The JEM-EUSO mission: An introduction
- Adams, J. H.
- Ahmad, S. S.
- Albert, J. N.
- Allard, D.
- Anchordoqui, L.
- Andreev, V.
- Anzalone, A.
- Arai, Y.
- Asano, K.
- Ave Pernas, M.
- Baragatti, P.
- Barrillon, P.
- Batsch, T.
- Bayer, J.
- Bechini, R.
- Belenguer, T.
- Bellotti, R.
- Belov, K.
- Berlind, A. A.
- Bertaina, M.
- Biermann, P. L.
- Biktemerova, S.
- Blaksley, C.
- Blanc, N.
- Blecki, J.
- Blin-Bondil, S.
- Blumer, J.
- Bobik, P.
- Bogomilov, M.
- Supanitsky, Alberto Daniel
- The JEM-EUSO Collaboration
DOIAbstract
The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on board the Japanese Experiment Module of the International Space Station, JEM-EUSO, is being designed tosearch from space ultra-high energy cosmic rays. These are charged particles with energies from a few 10^19 eV to beyond 10^20 eV, at the very end of the known cosmic ray energy spectrum. JEM-EUSO will also search for extreme energy neutrinos, photons, and exotic particles, providing a unique opportunity to explore largely unknown phenomena in our Universe. The mission, principally based on a wide field of view(60 degrees) near-UV telescope with a diameter of ~2.5 m, will monitor the earth?s atmosphere at night, pioneering the observation from space of the ultraviolet tracks (290-430 nm) associated...
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