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Next generation detectors for study from balloon and space of terrestrial and cosmic UV signals

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H02905
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Particle/Nuclear/Cosmic ray/Astro physics
Research InstitutionInstitute of Physical and Chemical Research

Principal Investigator

casolino marco  国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 開拓研究本部, 研究員 (10598163)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 滝澤 慶之  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, 専任研究員 (70312246)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥18,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,290,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥6,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,530,000)
Keywordscosmic rays / strange quark matter / Space station / UV emission / ELVES / Cosmic rays / Strange quark matter / UV observations / Space Station / 国際宇宙ステーション / 超高エネルギー宇宙 / Earth Observation / 超高エネルギー宇宙線 / Earth observation
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The origin of ultra high energy cosmic rays is still in mystery. We conducted a balloon-borne experiment, EUSO-SPB1, in 2017 and a space mission, Mini-EUSO, onboard the international space station since 2019 to pave for future missions to observe such high energy cosmic rays on orbit. In the both projects, light-weight Fresnel lens optics and high-speed cameras with high sensitivity were used so that cosmic ray tracks can be detected in ultraviolet. UV background map of the Earth is being acquired at various places. Many transient phenomena such as Elves (transient light at high atmosphere), lightning and meteors have been observed in UV band.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Mini-EUSO is currently the only detector in space devoted to the search of UHECR with E>1e20eV and nuclearites. This represents a huge step forward in the development of future large area detectors in space. SPB1 flight was successful, a new flight EUSO-SPB2 is being prepared for flight in 2022

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Secondary cameras onboard the Mini-EUSO experiment: Control software and calibration2019

    • Author(s)
      Turriziani S.、Ekelund J.、Tsuno K.、Casolino M.、Ebisuzaki T.
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Space Research

      Volume: 64 Issue: 5 Pages: 1188-1198

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.asr.2019.06.017

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Results from the first missions of the JEM-EUSO program2019

    • Author(s)
      Bertaina Mario, The JEM-EUSO collaboration
    • Journal Title

      EPJ Web of Conferences

      Volume: 210 Pages: 05009-05009

    • DOI

      10.1051/epjconf/201921005009

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Mini-EUSO data acquisition and control software2019

    • Author(s)
      Capel Francesca、Belov Alexander、Cambie Giorgio、Casolino Marco、Fornaro Claudio、Klimov Pavel、Marcelli Laura、Piotrowski Lech W.、Turriziani Sara
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

      Volume: 5 Issue: 04 Pages: 1-1

    • DOI

      10.1117/1.jatis.5.4.044009

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Performance results of the trigger logic implemented in EUSO-SPB2019

    • Author(s)
      Battisti M.、Bayer J.、Bertaina M.、Cummings A.、Eser J.、Fenu F.、Jung A.、Mignone M.、Miyamoto H.、Shinozaki K., The JEM-EUSO collaboration
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

      Volume: 936 Pages: 349-350

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.002

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Mini-EUSO: A high resolution detector for the study of terrestrial and cosmic UV emission from the International Space Station2018

    • Author(s)
      Capel Francesca、Belov Alexander、Casolino Marco、Klimov Pavel
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Space Research

      Volume: 62 Issue: 10 Pages: 2954-2965

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.asr.2017.08.030

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] EUSO-TA - First results from a ground-based EUSO telescope2018

    • Author(s)
      Abdellaoui G.、Kajino, T. et al.
    • Journal Title

      Astroparticle Physics

      Volume: 102 Pages: 98-111

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.astropartphys.2018.05.007

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] First observations of speed of light tracks by a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere2018

    • Author(s)
      Abdellaoui G.、Kajino, T. et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Instrumentation

      Volume: 13 Issue: 05 Pages: P05023-P05023

    • DOI

      10.1088/1748-0221/13/05/p05023

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Observation of ultra high energy cosmic rays from space: Status and perspectives2017

    • Author(s)
      Casolino, M., et al.
    • Journal Title

      PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS

      Volume: 12 Issue: 12

    • DOI

      10.1093/ptep/ptx169

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Cosmic ray oriented performance studies for the JEM-EUSO first level trigger2017

    • Author(s)
      Abdellaoui, G. et al. with Kajino, T.
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A

      Volume: 866 Pages: 150-163

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.nima.2017.05.043

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Meteor studies in the framework of the JEM-EUSO program2017

    • Author(s)
      Abdellaoui, G. et al. with Kajino, T.
    • Journal Title

      Planetary and Space Science

      Volume: 143 Pages: 245-255

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.pss.2016.12.001

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Launch and first results of the Mini-EUSO detector on board the International Space Station2020

    • Author(s)
      M. Casolino, T. Ebisuzaki, L. Piotrowski, N. Sakaki, Y. Takizawa, F. Kajino
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会第75回年次大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Mini-EUSO detector on board the ISS2019

    • Author(s)
      M. Casolino
    • Organizer
      !st COngress of Space weather italian community
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] MINI-EUSO status and perspectives2019

    • Author(s)
      Naoto Sakaki
    • Organizer
      75 Annual Meeting, The Physical Society of Japan
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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