Developments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF simulation and analysis framework

• Published in: The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields Vol. 83; no. 11; pp. 1028 - 39
• Main Authors: Adams, J. H., Anchordoqui, L., Anzalone, A., Baret, B., Barghini, D., Battisti, M., Bayer, J., Bellotti, R., Biermann, P. L., Bisconti, F., Briz, S., Cafagna, F., Cambié, G., Campana, D., Casolino, M., Cassardo, C., Castellina, A., Černý, K., Christl, M. J., Conti, L., Cotto, G., Cremonini, R., Creusot, A., Cummings, A., de Castro Gónzalez, A., de la Taille, C., Diesing, R., Dinaucourt, P., Ebisuzaki, T., Filippatos, G., Finch, W. W., Flaminio, F., Fornaro, C., Fuglesang, C., Garipov, G. K., Guarino, F., Hernández-Carretero, J., Judd, E. G., Kajino, F., Kaneko, I., Kawasaki, Y., Klimov, P. A., Krizmanic, J. F., Kungel, V., López Martínez, F., Mandát, D., Manfrin, M., Marcelli, A., Marcelli, L., Menshikov, A., Mernik, T., Mese, M., Meyer, S. S., Mizumoto, Y., Monaco, A., Neronov, A., Nonaka, T., Ogio, S., Ohmori, H., Onel, Y., Pagliaro, A., Panico, B., Park, I. H., Pastircak, B., Paul, T., Perfetto, F., Plebaniak, Z., Prevete, R., Przybylak, M., Putis, M., Reali, E., Reardon, P., Reno, M. H., Ricci, M., Rodríguez Frías, M., Romoli, G., Sagawa, H., Santangelo, A., Sarazin, F., Sato, M., Schovánek, P., Scotti, V., Sharakin, S. A., Takahashi, Y., Takeda, M., Takizawa, Y., Tkachev, L. G., Tomida, T., Traïche, M., Tsuno, K., Vallania, P., Valore, L., Venters, T. M., Vigorito, C., von Ballmoos, P., Vrabel, M., Watts, J., Weindl, A., Young, R., Zotov, M. Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Astronomical instruments; Astronomy; Astrophysics; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Cosmic ray showers; Cosmic rays; Data analysis; Elementary Particles; Experimental Physics; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Physics; Nuclear research; Observatories; Physicists; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Field Theories; Quantum Field Theory; Simulation; Software; String Theory; Telescope
• ISSN: 1434-6052; 1434-6044; 1434-6052
• DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12090-w

JEM-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.