The JEM-EUSO mission

Year: 2009

Authors: Takahashi Y., Ebisuzaki T., Omori H., Maekawa K., Hachisu Y., Katahira K., Mizutani M., Kawasaki Y., Takizawa Y., Wada S., K Kawai K., Mase H., Shinozaki K., Ogawa T., Kajino F., Sakata M., Yamamoto Y., Sato F., Ebizuka N., Yamamoto T., Nagano M., Miyazaki Y., Shibata T., Sakaki N., Inoue N., Uchibori Y., Nomoto K., Takahashi Y., Takeda M., Shimizu H., Arai Y., Kurihara Y., Fujimoto J., Yoshida S., Mase K., Mizumoto Y., Watanabe J., Asano K., Kajino T., Ikeda H., Suzuki M., Yano H., Murakami T., Yonetoku D., Sugiyama N., Itow Y., Nagataki S., Inoue S., Saito A., Abe S., Nagata M., Tajima T., Chikawa M., Tajima F., Sato M., Adams JH., Mitchell S., Christl MJ., Watts J. Jr, English A., Young R., Takahashi Y., Gregory D., Bonamente M., Connaughton V., Pitalo K., Hadaway J., Geary J., Lundquist R., Reardon P., Blackwell T., Crawford H., Judd E., Pennypacker C., Andreev V., Arisaka K., Cline D., Berlind A., Weiler T., Czorna S., Chipman R., McClain S., Allard D., Capdevielle JN., Dolbeau J., Gorodetzky P., Jaeger JJ., Parizot E., Patzak T., Semikoz D., Weisbard J., Teshima M., Schweizer T., Santangelo A., Kendziorra E., Biermann P., Mannheim K., Wilms J.,
Pace E., Focardi M., Spillantini P., Bratina V., Zuccaro A., Gambicorti L., Anzalone A., Catalano O., Maccarone MC., Scarsi P., Sacco B., La Rosa G., D’Ali Staiti G., Tegolo D., Casolino M., De Pascale MP., Morselli A., Picozza P., Sparvoli R., Vallania P., Galeotti P., Vigorito C., Bertaina M., F Isgro F., Guarino F., D’Urso D., Russo S., Osteria G., Campana D., Ambrosio M., Aramo C., De Rosa G., Medina-Tanco G., D’Olivo JC., Valdés JF., Salazar H., Martines O., Villasenor L., Nam S., Park IH., Yang J., Park JH., Chung T., Kim TW., Kim SW., Joo KK., Garipov GK., Khrenov BA., Klimov PA., Panasyuk MI., Yashin IV., Biktemerova S., Naumov D., Tkachev L., Maurissen A., Mitev V., Rodriguez-Frias D., Peral L., Gutierrez J., Gomez-Herrero R.

Autors Affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA; Computational Astrophysics Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Japan; Konan University, Japan; Fukui University of Technolog, Japany; Aoyamagakuin University, Japan; Saitama University, Japan; National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan; University of Tokyo, Japan; Tohoku University, Japan; ICRR, Japan; KEK, Japan; Chiba University, Japan; NAOJ, Japan; ISAS/JAXA, Japan; Kanazawa University, Japan; Nagoya University, Japan; STE, Nagoya University, Japan; Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan; Faculty of Science, Kyoto Universit, Japany; Kobe Universit, Japany; Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kinki University, Japan; Hiroshima University, Japan; Hokkaido University, Japan; NASA/MSFC, USA; University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA; LBL, University of California, Berkeley, USA; UCLA, USA; Vanderbilt University,USA; University Arizona, USA; APC Paris, France; Max Planck Munich, Germany; University of Tubingen, Germany; MPI Bonn, Germany; Wuerzburg, Germany; University of Erlangen Germany; University of Firenze, Italy; CNR-INOA Firenze, Italy; IASF-PA/INAF, Italy; University of Palermo, Italy; INFN and University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy; IFSI-INAF Torino, Italy; University of Torino, Italy; University of Federico II di Napoli, Italy; INFN-Napoli, Italy; UNAM, Mexico; BUAP, Mexico; UMSNH, Mexico; Ehwa W University, Republic of Korea; Ajou University, Republic of Korea; Yonsei University, Republic of Korea; Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea; SINP MSU, Russia; Dubna JINR, Russia;Neuchatel, Switzerland;University Alcala, Spain

Abstract: JEM-EUSO is a space science mission to explore the extreme energies and physics of the Universe. Its instrument will watch the darkside of the earth and will detect UV photons emitted from the extensive air shower caused by an ultra-high energy cosmic ray (UHECR above 10(18) eV), or an extremely high energy cosmic ray (EHECR) particle (e. g. above about 10(20) eV). Such a high-rigidity particle as the latter arrives almost in a straight line from its origin through the magnetic fields of our Milky Way Galaxy and is expected to allow us to trace the source location by its arrival direction. This can open the door to new astronomy with charged particles. In its 5 years of operation including the tilted mode, Extreme Universe Space Observatory an Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO) will detect at least 1000 events with E > 7 x 10(19) eV with the Greisen-Zatsepin-Ku\’zmin (GZK) suppression spectrum. It can determine the energy spectrum and source locations of GZK to super-GZK regions with a statistical accuracy of several percent. JEM-EUSO is planned to be deployed by H2 transfer vehicle (HTV) and will be attached to the Japanese Experiment Module/ Exposure Facility (JEM/EF) of International Space Station. JAXA has selected JEM-EUSO as one of the mission candidates of the second phase utilization of JEM/EF for launch in the early-to-mid 2010s.

Journal/Review: NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Volume: 11      Pages from: 065009  to: 065009

KeyWords: astroparticles
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/6/065009

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