Multiparametric advanced research tool for meteo satellites data interfacing with space observation of ultra high energy cosmic rays

摘要

To approach the study of the cosmic rays in the energy range E > 10~(20) eV, the upper end of the spectrum observed to date, with a large statistical significance (10~3 events/year), and hence address the solution of several astrophysical and cosmological problems related to their existence and behaviour, a new generation of experiments will probably have to be conceived and realised. They will be based on the observation and measurements of cosmic rays from space. The extremely low rate of these events (~ 1 event/(century * km~2 x sr)) imposes a very large effective area to be monitored, of the order of 105km2, as an observational requirement to meet the target statistics.