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Adams, J. H.; Ahmad, 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.; Błȩcki, J.; Blin-Bondil, S.; Blümer, J.; Bobik, P.; Bogomilov, M.; Bonamente, M.; Briggs, M. S.; Briz, S.; Bruno, A.; Cafagna, F.; Campana, D.; Capdevielle, J.-N.; Caruso, R.; Casolino, M.; Cassardo, C.; Castellinic, G.; Catalano, C.; Catalano, G.; Cellino, A.; Chikawa, M.; Christl, M. J.; Cline, D.; Connaughton, V.; Conti, L.; Cordero, G.; Crawford, H. J.; Cremonini, R.; Csorna, S.; Dagoret-Campagne, S.; de Castro, A. J.; De Donato, C.; de la Taille, C.; De Santis, C.; del Peral, L.; Dell'Oro, A.; De Simone, N.; Di Martino, M.; Distratis, G.; Dulucq, F.; Dupieux, M.; Ebersoldt, A.; Ebisuzaki, T.; Engel, R.; Falk, S.; Fang, K.; Fenu, F.; Fernández-Gómez, I.; Ferrarese, S.; Finco, D.; Flamini, M.; Fornaro, C.; Franceschi, A.; Fujimoto, J.; Fukushima, M.; Galeotti, P.; Garipov, G.; Geary, J.; Gelmini, G.; Giraudo, G.; Gonchar, M.; González Alvarado, C.; Gorodetzky, P.; Guarino, F.; Guzmán, A.; Hachisu, Y.; Harlov, B.; Haungs, A.; Hernández Carretero, J.; Higashide, K.; Ikeda, D.; Ikeda, H.; Inoue, N.; Inoue, S.; Insolia, A.; Isgrò, F.; Itow, Y. et al.
Bibliographical reference
Experimental Astronomy, Volume 40, Issue 1, pp.281-299
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Description
EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder for JEM-EUSO, the Extreme Universe Space
Observatory which is to be hosted on-board the International Space
Station. As JEM-EUSO is designed to observe Ultra-High Energy Cosmic
Rays (UHECR)-induced Extensive Air Showers (EAS) by detecting their
ultraviolet light tracks "from above", EUSO-Balloon is a nadir-pointing
UV telescope too. With its Fresnel Optics and Photo-Detector Module, the
instrument monitors a 50 km2 ground surface area in a
wavelength band of 290-430 nm, collecting series of images at a rate of
400,000 frames/sec. The objectives of the balloon demonstrator are
threefold: a) perform a full end-to-end test of a JEM-EUSO prototype
consisting of all the main subsystems of the space experiment, b)
measure the effective terrestrial UV background, with a spatial and
temporal resolution relevant for JEM-EUSO. c) detect tracks of
ultraviolet light from near space for the first time. The latter is a
milestone in the development of UHECR science, paving the way for any
future space-based UHECR observatory. On August 25, 2014, EUSO-Balloon
was launched from Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base (Ontario, Canada)
by the balloon division of the French Space Agency CNES. From a float
altitude of 38 km, the instrument operated during the entire
astronomical night, observing UV-light from a variety of ground-covers
and from hundreds of simulated EASs, produced by flashers and a laser
during a two-hour helicopter under-flight.
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This project studies the physical and compositional properties of the so-called minor bodies of the Solar System, that includes asteroids, icy objects, and comets. Of special interest are the trans-neptunian objects (TNOs), including those considered the most distant objects detected so far (Extreme-TNOs or ETNOs); the comets and the comet-asteroid
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