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Duranti, Matteo (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT)), Vagelli, Valerio (Italian Space Agency (ASI) and INFN)12/05/2025, 14:30
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Rico, Javier, Rico, Javier (Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE)), Rico, Javier (Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain)12/05/2025, 14:40
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Cremonesi, Oliviero, Dr Cremonesi, Oliviero (INFN)12/05/2025, 14:50
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Donnarumma, Immacolata (National Institute for Astrophysics - INAF), Donnarumma, Immacolata (Italian Space Agency)12/05/2025, 15:00
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Pérez Grande, Isabel (Agencia Espacial Española)12/05/2025, 15:10
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Maurin, David (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))12/05/2025, 15:35Oral
The last generation of Galactic cosmic-ray experiments (AMS-02, CALET, DAMPE, ISS-CREAM) is providing a wealth of high-precision new data. The interpretation of these data is stimulating a very rich and active debate in the community, with strong discovery and constraining potentials on many topics (dark matter, acceleration and transport of cosmic rays, Galactic sources etc.). However, the...
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Perkins, Jeremy12/05/2025, 16:25Oral
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Turchi, Alessandro (Italian Space Agency)12/05/2025, 17:00Oral
Reduced atmospheric interference, the potential of stable and long-term observations free from Earth's Magnetosphere combined with tectonic stability and a field of view encompassing the entire Earth's disk make the Moon extremely attractive for observing the Earth and studying the Universe. The Earth-Moon-Mars (EMM) project aims to capitalize on these advantages.
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Gargiulo, Corrado (CERN)12/05/2025, 17:35Oral
Particle physics detectors in space employ many of the same core technologies as ground-based detectors used in high-energy physics (HEP). The engineering requirements, such as lightweight structures, radiation tolerance, and mechanical stability, closely align with those of space applications, enabling a straightforward adaptation of detector technologies to space missions. However,...
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Park, Nahee12/05/2025, 18:10Oral
HELIX is a ballon-borne experiment aiming to make mass-resolved measurements of the cosmic ray isotopes from 0.1 GeV/n up to 10 GeV/n to study the propagation of Galactic cosmic rays. The HELIX collaboration has adopted a staged approach and will modify the payload configurations over multiple flights to cover the wide energy range. The first stage of the HELIX detector is designed to measure...
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Ambrosi, Giovanni (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))13/05/2025, 09:00
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a particle physics experiment on board the International Space Station (ISS) designed to accurately measure the principal and the rarest Cosmic Rays components in the rigidity range from 1 GV to several TV.
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Following a long period of construction and testing, AMS was launched to the ISS and installed on May 19, 2011, and since then collects data and it... -
Wang, Zhigang (Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN))13/05/2025, 09:25
The High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detection facility (HERD) is an international space-borne experiment set to be installed on the China Space Station (CSS). HERD will address several major problems in fundamental physics and astrophysics, including cosmic ray (CR) direct measurements up to PeV energies, dark matter searches, and a gamma-ray survey above 0.1 GeV. The current design of HERD...
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Rauch, Brian13/05/2025, 09:50
The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder for the International Space Station (TIGERISS) is a NASA Astrophysics Pioneers mission in Phase B development with a planned launch to the ISS in 2027 and manifested on the Starboard Overhead X-Direction (SOX) location on the Columbus External Payload Facility. TIGERISS will be the first Galactic Cosmic Ray (GCR) detector to measure elemental abundances...
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Pacini, Lorenzo (INFN, Firenze (IT))13/05/2025, 10:15
We present Beam-monitor with Extreme Range (BeER), an innovative charge detector with high resolution and a wide dynamic range, initially designed to provide unique information on high-energy ion beams, which are commonly used in cosmic ray experiments for detector characterization. Several detector prototypes, built using Si photodiodes and custom readout electronics, have undergone extensive...
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Prof. Zuccon, Paolo (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))13/05/2025, 10:55
The formation of low-energy anti-deuterons in cosmic ray collisions with the Interstellar Medium (ISM) is kinetically unfavored, while several Dark Matter (DM) models foresee the production of these light nuclei even at low energy.
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The search of cosmic anti-deuterons in the kinetic energy range from a few MeV to several hundred MeV is an interesting channel for DM indirect observation.... -
Oliva, Alberto (Universita e INFN, Bologna (IT)), Pacini, Lorenzo (INFN, Firenze (IT))13/05/2025, 11:20
Apparent discrepancies exist among cosmic-ray (CR) nuclei flux measurements from recent precision experiments such as AMS, CALET, and DAMPE. While it is difficult to determine the origin of these discrepancies, a predominant source of systematic error in these measurements arises from understanding nuclear interactions in detector materials.
