The Terzina instrument on board the NUSES space mission

作者：Roberto Aloisio, Corrado Altomare, Felicia Barbato, R. Battiston, Mario Bertania, E. Bissaldi, Denise Boncioli, L. Burmistrov, Irene Cagnoli, M. Casolino, Austin Cummings, N. D’Ambrosio, I. De Mitri, G. De Robertis, C. De Santis, A. Di Giovanni, Andrea Di Salvo, Margherita Di Santo, L. Di Venere, Johannes Eser, Mateo Fernandez Alonso, Giulio Fontanella, P. Fusco, S. Garbolino, F. Gargano, Raffaele Aaron Giampaolo, Mario Giliberti, F. Guarino, Matthieu Heller, R. Iuppa, John Krizmanic, A. Lega, F. Licciulli, F. Loparco, Leonarda Lorusso, M. Mariotti, Nicola Mazziotta, Marco Mese, H. Miyamoto, T. Montaruli, Adrii Nagai, Riccardo Nicolaidis, F. Nozzoli, Angela V. Olinto, D. Orlandi, G. Osteria, Pietro Antonio Palmieri, B. Panico, G. Panzarini, A. Parenti, Lorenzo Perrone, P. Picozza, R. Pillera, R. Rando, Marianna Rinaldi, Angelo Rivetti, Vicenzo Rizi, F. Salamida, Edoardo Santero Mormile, Viviana Scherini, V. Scotti, D. Serini, Iqra Siddique, Leandro Silveri, Aleksei Smirnov, R. Sparvoli, Silvia Tedesco, Caterina Trimarelli, Libo Wu, P. Zuccon, Stefan Cristi Zugravel · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.22323/1.444.0391 · 被引用次数：10 · 研究领域：Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies、Planetary Science and Exploration、Spacecraft Design and Technology

In this paper we will introduce the Terzina instrument, which is one of the two scientific payloads of the NUSES satellite mission. NUSES serves as a technological pathfinder, hosting a suite of innovative instruments designed for the in-orbit detection of cosmic rays, neutrinos, and gamma rays across various energy ranges. The Terzina instrument itself is a compact telescope equipped with Schmidt-Cassegrain optics. Its primary objective is to detect Cherenkov radiation emitted by Extensive Air Showers generated by the interaction of high-energy (> 100 PeV) cosmic rays with the Earth's atmosphere. Terzina represents a critical step forward in the development of future space-based instruments aimed at detecting upward-moving showers induced by tau-leptons and muons resulting from the interaction of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos with the Earth. In this paper, we will delve into the key technical aspects of the Terzina instrument, its capabilities, and its potential for detection.