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Latest results of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray measurements with prototypes of the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST)
1. Toshihiro Fujii (Kyoto University)
fujii@cr.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Latest results of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray
measurements with prototypes of the Fluorescence
detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST)
Justin Albury, Jose Bellido, Ladislav Chytka, John Farmer, Petr Hamal, Pavel Horvath, Miroslav Hrabovsky, Hidetoshi Kubo, Jiri Kvita,
Max Malacari, Dusan Mandat, Massimo Mastrodicasa, John Matthews, Stanislav Michal, Xiaochen Ni, Seiya Nozaki, Libor Nozka, Tomohiko Oka,
Miroslav Palatka, Miroslav Pech, Paolo Privitera, Petr Schovanek, Francesco Salamida, Radomir Smida, Stan Thomas, Akimichi Taketa,
Kenta Terauchi, Petr Travnicek, Martin Vacula, Seokhyun Yoo
(FAST Collaboration)
ICRC 2021, July 21th, 2021
ICRC 2021
THE ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS CONFERENCE
Berlin | Germany
ONLINE ICRC 2021
THE ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS CONFERENCE
Berlin | Germany
37th
International
Cosmic Ray Conference
12–23 July 2021
2. Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray
(UHECR) sky
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NASA/DOE/Fermi Collaboration
GAIA Collaboration
J. Biteau, TF et al., EPJ Web of Conferences 210, 01005 (2019)
A. di Matteo, TF et al., PoS ICRC2019 (2020) 439, using a different color contour
"Ankle" energies (EAuger>8.86 EeV, ETA>10 EeV)
Optical
γ-rays
3. UHECR sky above cutoff
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"Cutoff" energies (EAuger>40 EeV: 842 events in 13.3 yr, ETA>52.3 EeV: 127 events in 9 yr)
● Intriguing intermediate anisotropies: Active galactic nuclei, Starburst galaxies
● No excess from the Virgo cluster, Virgo scandal
● Challenges to mass composition and galactic/extragalactic magnetic fields
→ Need more statistic with mass composition sensitivity to identify UHECR sources
J. Biteau, TF et al., EPJ Web of Conferences 210, 01005 (2019)
A. di Matteo, TF et al., PoS ICRC2019 (2020) 439, using a different color contour
4. Fine pixelated camera
Low-cost and simplified telescope
✦ Target : > 1019.5 eV, ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, neutrino and gamma rays
✦ Huge target volume ⇒ Fluorescence detector array
Too expensive to cover a huge area
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T. Fujii et al., Astroparticle Physics 74 (2016) 64-72
M. Malacari et al., Astroparticle Physics 119 (2020) 102430
D. Mandat et al., JINST 12, T07001 (2017)
7. Atmospheric monitoring studies
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A distant laser detected with FAST
Star extinctions measured with all sky camera
er photo-multiplier tubes at the detector plane and a segmented mirror of 1.6 m in
er. In October 2016, September 2017, and September 2018 three such prototypes
stalled at the Black Rock Mesa (BRM) site of the Telescope Array experiment
al Utah, USA [3, 4]. All three telescopes have been steadily taking data since
tion. Collected data include measurements of air showers, as well as vertical
aces from the Telescope Array’s Central Laser Facility (CLF) [5]. The cloud
e and atmospheric transparency are two of the largest systematic uncertainties
fluorescence technique, making robust atmospheric monitoring an essential task
xt-generation cosmic ray observatory [6]. We present an instrument capable of
ng monitoring of these important atmospheric parameters.
Figure 1. Left: The FASCam installed atop one of the FAST telescope huts at the
Black Rock Mesa site of the Telescope Array experiment in central Utah, USA. The
small instrument in the plastic tube next to the FASCam is a Sky Quality Monitor
(SQM-LE). Right: The field of view of the FASCam with the FAST telescope field
of view indicated. The grid splits the image into 30 ⇥ 30 regions in azimuth and
elevation.
FASCam
ASCam is an astronomical cooled CCD camera equipped with a 360 ⇥ 90
h and elevation) lens and a set of filters installed in the internal filter wheel
Johnson R, Johnson V, Johnson B, Baader UV). The camera is mounted in a
oof UV-resistant housing and connected to an IP65 plastic box located inside
ST hut that includes the electronics (PC, heating, power source). The FASCam
s nightly full-sky images, along with measurements of the cloud coverage and
atmospheric extinction. The FASCam UV filter transmittance is similar to that
FASCam 5
FASCam 4
Figure 2. The waterproof body of the FASCam is built from aluminum sheets
equipped with a glass UV-VIS transparent lens cover at the top of the box (top-left
and center image). The G2-4000 astronomical camera is placed inside the aluminum
box (top- right) and the cables are routed out of the box using IP65 stainless electrical
glands. The G2-4000 camera is equipped with an internal five position filter wheel and
mechanical shutter (bottom-left). The lens of the FASCam is a Sigma 4.5/2.8 EX DC
(bottom-center). The readout electronics and power source is installed in a plastic box
and includes a Raspberry Pi single board computer and storage disc (bottom-right).
