2017 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
超高エネルギー宇宙線と福島事故環境放射線用の検出器とアルゴリズムの開発
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16F16737
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| Research Institution | Institute of Physical and Chemical Research |
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Principal Investigator |
戎崎 俊一 国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 戎崎計算宇宙物理研究室, 主任研究員 (10183021)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TURRIZIANI SARA 国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 戎崎計算宇宙物理研究室, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-10-07 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | 超高エネルギー宇宙線 |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In order to to adapt space technology from EUSO mission to the LANFOS detector, in parallel with the planned detector simulations, we contributed to the Mini-EUSO assembly and calibration activities during 2017, namely we led the radiometric calibration of the additional data acquisition system held at NiPR in August 2017, and we took part to the integration of the Engeneering Model at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, in October 2017 (two weeks). We also finalized the version of the control software to be used.
Moreover, we monitored as shifter the performance detector on board EUSO-SPB, a NASA super-pressure balloon launched in late April 2017, during its flight in order to assess the performances of silicon photomultipliers.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
all the planned stages for the development of the detector have been completed successfully. The partecipation to the calibration and integration operations for the Mini-EUSO experiment, and to EUSO-SPB detector monitoring during flight proved to be crucial in this context.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
We will continue to take part in EUSO related activities in order to transfer space detector technology to the LANFOS project, namely:
1. the final testing and integration of the Engineering Model of Mini-EUSO, expected to be delivered by May 2018
2. the calibration and integration of the Flight Model of Mini-EUSO, expected to be delivered by the end of August 2018
3. the assessment of the camera parameters to be used for observations
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