Status of JEM-EUSO and its test experiments EUSO-Balloon and TA-EUSO

The JEM-EUSO mission will explore the origin of the extreme energy cosmic rays (EECRs) through the observation of their arrival directions and energies. The super-wide-field telescope looks down from the International Space Station onto the night sky to detect UV photons fluorescence and Cherenkov p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haungs Andreas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-06-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20125206005