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Prof. Marrocchesi, Pier Simone (University of Siena and INFN Pisa)13/05/2025, 11:45
The MoonRay project is carrying out a concept study of a permanent lunar cosmic-ray (CR) and gamma-ray observatory, in view of the implementation of habitats on our satellite. The idea is to build a modular telescope that will be able to overcome the limitations, in available power and weight, of the present generation of CR instruments in Low Earth Orbit, while carrying out high energy...
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Plebaniak, Zbigniew (INFN Rome and University of Rome, Tor Vergta, Italy)13/05/2025, 12:10
The SQM-ISS detector is an advanced instrument designed to search from the International Space Station (ISS) for heavy, slow-moving particles, such as strange quark matter (SQM), Q-balls or primordial black holes. These particles, if they exist and form a part of dark matter, are expected to travel at speeds of up to 250 km/s, which corresponds to typical galactic orbital velocities. The...
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Suljic, Miljenko (CERN)13/05/2025, 15:00
Over the past decade, Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) have well established their position in high-energy physics experiment vertex detectors. By integrating both the readout circuitry and the sensitive volume on a single chip manufactured via commercial processes, MAPS enable the development of ultra-thin, large-scale tracking detectors. The ALICE Inner Tracking System 2 (ITS2),...
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Cavazzini, Leo (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))13/05/2025, 15:25
Low Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGADs) are silicon detectors with an intrinsic gain, developed for timing measurements in High Energy Physics Experiments. The sate-of-the-art LGADs foreseen for ATLAS and CMS experiments feature a channel size of about 2 mm$^2$ on 50 $\mu$m thick silicon providing a timing resolution of about 30 ps for Minimum Ionizing Particles (MIPs). These detectors are radiation...
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Ricci, Ester (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))13/05/2025, 15:50
Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS) have emerged as a key enabling technology in particle physics, offering µm-level spatial resolution, low material budget, simplified assembly, and lower production costs compared to alternative detector technologies.
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Following the success of ALPIDE, designed by the ALICE collaboration and currently operational in LHC Run 3, interest in MAPS has expanded... -
Nozzoli, Francesco (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN-TIFPA (IT))13/05/2025, 16:30
The PHeSCAMI project (Pressurized Helium Scintillating Calorimeter for AntiMatter Identification) aims to detect anti-deuterium in cosmic rays by utilizing delayed annihilations (~μs) expected within a pressurized helium target. This technique relies on capturing the helium scintillation signal (80 nm), which requires a two-stage Wavelength Shifter (WLS) conversion.
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Mazziotta, Nicola (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))13/05/2025, 16:55
In this contribution we present a novel compact particle identification (PID) detector concept based on Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) optimized to perform combined Ring-Imaging Cherenkov (RICH) and Time-of-Flight (TOF) measurements using a common photodetector layer. The system consists of a Cherenkov radiator layer separated from a photosensitive surface equipped with SiPMs by an...
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Novel, David13/05/2025, 17:20
This study presents an innovative approach to manufacturing flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs) with a low-material-budget stack, inspired by developments in the ALICE ITS1 and STAR tracker. The core of this method is the use of ultra-thin flexible cables, composed of aluminum and polyimide with thicknesses on the order of tens of micrometers, to establish connections between a sensor and...
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Dr Perrina, Chiara (EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (CH))13/05/2025, 17:45
A new era of space missions is needed to address the unresolved questions raised by current experiments, and further advance our understanding of charged cosmic rays and gamma rays. The challenge of the direct detection at increasingly higher energies, combined with enhanced energy and angular resolutions, is shaping the design of future detectors. FIT is a modular, high-resolution particle...
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Jiang, Yaozu (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))13/05/2025, 18:10Poster
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was installed on the
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International Space Station in 2011. This particle physics experiment
is designed to measure the composition of cosmic rays in low Earth
orbit, with the primary goal of distinguishing between antimatter and
matter. AMS is equipped with a permanent magnet and multiple detectors,
allowing it to analyze incoming cosmic rays with... -
Nozzoli, Francesco (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN-TIFPA (IT))13/05/2025, 18:12Poster
Scintillators such as EJ-200 plastic and LYSO inorganic crystals are widely used in current and future astroparticle physics experiments. However, significant discrepancies exist among reported measurements of light yield quenching for these materials that impacts the accuracy of expected detector responses. This study presents new experimental data obtained using muons, protons, carbon ions,...
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Brugnoni, Claudio (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))13/05/2025, 18:14Poster
High granularity 3D calorimeters offer the potential to precisely reconstruct the 3D topology of electromagnetic and hadronic showers originating from isotropic sources. This distinctive capability creates the opportunity for applying reconstruction and analysis methods that could yield additional information compared to those based on the traditional layer-by-layer energy deposit analysis...
