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POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: a balloon-born multi-messenger multi-detector observatory

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2024-09-12 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

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.

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@article{arxiv.2409.06753,
  title  = {POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: a balloon-born multi-messenger multi-detector observatory},
  author = {Matteo Battisti and Johannes Eser and Angela Olinto and Giuseppe Osteria},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.06753},
  year   = {2024}
}