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astro-ph.IM2026★ 14 cited

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 1

Vera C Rubin Observatory Team, Tatiana Acero Cuellar, Emily Acosta +325

We present Rubin Data Preview 1 DP1, the first data from the NSF DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory, comprising raw and calibrated single epoch images, coadds, difference images, detecti…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 3 cited

A simple, flexible method for timing cross-calibration of space missions

Matteo Bachetti, Yukikatsu Terada, Megumi Shidatsu +25

The timing (cross-)calibration of astronomical instruments is often done by comparing pulsar times-of-arrival (TOAs) to a reference timing model. In high-energy astronomy, the choi…

astro-ph.IM2025

X-ray spectral fitting with Monte Carlo Dropout Neural Networks

A. Tutone, A. Anitra, E. Ambrosi +11

We present a novel approach using neural networks to recover X-ray spectral model parameters and quantify uncertainties, balancing accuracy and computational efficiency against tra…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 7 cited

Unveiling the origin of XMM-Newton soft proton flares: I. Design and validation of a response matrix for proton spectral analysis

Valentina Fioretti, Teresa Mineo, Simone Lotti +8

Low-energy (<300 keV) protons entering the field of view of XMM-Newton are observed in the form of a sudden increase in the background level, the so-called soft proton flares, affe…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 12 cited

The EUSO-SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope for the Detection of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays

James H. Adams, Denis Allard, Phillip Alldredge +79

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) flew on May 13 and 14 of 2023. Consisting of two novel optical telescop…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 32 cited

EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science

EUSO Collaboration, G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe +292

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a N…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 11 cited

Developments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF Simulation and Analysis Framework

S. Abe, J. H. Adams, D. Allard +172

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 u…

astro-ph.IM2023

Gain variations as induced by the diffuse night sky background: the ASTRI-Horn experience

D. Impiombato, A. A. Compagnino, T. Mineo +3

ASTRI-Horn is the prototype of the nine telescopes that form the ASTRI Mini-Array, under construction at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife (Spain), devoted to observe the sky in th…

astro-ph.IM2022

Athena charged particle diverter simulations: effects of micro-roughness on proton scattering using Geant4

Jean-Paul Breuer, Gábor Galgóczi, Valentina Fioretti +12

The last generation of X-ray focusing telescopes operating outside the Earth's radiation belt discovered that optics were able to focus not only astrophysical X-ray photons, but al…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 17 cited

Design and Performance of the Prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope Camera

Colin B. Adams, Giovanni Ambrosi, Michelangelo Ambrosio +86

The prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT) is a candidate for a medium-sized telescope in the Cherenkov Telescope Array. The pSCT is based on a novel dual mirror optics de…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 14 cited

Mirror production for the Cherenkov telescopes of the ASTRI Mini-Array and of the MST project for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

N. La Palombara, G. Sironi, E. Giro +14

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next ground-based -ray observatory in the TeV -ray spectral region operating with the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique. It i…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 9 cited

The Fluorescence Telescope on board EUSO-SPB2 for the detection of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays

G. Osteria, J. Adams, M. Battisti +37

The Fluorescence Telescope is one of the two telescopes on board the Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II (EUSO-SPB2). EUSO-SPB2 is an ultra-long-durat…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 17 cited

Expected Performance of the EUSO-SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope

G. Filippatos, M. Battisti, M. Bertaina +6

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory Supper Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) is under development, and will prototype instrumentation for future satellite-based missions, including…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 3 cited

Effective pointing of the ASTRI-Horn telescope using the Cherenkov camera with the Variance method

Simone Iovenitti, Giorgia Sironi, Alberto Segreto +2

Cherenkov telescope cameras are not suitable to perform astrometrical pointing calibration since they are not designed to produce images of the sky, but rather to detect nanosecond…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 9 cited

UVscope and its application aboard the ASTRI-Horn telescope

M. C. Maccarone, G. La Rosa, O. Catalano +9

UVscope is an instrument, based on a multi-pixel photon detector, developed to support experimental activities for high-energy astrophysics and cosmic ray research. The instrument,…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

The Payload Data Handling Unit (PDHU) on-board the HERMES-TP and HERMES-SP CubeSat Missions

A. Guzman, S. Pliego, J. Bayer +14

The High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites (HERMES) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on a constellation of LEO nanosatellites. The p…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 7 cited

Design and implementation of the AMIGA embedded system for data acquisition

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +383

The Auger Muon Infill Ground Array (AMIGA) is part of the AugerPrime upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory. It consists of particle counters buried 2.3 m underground next to the…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 4 cited

The FRAM robotic telescope for atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +377

FRAM (F/Photometric Robotic Atmospheric Monitor) is a robotic telescope operated at the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina for the purposes of atmospheric monitoring using stell…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 30 cited

Deep-Learning based Reconstruction of the Shower Maximum using the Water-Cherenkov Detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +370

The atmospheric depth of the air shower maximum is an observable commonly used for the determination of the nuclear mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 8 cited

Calibration of the underground muon detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +370

To obtain direct measurements of the muon content of extensive air showers with energy above eV, the Pierre Auger Observatory is currently being equipped with an underg…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 27 cited

Using Muon Rings for the Calibration of the Cherenkov Telescope Array: A Systematic Review of the Method and its Potential Accuracy

Markus Gaug, Steven Fegan, Alison Mitchell +3

The analysis of ring images produced by muons in an Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) provides a powerful and precise method to calibrate the IACT optical throughput a…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 24 cited

First observations of speed of light tracks by a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere

G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +311

EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO). It was launched on the moonless night of the 25$^…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 4 cited

The Geant4 mass model of the ATHENA Silicon Pore Optics and its effect on soft proton scattering

Valentina Fioretti, Andrea Bulgarelli, Simone Lotti +6

Given the unprecedented effective area, the new ATHENA Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) focusing technology, the dynamic and variable L2 environment, where no X-ray mission has flown up t…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 65 cited

Observation of inclined EeV air showers with the radio detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +392

With the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we have observed the radio emission from 561 extensive air showers with zenith angles between 60$^\ci…