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The Extreme Universe Observatory on a Super-Pressure Balloon II: Mission, Payload, and Flight

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) is a pathfinder mission toward a space-based observatory such as the Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA). The aim of POEMMA is the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-28 James. H. Adams , Denis Allard , Phillip Alldredge , Luis Anchordoqui , Anna Anzalone , Mahdi Bagheri , Matteo Battisti , Roberto Bellotti , Alexander Belov , Mario Bertaina , Peter Bertone , Sylvie Blin-Bondil , Jordan Bogdan , Julia Burton Heigbes , Francis Cafagna , Rosella Caruso , Marco Casolino , Karel Černý , Mark J. Christl , Roberta Colalillo , Hank J. Crawford , Alexandre Creusot , Austin Cummings , Julia Desiato , Rebecca Diesing , Alessandro Di Nola , Toshikazu Ebisuzaki , Johannes Eser , Francesco Fenu , Silvia Ferrarese , George Filippatøs , William W. Finch , Flavia Flaminio , S. Flannery , Claudio Fornaro , Noah Friedlander , Duncan Fuehne , Christer Fuglesang , Srikar Gadamsetty , Diksha Garg , Eleanor Gazda , Alessio Golzio , Fausto Guarino , Claire Guépin , Tobias Heibges , Eleanor G. Judd , Luke Kupari , Pavel A. Klimov , John F. Krizmanic , Viktoria Kungel , Evgeny Kuznetsov , Marco Mignone , Massimiliano Manfrin , Wlodzimierz Marszał , John N. Matthews , Kameron Mehling , Marco Mese , Stephan S. Meyer , Hiroko Miyamoto , Alexey S. Murashov , Jane M. Nachtman , Angela V. Olinto , Yasar Onel , Giuseppe Osteria , A. Nepomuk Otte , Beatrice Panico , Etienne Parizot , Tom Paul , Miroslav Pech , Francesco Perfetto , Lech W. Piotrowski , Zbigniew Plebaniak , Jonatan Posligua , Matthew Potts , Guillaume Prévôt , M. Przybylak , Pat Reardon , Mary Hall Reno , Marco Ricci , Oscar F. Romero Matamala , Fred Sarazin , Petr Schovánek , Viktoria Scotti , Kenji Shinozaki , Jorge F. Soriano , S. Stephanoff , Patrick Sternberg , Ben K. Stillwell , Jacek Szabelski , Yoshiyuki Takizawa , Daniil Trofimov , Fredrik Unel , Valerio Vagelli , Laura Valore , Tonia M. Venters , John Watts , Lawrence Wiencke , Hannah Wistrand , Roy Young

Neutrino Target-of-Opportunity Sky Coverage and Scheduler for EUSO-SPB2

Very-high-energy neutrinos can be observed by detecting air shower signals. Detection of transient target of opportunity (ToO) neutrino sources is part of a broader multimessenger program. The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-24 J. A. Posligua , T. Heibges , H. Wistrand , C. Guépin , M. H. Reno , T. Venters

Overview of Cherenkov Telescope on-board EUSO-SPB2 for the Detection of Very-High-Energy Neutrinos

We present the status of the development of a Cherenkov telescope to be flown on a long-duration balloon flight, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2). EUSO-SPB2 is an approved NASA balloon mission that…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-07 Mahdi Bagheri , Peter Bertone , Ivan Fontane , Eliza Gazda , Eleanor G. Judd , John F. Krizmanic , Evgeny N. Kuznetsov , Michael J. Miller , Jane Nachtman , Yasar Onel , A. Nepomuk Otte , Patrick J. Reardon , Oscar Romero Matamala , Andrew Wang , Lawrence Wiencke

UCIRC2: EUSO-SPB2's Infrared Cloud Monitor

The second generation of the Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB2) is a balloon instrument for the detection of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with energies above 1 EeV and very high energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Rebecca Diesing , Alexa Bukowski , Noah Friedlander , Alex Miller , Stephan Meyer , Angela V. Olinto

Infrared Cloud Monitoring with UCIRC2

The second generation of the Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB2) is a balloon instrument that searched for ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) with energies above 1 EeV and very high energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-16 Rebecca Diesing , Stephan S. Meyer , Johannes Eser , Alexa Bukowski , Alex Miller , Jake Apfel , Gerard Beck , Angela V. Olinto

