Observing ultra-high energy cosmic rays with prototypes of Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) in both hemispheres

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378271%3A_____%2F21%3A00551691" target="_blank" >RIV/68378271:_____/21:00551691 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://pos.sissa.it/358/259/pdf" target="_blank" >https://pos.sissa.it/358/259/pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.358.0259" target="_blank" >10.22323/1.358.0259</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Observing ultra-high energy cosmic rays with prototypes of Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) in both hemispheres

Original language description

The origin and nature of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are hot topics in the astroparticle physics community. The Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a design for a next-generation ground-based UHECR observatory, addressing the requirements for a large-area, low-cost detector suitable for measuring the properties of the highest energy cosmic rays with an unprecedented aperture. We have developed a full-scale prototype consisting of four 200 mm photomultiplier tubes at the focus of a segmented mirror of 1.6 m in diameter. Over the last three years, we have installed three prototypes at the Telescope Array Experiment in Utah, USA. These telescopes have been steadily taking data since installation. We report on preliminary results of the full-scale FAST prototypes, including measurements of UHECRs, and distant ultraviolet lasers used to study the atmospheric transparency.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Project

<a href="/en/project/LTT18004" target="_blank" >LTT18004: Czech participation in the AugerPrime project at the Pierre Auger Observatory</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of Science

ISBN

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ISSN

1824-8039

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

259

Publisher name

Sissa Medilab srl

Place of publication

Trieste

Event location

Madison

Event date

Jul 24, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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