The ashra project

M. Sasaki; Y. Aita; T. Aoki; Y. Asaoka; T. Browder; T. Chonan; S. Dye; M. Eguchi; R. Fox; G. Guillian; J. Hamilton; Y. Higashi; T. Kimura; N. Kohta; H. Kuze; J. Learned; M. Masuda; S. Matsuno; Y. Morimoto; K. Noda; S. Ogawa; A. Okumura; S. Olsen; H. Shibuya; K. Shinomiya; N. Sugiyama; Y. Yamaguchi; M. Yasuda; G. Varner; Y. Watanabe; Y. Watanabe

The ashra project

M. Sasaki^*, Y. Aita, T. Aoki, Y. Asaoka, T. Browder, T. Chonan, S. Dye, M. Eguchi, R. Fox, G. Guillian, J. Hamilton, Y. Higashi, T. Kimura, N. Kohta, H. Kuze, J. Learned, M. Masuda, S. Matsuno, Y. Morimoto, K. NodaS. Ogawa, A. Okumura, S. Olsen, H. Shibuya, K. Shinomiya, N. Sugiyama, Y. Yamaguchi, M. Yasuda, G. Varner, Y. Watanabe, Y. Watanabe

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Abstract

Ashra (All-sky Survey High Resolution Air-shower detector) is a project to build an unconventional optical telescope complex that images very wide field of view, covering 80% of the sky, yet with the angle pixel resolution of a few arcmin, sensitive to the blue to UV light with the use of image intensifier and CMOS technology. The project primarily aims to observe Cherenkov and fluorescence lights from the lateral and longitudinal developments of very-high energy cosmic rays in the atmosphere. It can also be used to monitor optical transients in the wide field of sky. We present the project status, and expected scientific impacts on the observational objectives such as optical transients, unidentified TeV gamma- ray and PeV neutrino sources, and the propagation of EeV cosmic rays.

Original language	English
Pages	1559-1562
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2007 Jan 1
Externally published	Yes
Event	30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007 - Merida, Yucatan, Mexico Duration: 2007 Jul 3 → 2007 Jul 11

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Other	30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Merida, Yucatan
Period	07/7/3 → 07/7/11

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Sasaki, M., Aita, Y., Aoki, T., Asaoka, Y., Browder, T., Chonan, T., Dye, S., Eguchi, M., Fox, R., Guillian, G., Hamilton, J., Higashi, Y., Kimura, T., Kohta, N., Kuze, H., Learned, J., Masuda, M., Matsuno, S., Morimoto, Y., ... Watanabe, Y. (2007). The ashra project. 1559-1562. Paper presented at 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

Sasaki, M, Aita, Y, Aoki, T, Asaoka, Y, Browder, T, Chonan, T, Dye, S, Eguchi, M, Fox, R, Guillian, G, Hamilton, J, Higashi, Y, Kimura, T, Kohta, N, Kuze, H, Learned, J, Masuda, M, Matsuno, S, Morimoto, Y, Noda, K, Ogawa, S, Okumura, A, Olsen, S, Shibuya, H, Shinomiya, K, Sugiyama, N, Yamaguchi, Y, Yasuda, M, Varner, G, Watanabe, Y & Watanabe, Y 2007, 'The ashra project', Paper presented at 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2007, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 07/7/3 - 07/7/11 pp. 1559-1562.

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