1. Calibration for extensive air showers observed during the JEM-EUSO mission
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Lawrence Wiencke, Fred Sarazin, Mark Christl, S.E. Csorna, and James H. Adams
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Physics ,Atmospheric Science ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Aerospace Engineering ,Astronomy ,Flux ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Cosmic ray ,Universe ,Atmosphere ,Flash (photography) ,Geophysics ,Xenon ,Low earth orbit ,chemistry ,Space and Planetary Science ,Physics::Space Physics ,Calibration ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,media_common - Abstract
The Extreme Universe Space Observatory is a mission to investigate the highest energy cosmic rays by recording the extensive air showers they create in the Earth’s atmosphere. This will be done by observing these showers from low Earth orbit. These observations will be used to measure the flux, energies and arrival directions of these cosmic rays. This paper describes how the accuracy of these measurements will be tested and improved during the mission using the Global Light System (consisting of calibrated xenon flash lamps and lasers) located deep in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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- 2014
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