POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: A balloon-born multi-messenger multi-detector observatory
The Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) is a proposed dual-satellite mission to observe Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs), increasing the statistics at the highest energies, and Very-High-Energy Neutrinos (VHENs), following multi-messenger alerts of astrophysical transient events throughout the universe such as gamma-ray bursts and gravitational wave events. POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR) is a scaled-down version of the POEMMA design, adapted to be flown as a payload on one of NASA’s sub-orbital Super Pressure Balloons (SPBs) circling over the Southern Ocean for up to 100 days after a launch from Wanaka, New Zealand. This overview will provide a summary of the mission with its science goals, the instruments, and the current status of PBR.
Authors
- G. Osteria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9871-8103)
- Johannes Eser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-2955)
- Angela V. Olinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7374-376X)
- Matteo Battisti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5686-4711)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (FR)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli (IT)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169819
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.30
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
- Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales
- Nuclear Safety and Security Commission
- Office of Science