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Astroparticle Physics, Volume 102, p. 98-111.
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Description
EUSO-TA is a ground-based telescope, installed at the Telescope Array
(TA) site in Black Rock Mesa, Utah, USA. This is the first detector to
successfully use a Fresnel lens based optical system and multi-anode
photomultipliers (64 channels per tube, 2304 channels encompassing a
10.6° × 10.6° field of view) for detection of Ultra High
Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR). The telescope is located in front of one of
the fluorescence detectors of the TA experiment. Since its installation
in 2013, the detector has observed several ultra-high energy cosmic ray
events and, in addition, meteors. The limiting magnitude of 5.5 on
summed frames ( ∼ 3 ms) has been established. Measurements of the UV
night sky emission in different conditions and moon phases and positions
have been completed. The performed observations serve as a proof of
concept for the future application of this detector technology.
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