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Detection of ultra-high energy cosmic ray showers with a single-pixel fluorescence telescope

SYSNO ASEP	0463937
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Detection of ultra-high energy cosmic ray showers with a single-pixel fluorescence telescope
Author(s)	Fujii, T. (JP) Malacari, M. (AU) Bertaina, M. (IT) Casolino, E. (JP) Dawson, B. (AU) Horváth, P. (CZ) Hrabovský, M. (CZ) Jiang, J. (US) Mandát, Dušan (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Matalon, A. (US) Matthews, J.N. (US) Motloch, P. (US) Palatka, Miroslav (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Pech, Miroslav (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Privitera, P. (US) Schovánek, Petr (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Takizawa, Y. (JP) Thomas, S.B. (US) Trávníček, Petr (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Yamazaki, K. (JP)
Source Title	Astroparticle Physics. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0927-6505 Roč. 74, Feb (2016), s. 64-72
Number of pages	9 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	NL - Netherlands
Keywords	ultra-high energy cosmic rays ; fluorescence detector ; extensive air shower
Subject RIV	BF - Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics
OECD category	Particles and field physics
R&D Projects	LG13007 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
	LM2015038 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
Method of publishing	Limited access
Institutional support	FZU-D - RVO:68378271
UT WOS	000366784200009
EID SCOPUS	84946422700
DOI	10.1016/j.astropartphys.2015.10.006
Annotation	We present a concept for large-area, low-cost detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with a Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST), 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 first results of a FAST prototype installed at the Telescope Array site, consisting of a single 200 mm photomultiplier tube at the focal plane of a 1 m(2) Fresnel lens system taken from the prototype of the JEM-EUSO experiment. The FAST prototype took data for 19 nights, demonstrating remarkable operational stability. We detected laser shots at distances of several kilometers as well as 16 highly significant UHECR shower candidates.
Workplace	Institute of Physics
Contact	Kristina Potocká, potocka@fzu.cz, Tel.: 220 318 579
Year of Publishing	2021
Electronic address	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2015.10.006

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