White paper on EUSO-SPB2

EUSO-SPB2 is a second generation Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO) on a Super-Pressure Balloon (SPB). This document describes the physics capabilities, the proposed technical design of the instruments, and the simulation and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-06 James H. Adams , Luis A. Anchordoqui , Jeffrey A. Apple , Mario E. Bertaina , Mark J. Christl , Francesco Fenu , Evgeny Kuznetsov , Andrii Neronov , Angela V. Olinto , Etienne Parizot , Thomas C. Paul , Guillaume Prevot , Patrick Reardon , Ievgen Vovk , Lawrence Wiencke , Roy M. Young

EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a NASA super pressure balloon test flight was to circle the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-15 EUSO Collaboration , G. Abdellaoui , S. Abe , J. H. Adams. , D. Allard , G. Alonso , L. Anchordoqui , A. Anzalone , E. Arnone , K. Asano , R. Attallah , H. Attoui , M. Ave Pernas , R. Bachmann , S. Bacholle , M. Bagheri , M. Bakiri , J. Baláz , D. Barghini , S. Bartocci , M. Battisti , J. Bayer , B. Beldjilali , T. Belenguer , N. Belkhalfa , R. Bellotti , A. A. Belov , K. Benmessai , M. Bertaina , P. F. Bertone , P. L. Biermann , F. Bisconti , C. Blaksley , N. Blanc , S. Blin-Bondil , P. Bobik , M. Bogomilov , K. Bolmgren , E. Bozzo , S. Briz , A. Bruno , K. S. Caballero , F. Cafagna , G. Cambié , D. Campana , J. N. Capdevielle , F. Capel , A. Caramete , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , M. Casolino , C. Cassardo , A. Castellina , O. Catalano , A. Cellino , K. Černý , M. Chikawa , G. Chiritoi , M. J. Christl , R. Colalillo , L. Conti , G. Cotto , H. J. Crawford , R. Cremonini , A. Creusot , A. Cummings , A. de Castro Gónzalez , C. de la Taille , L. del Peral , J. Desiato , A. Diaz Damian , R. Diesing , P. Dinaucourt , A. Djakonow , T. Djemil , A. Ebersoldt , T. Ebisuzaki , J. Eser , F. Fenu , S. Fernández-González , S. Ferrarese , G. Filippatos , W. Finch , C. Fornaro , M. Fouka , A. Franceschi , S. Franchini , C. Fuglesang , T. Fujii , M. Fukushima , P. Galeotti , E. García-Ortega , D. Gardiol , G. K. Garipov , E. Gascón , E. Gazda , J. Genci , A. Golzio , P. Gorodetzky , R. Gregg , A. Green , F. Guarino , C. Guépin , A. Guzmán , Y. Hachisu , A. Haungs , T. Heigbes , J. Hernández Carretero , L. Hulett , D. Ikeda , N. Inoue , S. Inoue , F. Isgrò , Y. Itow , T. Jammer , S. Jeong , J. Jochum , E. Joven , E. G. Judd , A. Jung , F. Kajino , T. Kajino , S. Kalli , I. Kaneko , M. Kasztelan , K. Katahira , K. Kawai , Y. Kawasaki , A. Kedadra , H. Khales , B. A. Khrenov , Jeong-Sook Kim , Soon-Wook Kim , M. Kleifges , P. A. Klimov , I. Kreykenbohm , J. F. Krizmanic , K. Królik , V. Kungel , Y. Kurihara , A. Kusenko , E. Kuznetsov , H. Lahmar , F. Lakhdari , J. Licandro , L. López Campano , F. López Martínez , S. Mackovjak , M. Mahdi , D. Mandát , M. Manfrin , L. Marcelli , J. L. Marcos , W. Marszał , Y. Martín , O. Martinez , K. Mase , M. Mastafa , J. N. Matthews , N. Mebarki , G. Medina-Tanco , A. Menshikov , A. Merino , M. Mese , J. Meseguer , S. S. Meyer , J. Mimouni , H. Miyamoto , Y. Mizumoto , A. Monaco , J. A. Morales de los Ríos , J. M. Nachtman , S. Nagataki , S. Naitamor , T. Napolitano , A. Neronov , K. Nomoto , T. Nonaka , T. Ogawa , S. Ogio , H. Ohmori , A. V. Olinto , Y. Onel , G. Osteria , A. N. Otte , A. Pagliaro , W. Painter , M. I. Panasyuk , B. Panico , E. Parizot , I. H. Park , B. Pastircak , T. Paul , M. Pech , I. Pérez-Grande , F. Perfetto , T. Peter , P. Picozza , S. Pindado , L. W. Piotrowski , S. Piraino , Z. Plebaniak , A. Pollini , E. M. Popescu , R. Prevete , G. Prévôt , H. Prieto , M. Przybylak , G. Puehlhofer , M. Putis , P. Reardon , M. H. Reno , M. Reyes , M. Ricci , M. D. Rodríguez Frías , O. F. Romero Matamala , F. Ronga , M. D. Sabau , G. Saccá , H. Sagawa , Z. Sahnoune , A. Saito , N. Sakaki , H. Salazar , J. L. Sánchez , J. C. Sanchez Balanzar , A. Santangelo , A. Sanz-Andrés , O. A. Saprykin , F. Sarazin , M. Sato , A. Scagliola , T. Schanz , H. Schieler , P. Schovánek , V. Scotti , M. Serra , S. A. Sharakin , H. M. Shimizu , K. Shinozaki , J. F. Soriano , A. Sotgiu , I. Stan , I. Strharský , N. Sugiyama , D. Supanitsky , M. Suzuki , J. Szabelski , N. Tajima , T. Tajima , Y. Takahashi , M. Takeda , Y. Takizawa , M. C. Talai , Y. Tameda , C. Tenzer , S. B. Thomas , O. Tibolla , L. G. Tkachev , T. Tomida , N. Tone , S. Toscano , M. Traïche , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsuno , S. Turriziani , Y. Uchihori , J. F. Valdés-Galicia , P. Vallania , L. Valore , G. Vankova-Kirilova , T. M. Venters , C. Vigorito , L. Villaseñor , B. Vlcek , P. von Ballmoos , M. Vrabel , S. Wada , J. Watanabe , J. Watts. , R. Weigand Muñoz , A. Weindl , L. Wiencke , M. Wille , J. Wilms , T. Yamamoto , J. Yang , H. Yano , I. V. Yashin , D. Yonetoku , S. Yoshida , R. Young , I. S. Zgura , M. Yu. Zotov , A. Zuccaro Marchi

