Pioneering space based detector for study of cosmic rays beyond GZK Limit

Space-based detectors for study of extreme energy cosmic rays (EECR) are being prepared as promising new direction of EECR study. Pioneering space device – tracking ultraviolet set up (TUS) is at the last stage of its construction and testing. TUS detector description is presented.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Na G., Martinez O., Salazar H., Ponce E., Park I., Lee J., Saprykin O.A., Botvinko A.A., Tkachenko A.V., Naumov D.V., Tkachev L.G., Yashin I.V., Biktemerova S.V., Grinyuk A.A., Sharakin S.A., Shirokov A.V., Morozenko V.S., Klimov P.A., Kalmykov N.N., Garipov G.K., Panasyuk M.I., Khrenov B.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-06-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135309006