Satellite
Speakers
- Dr. oscar MARTINEZ
Primary authors
- Dr. oscar MARTINEZ (fcfm-buap)
Co-authors
- Dr. Pavel KLIMOV (MSU Russia)
- Dr. Boris KHRENOV (MSU Russia)
- Dr. Epifanio PONCE (FCFM-BUAP, MSU Russia)
- Dr. Humberto SALAZAR (LNS BUAP)
Abstract
On April 28th 2016 the TUS (Tracking Ultraviolet Setup) was launched on board of the M. Lomonosov Satellite. We present brifly the main scientific goals of the mission, the capabilities of this orbital telescope and some of the events recorded by it, including extreme energy cosmic rays (EECR) and Transient Luminous Events (TLE's).