Machine Learning Approach for Air Shower Recognition in EUSO-SPB Data

The main goal of The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon (EUSO-SPB1) was to observe from above extensive air showers caused by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. EUSO-SPB1 uses a fluorescence detector that observes…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-10 Michal Vrábel , Ján Genči , Pavol Bobik , Francesca Bisconti

Data Acquisition System for the UFFO Pathfinder

The Ultra-Fast Flash Observatory (UFFO) Pathfinder is a payload on the Russian Lomonosov satellite, scheduled to be launched in November 2011. The Observatory is designed to detect early UV/Optical photons from Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs).…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 G. W. Na , K. -B. Ahn , H. S. Choi , Y. J. Choi , B. Grossan , I. Hermann , S. Jeong , A. Jung , J. E. Kim , S. -W. Kim , Y. W. Kim , J. Lee , H. Lim , E. V. Linder , K. W. Min , J. W. Nam , K. H. Nam , M. I. Panasyuk , I. H. Park , G. F. Smoot , Y. D. Suh , S. Svertilov , N. Vedenkin , I. Yashin , M. H. Zhao

The Targets of Opportunity Source Catalog for the EUSO-SPB2 Mission

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2, EUSO SPB2, mission was designed to take optical measurements of extensive air showers, EASs, from suborbital space. The EUSO SPB2 payload includes an optical Cherenkov…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-12-05 Hannah Wistrand , Tobias Heibges , Jonatan Posligua , Claire Guepin , Mary Hall Reno , Tonia M. Venters

The EUSO-SPB2 Cherenkov Telescope -- Flight Performance and Preliminary Results

Astrophysical Very-High-Energy (VHE, >10PeV) neutrinos deliver crucial information about the sources of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs), the composition of UHECRs, and neutrino/particle physics at highest energies. UHE-tau neutrinos…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-31 Eliza Gazda

A Neural Network Approach for Selecting Track-like Events in Fluorescence Telescope Data

In 2016-2017, TUS, the world's first experiment for testing the possibility of registering ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) by their fluorescent radiation in the night atmosphere of Earth was carried out. Since 2019, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-06 Mikhail Zotov , Denis Sokolinskii

