Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 calibration: from the laboratory to the desert

Autor: Andreas Haungs, Matthias Kleifges, Lawrence Wiencke, Angela V. Olinto, Andrea Santangelo, E. Parizot, P. Gorodetzky, J. Evrard, E. Kuznetsov, Austin Cummings, M. Przybylak, Fausto Guarino, L. Marcelli, M. Rezazadeh, R. Young, F. Cafagna, J. Escobar, Y. Takizawa, Marco Casolino, Claudio Fornaro, C. Blaksley, W. Painter, J. Szabelski, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki, Y. Kawasaki, G. Prévôt, Z. Polonski, Francesco Fenu, W. Marszał, D. Campana, W. Hedber, F. Perfetto, J. H. Adams, J. C. Sanchez Balanzar, W. Finch, Johannes Eser, Lech Wiktor Piotrowski, S. Blin-Bondil, S. S. Meyer, malek mastafa, A. Jung, P. Picozza, T. Paul, P. Barrillon, R. Gregg, B. Panico, G. Osteria, R. Bachman, A. Diaz Damian, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, M. J. Christl, S. Bacholle, A. Ebersoldt, M. E. Bertaina, Kenji Shinozaki, S. Dagoret-Campagne, Jörg Bayer, Louisa Allen, P. von Ballmoos, M. Ricci, Fred Sarazin, Z. Plebaniak, V. Scotti, H. Miyamoto, S. Mackovjak, P. Hunt
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Organisation de Micro-Électronique Générale Avancée (OMEGA), École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Adams, J. H., Allen, L., Bachman, R., Bacholle, S., Barrillon, P., Bayer, J., Bertaina, M., Blaksley, C., Blin-Bondil, S., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Casolino, M., Christl, M. J., Cummings, A., Dagoret-Campagne, S., Damian, A. D., Ebersoldt, A., Ebisuzaki, T., Escobar, J., Eser, J., Evrard, J., Fenu, F., Finch, W., Fornaro, C., Gorodetzky, P., Gregg, R., Guarino, F., Haungs, A., Hedber, W., Hunt, P., Jung, A., Kawasaki, Y., Kleifges, M., Kuznetsov, E., Mackovjak, S., Marcelli, L., Marszal, W., Medina-Tanco, G., Meyer, S. S., Miyamoto, H., Mastafa, M., Olinto, A. V., Osteria, G., Painter, W., Panico, B., Parizot, E., Paul, T., Perfetto, F., Picozza, P., Piotrowski, L. W., Plebaniak, Z., Polonski, Z., Prevot, G., Przybylak, M., Rezazadeh, M., Ricci, M., Balanzar, J. C. S., Santangelo, A., Sarazin, F., Scotti, V., Shinozaki, K., Szabelski, J., Takizawa, Y., Wiencke, L., Young, R., von Ballmoos, P.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Field of view
02 engineering and technology
7. Clean energy
01 natural sciences
law.invention
High Energy Physics - Experiment
pressure
High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
Observatory
law
pixel
ultraviolet
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
optical
site
[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
time resolution
Physics
Detector
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
observatory
Refracting telescope
Calibration
Stratospheric balloon
UHECR experiment
Focal surface
fluorescence
EUSO-SPB1
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Field tests
performance
photoelectron
lens
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
FOS: Physical sciences
Cosmic ray
Telescope
Optics
0103 physical sciences
surface
Angular resolution
cosmic radiation: UHE
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
business.industry
020207 software engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics
flux
angular resolution
13. Climate action
Space and Planetary Science
trigger: efficiency
business
laser: beam
Zdroj: Exper.Astron.
Exper.Astron., 2021, 52 (1-2), pp.125-140. ⟨10.1007/s10686-020-09689-2⟩
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-020-09689-2⟩
Popis: International audience; The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) instrument was launched out of Wanaka, New Zealand, by NASA in April, 2017 as a mission of opportunity. The detector was developed as part of the Joint Experimental Missions for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (JEM-EUSO) program toward a space-based ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR) telescope with the main objective to make the first observation of UHECRs via the fluorescence technique from suborbital space. The EUSO-SPB1 instrument is a refractive telescope consisting of two 1m$^{2}$ Fresnel lenses with a high-speed UV camera at the focal plane. The camera has 2304 individual pixels capable of single photoelectron counting with a time resolution of 2.5μ s. A detailed performance study including calibration was done on ground. We separately evaluated the properties of the Photo Detector Module (PDM) and the optical system in the laboratory. An end-to-end test of the instrument was performed during a field campaign in the West Desert in Utah, USA at the Telescope Array (TA) site in September 2016. The campaign lasted for 8 nights. In this article we present the results of the preflight laboratory and field tests. Based on the tests performed in the field, it was determined that EUSO-SPB1 has a field of view of 11.1$^{∘}$ and an absolute photo-detection efficiency of 10%. We also measured the light flux necessary to obtain a 50% trigger efficiency using laser beams. These measurements were crucial for us to perform an accurate post flight event rate calculation to validate our cosmic ray search. Laser beams were also used to estimated the reconstruction angular resolution. Finally, we performed a flat field measurement in flight configuration at the launch site prior to the launch providing a uniformity of the focal surface better than 6%.
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