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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

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

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

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

The JEM-EUSO Collaboration aims at studying Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) from space. To reach this goal, a series of pathfinder missions has been developed to prove the observation principle and to raise the technological readiness…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-30 Valentina Scotti , Giuseppe Osteria , Francesco Perfetto

The detection of astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube and the potential to constrain source models of ultra-high energy cosmic rays provide the motivation to develop instruments for the observation of neutrinos above $10^7$ GeV. Among the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 A. Nepomuk Otte , Eliza Gazda , Eleanor Judd , John F. Krizmanic , Evgeny Kutzenzov , Oscar Romero Matamala , Patrick J. Reardon , Lawrence Wiencke

Earth-skimming tau neutrinos with energies above $\sim 10$ PeV can convert to tau leptons that decay in the atmosphere and initiate upward-going extensive air showers that generate optical Cherenkov signals. On a curtailed NASA balloon…

In this paper we present the Data Processor (DP) of EUSO-SPB2 (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon, mission two) telescopes . The EUSO-SPB2 is the continuation of the JEM-EUSO science program on ultra-long…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-05 Giuseppe Osteria , Valentina Scotti , Francesco Perfetto

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…

During the Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) mission, we planned Target of Opportunity (ToO) operations to follow up on possible sources of $\gtrsim 10 \, {\rm PeV}$ neutrinos. The original plan…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-20 Tobias Heibges , Jonatan Posligua , Hannah Wistrand , Claire Guépin , Mary Hall Reno , Tonia M. Venters

A review of the current status of the field of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) including a summary of remaining open questions was presented in the white paper "Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays: at the Intersection of the Cosmic and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-15 J. Adams , J. Alfaro , D. Allard , P. Alldredge , R. Aloisio , R. Ammendola , A. Anastasio , L. Anchordoqui , D. Badoni , J. Baláž , B. Baret , L. Bar-On , M. Battisti , R. Bellotti , M. Bertaina , M. Betts , S. Blin , M. Boezio , P. Bořil , J. Brague , I. Buckland , J. Burton Heibges , F. S. Cafagna , P. Cao , J. Caraca , R. Caruso , M. Casolino , K. Černý , N. Cordrey , A. Creusot , A. Cummings , P. Degarate , C. De Santis , A. DiGiovanni , B. J. DiLella A. DiSalvo , J. Eser , S. Ferrarese , G. Filippatos , W. Finch , J. Ford , C. Fornaro , A. Fox-Smith , A. Froid , P. Gálvez Molina , S. Garbolino , D. Garg , B. Gockel , C. Guepin , A. Haungs , T. Heibges , J. Hicks , J. Hinkel , J. Krizmanic , L. Kupari , E. H. Lenzing , F. Liberatori , S. Mackovjak , D. Mandát , M. Manfrin , A. Marcelli , L. Marcelli , G. Masciantonio , V. Masone , E. Mayotte , E. Mentzell , A. Meli , M. Mese , S. Meyer , M. Mignone , M. Miller , M. Mongelli , J. Moses , E. Msihid , R. Munini , M. Murdock , A. Novikov , S. O'Brien , A. V. Olinto , Y. Onel , G. Osteria , B. Panico , E. Parizot , G. Passeggio , T. Paul , M. Pech , K. Penalo Castillo , F. Perfetto , C. Petta , P. Picozza , L. Piotrowski , Z. Plebaniak , H. Qureshi , E. Reali , M. H. Reno , M. Ricci , E. Ricci , A. Rivetti , A. Roy , F. Sarazin , V. Scherini , P. Schovánek , F. G. Schroeder , V. Scotti , C. Shay , A. Sotgiu , R. Sparvoli , B. Stillwell , I. Strhárský , J. Szabelski , Y. Takizawa , R. Torres , R. Triggiani , C. Trimarelli , C. Tussey , J. Tutt , M. Unger , T. Venters , M. Venugopal , P. von Ballmoos , L. Wanner , D. Washington , R. Webb , A. Weindl , L. Wiencke , S. Wissel , A. Yuan

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…

The JEM-EUSO (Joint Exploratory Missions for Extreme Universe Space Observatory) collaboration is an international initiative studying ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and related phenomena. These particles, with energies exceeding…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-24 Zbigniew Plebaniak

The origin of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) remains unsolved in contemporary astroparticle physics. The objective of the JEM-EUSO program is the realization of a space mission devoted to UHECR physics. Several detectors have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-27 Francesco Fenu

EUSO-SPB2 (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon II) is a precursor mission for a future space observatory for multi-messenger astrophysics, planned to be launched in Spring 2023 with a flight duration target of 100…

The JEM-EUSO mission aims to explore the origin of the extreme energy cosmic rays (EECRs) through the observation of air-shower fluorescence light from space. The superwide-field telescope looks down from the International Space Station…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Andreas Haungs , JEM-EUSO Collaboration

The detection of astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube in the TeV-PeV energy range motivates the development of instruments for observing these particles at higher energies. Moreover, the detection of very-high-energy (VHE) neutrinos could…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-12 Oscar Fernando Romero Matamala

Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) offer a unique chance to study the universe at energies inaccessible by man-made accelerators. Observations by ground based observatories have clarified several characteristics of these particles, but…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-05 M. Casolino