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    高エネルギー宇宙粒子現象の研究

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    THE JEM-EUSO MISSION

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    The JEM-EUSO mission explores the origin of the extreme energy cosmic rays (EECRs) above 50EeV and explores the limits of the fundamental physics, through the observations of their arrival directions and energies. It is designed to open a new particle astronomy channel. This superwide-field (60 degrees) telescope with a diameter of about 2.5m looks down from space onto the night sky to detect near UV photons (330 ÷ 400nm, both fluorescent and Cherenkov photons) emitted from the giant air showers produced by EECRs. The arrival direction map with more than five hundred events will tell us the origin of the EECRs and allow us to identify the nearest EECR sources with known astronomical objects. It will allow them to be examined in other astronomical channels. This is likely to lead to an  nderstanding of the acceleration mechanisms perhaps producing discoveries in astrophysics and/or fundamental physics. The comparison of the energy spectra among the spatially resolved individual sources will help to clarify the acceleration/emission mechanism, and also finally confirm the Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuz’min process for the validation of Lorentz invariance up to γ ~ 1011. Neutral components (neutrinos and gamma rays) can also be detected as well, if their fluxes are high enough. The JEM-EUSO mission is planned to be launched by a H2B rocket about 2017 and transferred to ISS by H2 Transfer Vehicle (HTV). It will be attached to the Exposed Facility external experiment platform of “KIBO”

    高エネルギー粒子などによる大気発光現象の研究

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    Neural Network Based Approach to Recognition of Meteor Tracks in the Mini-EUSO Telescope Data

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    Mini-EUSO is a wide-angle fluorescence telescope that registers ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the nocturnal atmosphere of Earth from the International Space Station. Meteors are among multiple phenomena that manifest themselves not only in the visible range but also in the UV. We present two simple artificial neural networks that allow for recognizing meteor signals in the Mini-EUSO data with high accuracy in terms of a binary classification problem. We expect that similar architectures can be effectively used for signal recognition in other fluorescence telescopes, regardless of the nature of the signal. Due to their simplicity, the networks can be implemented in onboard electronics of future orbital or balloon experiments.Comment: 15 page

    Radiation test for electric parts of EUSO Photo Detector Module

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    The EUSO telescope will be irradiated with space radiation for 5 years while on a low earth orbit. Many parts of the telescope are of a new design and have no data regarding radiation damage. In order to investigate the effects of radiation damage to the electric parts while in a low earth orbit, photodetector modules (PDM) and glass windows for the Multi-Anode Photo-Multiplier Tubes (MAPMT) in the telescope were irradiated with medium energy (70 MeV) proton beams from an accelerator at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Japan. Based on these results, the capability of these parts when exposed to an actual space radiation environment after 5 years can be estimated
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