Author:
Abe S.,Adams J. H.,Allard D.,Alldredge P.,Anchordoqui L.,Anzalone A.,Arnone E.,Baret B.,Barghini D.,Battisti M.,Bayer J.,Bellotti R.,Belov A. A.,Bertaina M.,Bertone P. F.,Bianciotto M.,Biermann P. L.,Bisconti F.,Blaksley C.,Blin-Bondil S.,Bobik P.,Bolmgren K.,Briz S.,Burton J.,Cafagna F.,Cambié G.,Campana D.,Capel F.,Caruso R.,Casolino M.,Cassardo C.,Castellina A.,Černý K.,Christl M. J.,Colalillo R.,Conti L.,Cotto G.,Crawford H. J.,Cremonini R.,Creusot A.,Cummings A.,de Castro Gónzalez A.,de la Taille C.,del Peral L.,Diesing R.,Dinaucourt P.,Di Nola A.,Ebersoldt A.,Ebisuzaki T.,Eser J.,Fenu F.,Ferrarese S.,Filippatos G.,Finch W. W.,Flaminio F.,Fornaro C.,Fuehne D.,Fuglesang C.,Fukushima M.,Gardiol D.,Garipov G. K.,Golzio A.,Gorodetzky P.,Guarino F.,Guépin C.,Guzmán A.,Haungs A.,Heibges T.,Hernández-Carretero J.,Isgrò F.,Judd E. G.,Kajino F.,Kaneko I.,Kawasaki Y.,Kleifges M.,Klimov P. A.,Kreykenbohm I.,Krizmanic J. F.,Kungel V.,Kuznetsov E.,López Martínez F.,Mackovjak S.,Mandát D.,Manfrin M.,Marcelli A.,Marcelli L.,Marszał W.,Matthews J. N.,Menshikov A.,Mernik T.,Mese M.,Meyer S. S.,Mimouni J.,Miyamoto H.,Mizumoto Y.,Monaco A.,Morales de los Ríos J.A,Nagataki S.,Nachtman J. M.,Naumov D.,Neronov A.,Nonaka T.,Ogawa T.,Ogio S.,Ohmori H.,Olinto A. V.,Onel Y.,Osteria G.,Pagliaro A.,Panico B.,Parizot E.,Park I. H.,Pastircak B.,Paul T.,Pech M.,Perfetto F.,Picozza P.,Piotrowski L. W.,Plebaniak Z.,Posligua J.,Prevete R.,Prévôt G.,Prieto H.,Przybylak M.,Putis M.,Reali E.,Reardon P.,Reno M. H.,Ricci M.,Rodríguez Frías M.,Romoli G.,Sáez Cano G.,Sagawa H.,Sakaki N.,Santangelo A.,Saprykin O. A.,Sarazin F.,Sato M.,Schieler H.,Schovánek P.,Scotti V.,Selmane S.,Sharakin S. A.,Shinozaki K.,Soriano J. F.,Szabelski J.,Tajima N.,Tajima T.,Takahashi Y.,Takeda M.,Takizawa Y.,Tenzer C.,Thomas S. B.,Tkachev L. G.,Tomida T.,Toscano S.,Traïche M.,Trofimov D.,Tsuno K.,Vallania P.,Valore L.,Venters T. M.,Vigorito C.,von Ballmoos P.,Vrabel M.,Wada S.,Watts J.,Weindl A.,Wiencke L.,Wilms J.,Winn D.,Wistrand H.,Yashin I. V.,Young R.,Zotov M. Yu.
Abstract
AbstractJEM-EUSO is an international program for the development of space-based Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray observatories. The program consists of a series of missions which are either under development or in the data analysis phase. All instruments are based on a wide-field-of-view telescope, which operates in the near-UV range, designed to detect the fluorescence light emitted by extensive air showers in the atmosphere. We describe the simulation software ESAF in the framework of the JEM-EUSO program and explain the physical assumptions used. We present here the implementation of the JEM-EUSO, POEMMA, K-EUSO, TUS, Mini-EUSO, EUSO-SPB1 and EUSO-TA configurations in ESAF. For the first time ESAF simulation outputs are compared with experimental data.
Funder
Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt, the Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics funded by the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association
NASA
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany Excellence Strategy
Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange within Polish Returns Programme
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational School of Moscow University “Fundamental and Applied Space Research”
French space agency CNES
State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS
National Science Centre in Poland
Slovak Academy of Sciences
ASI-INAF
TEC2SPACE-CM
Mexican funding agencies PAPIIT-UNAM, CONACyT and the Mexican Space Agency
Basic Science Interdisciplinary Research Projects of RIKEN and JSPS KAKENHI