EUSO@TurLab: An experimental replica of ISS orbits

Bertaina, M.; Bowaire, A.; Cambursano, Simone; Caruso, R.; Contino, G.; Cotto, G.; Crivello, Fabrizio; Forza, R.; Guardone, Nunzio; Manfrin, M.; Mignone, M.; Mulas, R.; Suino, G.; Tibaldi, P.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20158903003

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“…The EUSO@TurLab project is an ongoing activity aimed to reproduce atmospheric and luminous phenomena that the JEM-EUSO and EUSO style telescopes will observe from Earth orbit (Bertaina et al, 2015). TurLab is a laboratory equipped with a 5 m diameter rotating tank and located 15 m below ground level.…”

Section: L1 Trigger Tests At Turlabmentioning

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The integration and testing of the Mini-EUSO multi-level trigger system

Белов

Bertaina

Capel

et al. 2018

Advances in Space Research

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The Mini-EUSO telescope is designed by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration to observe the UV emission of the Earth from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth orbit. The main goal of the mission is to map the Earth in the UV, thus increasing the technological readiness level of future EUSO experiments and to lay the groundwork for the detection of Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays (EECRs) from space. Due to its high time resolution of 2.5 us, Mini-EUSO is capable of detecting a wide range of UV phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere. In order to maximise the scientific return of the mission, it is necessary to implement a multi-level trigger logic for data selection over different timescales. This logic is key to the success of the mission and thus must be thoroughly tested and carefully integrated into the data processing system prior to the launch. This article introduces the motivation behind the trigger design and details the integration and testing of the logic.Comment: 24 pages, 11 figures. Accepted for publication in AS

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Section: L1 Trigger Tests At Turlabmentioning

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“…The detector is suspended from the ceiling and looks down on the rotating tank to mimic the observation from orbit (see Figure 5). A more detailed discussion of the setup is reported in Bertaina et al (2015).…”

Section: L1 Trigger Tests At Turlabmentioning

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The integration and testing of the Mini-EUSO multi-level trigger system

Белов

Bertaina

Capel

et al. 2018

Advances in Space Research

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“…The EUSO@TurLab project is to mimic atmospheric and luminous phenomena that EUSO style telescopes will observe from Earth orbit [6]. TurLab is a laboratory equipped with a 5 m diameter rotating tank which is 15 m below ground level.…”

Section: L1 Trigger Tests At Turlabmentioning

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“…A variety of different light sources were used in order to recreate relevant events and also reflected ambient light. A more detailed discussion of the setup is reported in [6].…”

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The Mini-EUSO multi-level trigger algorithm and its performance

Capel¹,

Belov²,

Bertaina³

et al. 2017

Proceedings of 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2017)

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The Mini-EUSO telescope is designed by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration to observe the UV emission of the Earth from the vantage point of the International Space Station in low Earth orbit. The main goal of the mission is to map the Earth in the UV, thus increasing the technological readiness level of future EUSO experiments and to lay the groundwork for the detection of Extreme Energy Cosmic Rays (EECRs) from space. Due to its high time resolution of 2.5 µs, Mini-EUSO is capable of detecting a wide range of UV phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere. In order to maximise the scientific return of the mission, it is necessary to implement a multi-level trigger logic for data selection on various different timescales. This logic is key to the success of the mission and thus must be thoroughly tested and integrated into the data processing system prior to launch. This article introduces the motivation behind the trigger design and details the testing of the logic through simulations and data taken at the TurLab facility.

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“…Therefore, the computation of the background in sub-areas of the EC has two advantages: a) to take into account the non homogeneous response among pixels of the same PMT; b) reduce the probability that an anthropogenic light source causes triggers. This method was validated with experiments at TurLab [4] (see Section 3).…”

Section: The First Level Trigger Of Jem-eusomentioning

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The First Level Trigger of JEM-EUSO: Concept and tests

Bertaina

Caruso

Catalano

et al. 2016

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A:

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The trigger system of the JEM-EUSO telescope should face different major challenging points: a) to manage a large number of pixels (∼ 3 · 10 5 ); b) to use a very fast, low power consuming, and radiation hard electronics; c) to achieve a high signal-to-noise performance and flexibility; d) to cope with the limited down-link transmission rate from the ISS to Earth. The general overview of the first trigger level for cosmic ray detection is reviewed; tests that validate its performance are discussed.

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EUSO@TurLab: An experimental replica of ISS orbits

Cited by 7 publications

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The integration and testing of the Mini-EUSO multi-level trigger system

The integration and testing of the Mini-EUSO multi-level trigger system

The Mini-EUSO multi-level trigger algorithm and its performance

The First Level Trigger of JEM-EUSO: Concept and tests

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