EUSO@TurLab: An experimental replica of ISS orbits

M. Bertaina; A. Bowaire; S. Cambursano; R. Caruso; G. Contino; G. Cotto; F. Crivello; R. Forza; N. Guardone; M. Manfrin; M. Mignone; R. Mulas; G. Suino; P.S. Tibaldi

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20158903003

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EPJ Web of Conferences 89, 03003 (2015)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20158903003

EUSO@TurLab: An experimental replica of ISS orbits

M. Bertaina¹^,2^a, A. Bowaire¹^,3, S. Cambursano¹, R. Caruso⁴^,5, G. Contino⁴^,5^b, G. Cotto¹^,2, F. Crivello¹, R. Forza¹^,2, N. Guardone⁴^,5, M. Manfrin¹^,2, M. Mignone², R. Mulas¹^,2, G. Suino¹^,2, P.S. Tibaldi¹ and for JEM-EUSO Collaboration

¹ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
² Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – Sezione di Torino, Italy
³ Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
⁴ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy
⁵ Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – Sezione di Catania, Italy

^a e-mail: bertaina@to.infn.it
^b e-mail: giovanni.contino@ct.infn.it

Published online: 26 March 2015

Abstract

The EUSO@TurLab project is an on-going activity aimed to reproduce atmospheric and luminous conditions that JEM-EUSO will encounter on its orbits around the Earth. The use of the TurLab facility, part of the Department of Physics of the University of Torino, allows the simulation of different surface conditions in a very dark and rotating environment in order to test the response of JEM-EUSO's sensors and sensitivity. The experimental setup currently in operation has been used to check the potential of the TurLab facility for the above purposes, and the acquired data will be used to test the concept of JEM-EUSO's trigger system.

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