Overview of Cherenkov Telescope on-board EUSO-SPB2 for the Detection of Very-High-Energy Neutrinos
M. Bagheri*, P. Bertone, I. Fontane, E. Gazda, E. G. Judd, J. F. Krizmanic, E. N. Kuznetsov, M. J. Miller, J. Nachtman, Y. Onel, A. Nepomuk Otte, P. J. Reardon, O.F. Romero Matamala, L. Wiencke on behalf of the JEM-EUSO Collaboration
Pre-published on:
July 06, 2021
Published on:
March 18, 2022
Abstract
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 is planned to fly in 2023 and is a precursor of the Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA), a candidate for an Astrophysics probe-class mission. The purpose of the Cherenkov telescope on-board EUSO-SPB2 is to classify known and unknown sources of backgrounds for future space-based neutrino detectors. Furthermore, we will use the Earth-skimming technique to search for Very-High-Energy (VHE) tau neutrinos below the limb (E > 10 PeV) and observe air showers from cosmic rays above the limb. The 0.785 $m^2$ Cherenkov telescope is equipped with a 512-pixel SiPM camera covering a 12.8° x 6.4° (Horizontal $\times$ Vertical) field of view. The camera signals are digitized with a 100 MS/s readout system. In this paper, we discuss the status of the telescope development, the camera integration, and simulation studies of the camera response.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.395.1191
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