The FAST Project - a next generation UHECR Observatory

0479318 - FZÚ 2018 RIV FR eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Fujii, T. - Malacari, M. - Bellido, J.A. - Horváth, P. - Hrabovský, M. - Jiang, J. - Mandát, Dušan - Matalon, A. - Matthews, J.N. - Motloch, P. - Palatka, Miroslav - Pech, Miroslav - Privitera, P. - Schovánek, Petr - Thomas, S.B. - Trávníček, Petr
The FAST Project - a next generation UHECR Observatory.
EPJ Web of Conferences. Vol. 136. Les Ulis: EDP Sciences, 2017 - (Morselli, A.; Capone, A.; Fernandez, G.), s. 1-4, č. článku 02015. ISSN 2100-014X.
[6th Roma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics (RICAP). Rome (IT), 21.06.2016-24.06.2016]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LG15014; GA MŠMT LE13012
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : FAST project * UHECR Observatory
OECD category: Particles and field physics

We present a concept for large-area, low-cost detection of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with a Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST)(b), addressing the requirements for the next generation of UHECR experiments. In the FAST design, a large field of view is covered by a few pixels at the focal plane of a mirror or Fresnel lens. We report on the first results of a FAST prototype installed at the Telescope Array (TA) site, consisting of a single 200 mm photomultiplier tube (PMT) at the focal plane of a 1 m(2) Fresnel lens system taken from the prototype of the JEM-EUSO experiment. We also report on the status of the full-scale FAST prototype soon to be installed at the TA site, comprising a segmented spherical mirror of 1.6 m diameter and a 2 x 2 PMT camera.

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