PoS - Proceedings of Science
Volume 395 - 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021) - CRI - Cosmic Ray Indirect
Simulations studies for the Mini-EUSO detector
Presented by H. Miyamoto  on behalf of F. Fenu, D. Barghini, M. Battisti, A. Belov, M. Bertaina, F. Bisconti, R. Bonino, G. Cambiè, F. Capel, M. Casolino, I. Churilo, T. Ebisuzaki, C. Fuglesang, A. Golzio, P. Gorodetzky, F. Kajino, P. Klimov, M. Manfrin, W. Marszal, M. Mignone, E. Parizot, P. Picozza, L.W. Piotrowski, Z. Plebaniak, G. Prevôt, E. Reali, M. Ricci, N. Sakaki, K. Shinozaki, G. Suino, J. Szabelski, Y. Takizawa, H. Miyamoto, F. Fenu*, D. Barghini, M. Battisti, A.S. Belov, M.E. Bertaina, F. Bisconti, R. Bonino, G. Cambiè, F. Capel, M. Casolino, I. Churilo, T. Ebisuzaki, C. Fugelsang, A. Golzio, P. Gorodetzky, F. Kajino, P. Klimov, M. Manfrin, L. Marcelli, W. Marszal, M. Mignone, E. Parizot, P. Picozza, L.W. Piotrowski, Z.D. Plebaniak, G. Prévôt, E. Reali, N. Sakaki, K. Shinozaki, G. Suino, J. Szabelski and Y. Takizawaet al. (click to show)
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Pre-published on: July 30, 2021
Published on: March 18, 2022
Abstract
Mini-EUSO is a mission of the JEM-EUSO program flying onboard the International Space Station since August 2019. Since the first data acquisition in October 2019, more than 35 sessions have been performed for a total of 52 hours of observations. The detector has been observing Earth at night-time in the UV range and detected a wide variety of transient sources all of which have been modeled through Monte Carlo simulations. Mini-EUSO is also capable of detecting meteors and potentially space debris and we performed simulations for such events to estimate
their impact on future missions for cosmic ray science from space. We show here examples of the simulation work done in this framework to analyze the Mini-EUSO data. The expected response of Mini-EUSO with respect to ultra high energy cosmic ray showers has been studied. The efficiency curve of Mini-EUSO as a function of primary energy has been estimated and the energy threshold for Cosmic Rays has been placed to be above $10^{21}$ eV. We compared the morphology of several transient events detected during the mission with cosmic ray simulations and excluded that they can be due to cosmic ray showers. To validate the energy threshold of the detector, a
system of ground based flashers is being used for end-to-end calibration purposes. We therefore implemented a parameterization of such flashers into the JEM-EUSO simulation framework and studied the response of the detector with respect to such sources.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.395.0334
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