Speakers
Description
NUSES is a new space mission aiming to test innovative observational and technological approaches related to the study of low energy cosmic and gamma rays, high energy astrophysical neutrinos, Sun-Earth environment, Space weather and magnetosphere-ionosphere-lithosphere coupling (MILC). The satellite will host two payloads: Terzina and Zirè. In this talk I will discuss the Terzina instrument, devoted to the detection of the Cherenkov radiation emitted by extensive air showers (EAS) due to high-energy cosmic radiation via its interaction with both the Earth and its atmosphere. TERZINA is a small (about 0.1 m$^2$ mirror) Cherenkov telescope, designed as a technological pathfinder for future space-based missions for the detection of upward going EAS induced by tau-leptons and muons, resulting from Earth skimming high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. We will discuss the most relevant technical details of the instrument, its capabilities and detection potential.