Figure 3. The transmittance of the Johnson BVR and UV filters installed in the
FASCam, together with the FASCam CCD quantum efficiency graph. The QE plot
Automated all-sky camera
L. Chytka et al. (FAST Collaboration), JINST 15 T10009 (2020)
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Event 4: SD: 1.32 EeV, Zen: 39.07◦
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log(E(eV))
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10
3
10
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10
5
10
s]
µ
Time-average
brightness
[pe/
TA FD events
Single-hit PMT (FAST)
Multi-hit PMTs
11. Updates on reconstruction methods
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✦ Top-down reconstruction
✦ Use all available information from individual pixel
traces
✦ Computationally expensive
✦ Need a reliable first-guess geometry
✦ Neural network first guess reconstruction
✦ 3 input per PMT: total signal, centroid time and
pulse hight
✦ Kares/Tensorflow in Python, two hidden layers
✦ 6 outputs: Xmax, energy, geometry (θ, φ, x, y)
✦ Very fast reconstruction
Inputs
3 feature per PMT with S/N > 5σ
on
n
l
T
Outputs
Energy, Xmax, geometry(θ, φ, x, y)
Work: Justin Albury
12. Performance with the FAST array
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10
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x [km]
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5
−
0
5
10
y[km]
✦ Training data: Energy of 1 - 100 EeV, Xmax of 500 - 1200 g/cm2, uniform
✦ Night sky background: σ=10 p.e./100 ns, based on field measurements at TA and Auger sites
✦ Test data: Xmax distributions based on CORSIKA-Conex simulations
✦ 4 species (P, He, N, Fe) with 3 interaction models (EPOS-LHC, QGSJetII-04, Sibyll 2.3c)
Incircle of the triangle
3-fold trigger
efficiency
100% above
1019.3 eV
ϵ =
Ni(Etrue
trigger)
Ni(Etrue
thrown)
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(eV))
true
E
log(
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
Efficiency
EPOS-LHC
QGSJetII-04
Sibyll 2.3c
Proton Helium Nitrogen Iron
Preliminary
18. Electronics and PMT calibration in laboratory
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Vertical
Horizontal
Single Photo Electron
Robot arm (0.2 mm accuracy)
New electronics development Dual 32ch FADC (ADS52J90), 64ch FADC at maximum
14bit 32.5 MSPS 32ch
MIO module
GPS
RTC
ID
T/H
LED
USB
LAN
SFP
DCDC
ROM
Selectable PHY chip for ethernet
Selectable USB HOST/TARGET
GPS/RTC for 1PPS
To be optimized for FAST telescope
GPIO
SoC module (or SoM)
SoC SDRAM
DCDC
FMC
JTAG
mSD
DCDC MODE
System on Module with Xilinx SoC
(XC7Z030-1FFG676I)
Many purpose
HPC -FMC (80 diff line) compatible, 4ch GBT
All MIO pin is connected
PMOD
On/
Off
RST
FADC module
SoC
To
Analog
F/E
Heat
Sink
HDMI
FADC
To
SoM
CLK
F/O
SSD
Dual 32ch FADC (ADS52J90), 64ch FADC at maximum
Some of input can be bypassed for TDC use
FADC has 7 operation mode
10bit 200/100/50 MSPS 8/16/32ch,
12bit 80/40 MSPS 16/32ch,
14bit 65/32.5 MSPS 16/32ch
M.2 SSD “can be” used, if we can buy firmware
I2C SPI bridge for slow control
64 ch analog input can be connected to analog F/E
In this case, 48ch FADC/TDC, 14 bit 32.5MSPS
DCDC
FADC
I2C
SPI
AMP module
Con
To
FADC
I2C
F/O
AMP
48ch 4 pole LPF / Dscri.(LVDS output) / DAC
/ U.FL coax conn
DAC is used for threshold control of Dscri.
DAC
> 2000 R/C !!
Discr
MIO SoC FADC AMP Assembly
Need optimization (MIO board size, AMP parameter, etc)
Firmware is empty (A lot of work)
Assembly!
Non-uniformity
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(eV))
E
log(
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10
20
10
)
-1
sr
-1
s
-2
cm
2
(eV
3
E
×
)
E
(
J
TA ICRC 2019
Auger PRD 2020
FAST 1 yr (95%CL)
FAST 10 yr (95%CL)
Summary and future plan
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FAST@TA FAST@Auger
https://www.fast-project.org
✦ Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel
Telescopes (FAST)
✦ Low-cost fluorescence telescope array
✦ Promising concept as next-generation cosmic ray
observatory to fulfill requirements
✦ Anisotropy with mass composition sensitivity
✦ Preliminary performance estimation
✦ 100% efficiency above 1019.3 eV
✦ Preliminary resolution of neural network
reconstruction at 40 EeV
✦ Arrival direction: 4.2 deg, Core: 465 m
✦ Energy: 8%, Xmax: 30 g/cm2 (Δ lnA ~ 1)
✦ Next step and challenges
✦ Stand-alone operation of FAST "array" in field
Expected sensitivity with a full-size FAST array