Estimation of the exposure for the air shower detection mode of EUSO-SPB1

EUSO-SPB1 was a balloon-borne pathfinder mission of the JEM-EUSO (Joint Experiment Missions for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) program. A 12-day long flight started from New Zealand on April 25th, 2017 on-board the NASA's Super…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-13 K. Shinozaki , M. Bertaina , F. Bisconti , F. Fenu , S. Ferrarese , S. Monte , A. Anzalone , A. Bruno , S. Briz , A. Diaz , J. Eser , L. Wiencke , A. Olinto , M. Vrabel for JEM-EUSO Collaboration

Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 calibration: from the laboratory to the desert

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) instrument was launched out of Wanaka, New Zealand, by NASA in April, 2017 as a mission of opportunity. The detector was developed as part of the Joint…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 J. H. Adams , L. Allen , R. Bachman , S. Bacholle , P. Barrillon , J. Bayer , M. Bertaina , C. Blaksley , S. Blin-Bondil , F. Cafagna , D. Campana , M. Casolino , M. J. Christl , A. Cummings , S. Dagoret-Campagne , A. Diaz Damian , A. Ebersoldt , T. Ebisuzaki , J. Escobar , J. Eser , J. Evrard , F. Fenu , W. Finch , C. Fornaro , P. Gorodetzky , R. Gregg , F. Guarino , A. Haungs , W. Hedber , P. Hunt , A. Jung , Y. Kawasaki , M. Kleifges , E. Kuznetsov , S. Mackovjak , L. Marcelli , W. Marszał , G. Medina-Tanco , S. S. Meyer , H. Miyamoto , M. Mastafa , A. V. Olinto , G. Osteria , W. Painter , B. Panico , E. Parizot , T. Paul , F. Perfetto , P. Picozza , L. W. Piotrowski , Z. Plebaniak , Z. Polonski , G. Prévôt , M. Przybylak , M. Rezazadeh , M. Ricci , J. C. Sanchez Balanzar , A. Santangelo , F. Sarazin , V. Scotti , K. Shinozaki , J. Szabelski , Y. Takizawa , L. Wiencke , R. Young , P. von Ballmoos

Trigger developments for the fluorescence detector of EUSO-TA and EUSO-SPB2

The JEM-EUSO program aims at detecting Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) by observing the fluorescence light produced by extensive air showers (EAS) in the Earth's atmosphere. Within this program, a new generation of missions is being…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-13 M. Battisti , M. Bertaina , F. Fenu , H. Miyamoto , K. Shinozaki , A. Belov , F. Bisconti , M. Mignone , F. Capel

Analysis of Fluorescence Telescope Data Using Machine Learning Methods

Fluorescence telescopes are among the key instruments used for studying ultra-high energy cosmic rays in all modern experiments. We use model data for a small ground-based telescope EUSO-TA to try some methods of machine learning and neural…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-08 Mikhail Zotov , Pavel Zakharov

The Fluorescence Camera of the POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR): Design and Scientific goals

The POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR) is a proposed payload to fly on a NASA Super Pressure Balloon (SPB). It will act as a pathfinder of the Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) detector. PBR will consist of an innovative…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 Matteo Battisti , Johannes Eser , George Filippatos , Angela Olinto , Giuseppe Osteria , Etienne Parizot , JEM-EUSO Collaboration

UCIRC2: An Infrared Cloud Monitor for EUSO-SPB2

We describe the design and implementation of the University of Chicago Infrared Camera 2 (UCIRC2) built for monitoring cloud coverage during the EUSO-SPB2 flight (the second generation of the Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-09 Rebecca Diesing , Khadijat Durojaiye , Seamus Flannery , Kameron Mehling , Noah Friedlander , Alexa Bukowski , Emily Donovan , Stephan Meyer , Angela V. Olinto

The data processing system of the POEMMA-Balloon with Radio mission

The POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR) mission incorporates an advanced data processing system (DP) to enable the detection and characterization of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and astrophysical neutrinos. The data acquisition (DAQ) system…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-20 Valentina Scotti , Antonio Anastasio , Alfonso Boiano , Francesco Cafagna , Vincenzo Masone , Marco Mese , Giuseppe Osteria , Giuseppe Passeggio , Francesco Perfetto , Haroon Akhtar Qureshi

The Fluorescence Camera for the PBR mission

The Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) Balloon with Radio (PBR) is an instrument designed to be borne by a NASA suborbital Super Pressure Balloon (SPB), in a mission planned to last as long as 50 days. The PBR instrument…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 Francesco Saverio Cafagna