Study of Terrestrial and Cosmic UV Emissions from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO Telescope

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Study of Terrestrial and Cosmic UV Emissions from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO Telescope

Belov, A. / Cambiè, G. / Casolino, M. / Giammanco, C. / Klimov, P. / Marcelli, A. / Marcelli, L. / Marcelli, N. / Picozza, P.

Abstract

Mini-EUSO is an imaging detector launched on the International Space Station on August 2019 with an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft. It is observing the Earth in a multispectral range comprising UV (300–400 nm), visible (400–780 nm) and NIR (1500–1600 nm). Mini-EUSO is accommodated on board the Russian Zvezda module, facing on a UV-transparent window in Nadir direction. The telescope main optics comprise two Fresnel lenses focusing light onto an array of 36 Hamamatsu multi-anode photomultiplier tubes, each of 64 channels for a total of 2304 pixels. In addition to the two ancillary cameras, Mini-EUSO contains an 8 × 8 array of Multi-Pixel Photon Counter SiPM. The Mini-EUSO main research objectives are the study of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays above 10²¹ eV and the search for Strange Quark Matter, even though, with its large field of view (44°), it will map an Earth ground area of 263 × 263 km² every 2.5 µs, allowing to study several atmospheric event such as Transient Luminous Event (TLEs), meteoroids and marine bioluminescence.

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Title :

Study of Terrestrial and Cosmic UV Emissions from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO Telescope

Additional title:

Aerotec. Missili Spaz.

Contributors:

Belov, A. (author) / Cambiè, G. (author) / Casolino, M. (author) / Giammanco, C. (author) / Klimov, P. (author) / Marcelli, A. (author) / Marcelli, L. (author) / Marcelli, N. (author) / Picozza, P. (author)

Published in:

Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio ; 99 , 2 ; 93-101

Publication date :

2020-06-01

Size :

9 pages

ISSN :

2524-6968 , 0365-7442

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1007/s42496-020-00047-1

Type of media :

Article (Journal)