The first full-scale prototypes of the fluorescence detector array of single-pixel telescopes

0537047 - FZÚ 2021 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Malacari, M. - Farmer, J. - Fujii, T. - Albury, J. - Bellido, J.A. - Chytka, L. - Hamal, P. - Horváth, P. - Hrabovský, M. - Mandát, Dušan - Matthews, J.N. - Nožka, L. - Palatka, M. - Pech, M. - Privitera, P. - Schovánek, P. - Šmída, R. - Thomas, S.B. - Trávníček, Petr
The first full-scale prototypes of the fluorescence detector array of single-pixel telescopes.
Astroparticle Physics. Roč. 119, May (2020), s. 1-16, č. článku 102430. ISSN 0927-6505. E-ISSN 1873-2852
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LTT18004
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : showers * ultra-high energy cosmic rays * air fluorescence detector * atmosphere * calorimetry
OECD category: Particles and field physics
Impact factor: 2.724, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2020.102430

The Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a design concept for a next-generation UHECR observatory, addressing the requirements for a large-area, low-cost detector suitable for measuring the properties of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs), having energies exceeding 30 EeV, with an unprecedented aperture. We have developed a full-scale prototype consisting of four 200 mm diameter photo-multiplier tubes at the focus of a segmented mirror of 1.6 m in diameter. In October 2016, September 2017, and September 2018 we installed three such prototypes at the Black Rock Mesa site of the Telescope Array experiment in central Utah, USA. All three telescopes have been steadily taking data since installation. We report on the design and installation of these prototypes, and present some preliminary results, including measurements of artificial light sources, distant ultraviolet lasers, and UHECRs.

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