First results from the full-scale prototype for the Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes
T. Fujii*,
M. Malacari,
J. Albury,
J. Bellido,
J. Farmer,
A. Galimova,
P. Horvathd,
M. Hrabovsky,
D. Mandat,
A. Matalon,
J. Matthews,
M. Merolle,
X. Ni,
L. Nozka,
M. Palatka,
M. Pech,
P. Privitera,
P. Schovanek,
S. Thomas,
P. Travnicek and
FAST Collaboration*: corresponding author
Pre-published on:
August 16, 2017
Published on:
August 03, 2018
Abstract
The Fluorescence detector Array of Single-pixel Telescopes (FAST) is a design concept for the next generation of ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) observatories, addressing the requirements for a large-area, low-cost detector suitable for measuring the properties of the highest en- ergy cosmic rays. In the FAST design, a large field of view is covered by a few pixels at the focal plane of a mirror or Fresnel lens. Motivated by the successful detection of UHECRs using a prototype comprised of a single 200 mm photomultiplier-tube and a 1 m^2 Fresnel lens system [Astropart.Phys. 74 (2016) 64-72], we have developed a new full-scale prototype consisting of four 200 mm photomultiplier-tubes at the focus of a segmented mirror of 1.6 m in diameter. In October 2016 we installed the full-scale prototype at the Telescope Array site in central Utah, USA, and began steady data taking. We report on first results of the full-scale FAST prototype, including measurements of artificial light sources, distant ultraviolet lasers, and UHECRs.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.301.0468
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