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Calabretto, Paolo (INAF-OAS Bologna)13/05/2025, 18:16Poster
The X and Gamma Imager and Spectrometer (XGIS) on board THESEUS is a finely pixelized and modular instrument designed for broadband high-energy transient detection. XGIS consists of two cameras, each composed of 10 supermodules, with each supermodule further divided into 10 modules, and each module made with 64 independently readout pixels based on Silicon Drift Detectors coupled with 5x5x30...
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Lorusso, Leonarda (INFN Bari)13/05/2025, 18:18Poster
NUSES is a pathfinder satellite that will be deployed in a low Earth orbit, designed with new technologies for space-based detectors. Zirè is one of the payload of NUSES and aims to measure electrons, protons, and light nuclei in an kinetic energy range spanning from a few MeVs to several hundred MeVs, as well as photons in the energy range from 0.1 MeV to 10 MeV. Zirè consists of a Fiber...
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Jelinek, Jindrich (Universite de Geneve (CH), IEAP CTU (CZ))13/05/2025, 18:20Poster
Timepix3 [1] is a hybrid pixel detector with $55\,\mu\mathrm{m}$ pixel pitch in a matrix $256 \times 256$ pixels. It can measure in data-driven mode when it detects both the deposited energy and time of arrival (ToA) in the pixels. The ToA is written with $1.56\,\mathrm{ns}$ precision. The fine ToA resolution permits 3D reconstruction of tracks within the sensor [2]. This makes Compton camera...
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Ms Ghose, Essna (INFN Lecce e University of Trento (IT))13/05/2025, 18:22Poster
Plastic scintillator detectors can provide charge measurement and participate in the anti-coincidence trigger system for gamma detection in space-born cosmic ray experiments, such as HERD (High Energy Cosmic Radiation Detection). In order to achieve its objective, the plastic scintillator bars will be equipped with two different kinds of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) for HighZ and LowZ...
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Lathika, Keerthana Rajan (Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain)13/05/2025, 18:24Poster
The use of scintillating fiber detectors, read out with silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays, has emerged as a promising technology for particle tracking in high-energy physics, cosmic-ray and gamma-ray astrophysics. The FIber Tracker (FIT), proposed for the upcoming High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detection (HERD) facility, provides a spatial resolution at the scale of tens of micrometers with...
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Dr Violette, Daniel (NASA/GSFC, ORAU (US))13/05/2025, 18:26Poster
A next-generation gamma-ray observatory operating in the medium-energy gamma-ray band (~100 keV to 100 MeV) will provide crucial capabilities needed to identify and classify multi-messenger sources and to probe the explosive and energetic processes in the universe including relativistic jets and gamma-ray bursts. Advancements in tracker detector technologies and instrument design are critical...
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Cavazzuti, Elisabetta (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), Miliucci, Marco (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)13/05/2025, 18:28Poster
In the context of the Pentadimensional Tracking Space Detector project (PTSD), we are currently developing a demonstrator to increase the Technological Readiness Level of LGAD Si-microstrip tracking detectors for applications in space-borne instruments. Low Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGAD) is a consolidated technology developed for particle detectors at colliders which allows for simultaneous and...
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Hu, Jiayu (INFN)13/05/2025, 18:30Poster
In the context of the Pentadimensional Tracking Space Detector project (PTSD), we are currently developing a demonstrator to increase the Technological Readiness Level of LGAD Si-microstrip tracking detectors for applications in space-borne instruments. Low Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGAD) is a consolidated technology developed for particle detectors at colliders which allows for simultaneous and...
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Brugnoni, Claudio (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))13/05/2025, 22:00Poster
High granularity 3D calorimeters offer the potential to precisely reconstruct the 3D topology of electromagnetic and hadronic showers originating from isotropic sources. This distinctive capability creates the opportunity for applying reconstruction and analysis methods that could yield additional information compared to those based on the traditional layer-by-layer energy deposit analysis...
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Lathika, Keerthana Rajan (Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain)13/05/2025, 22:02Poster
The use of scintillating fiber detectors, read out with silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays, has emerged as a promising technology for particle tracking in high-energy physics, cosmic-ray and gamma-ray astrophysics. The FIber Tracker (FIT), proposed for the upcoming High Energy cosmic-Radiation Detection (HERD) facility, provides a spatial resolution at the scale of tens of micrometers with...
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Nozzoli, Francesco (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN-TIFPA (IT))13/05/2025, 22:04Poster
Scintillators such as EJ-200 plastic and LYSO inorganic crystals are widely used in current and future astroparticle physics experiments. However, significant discrepancies exist among reported measurements of light yield quenching for these materials that impacts the accuracy of expected detector responses. This study presents new experimental data obtained using muons, protons, carbon ions,...
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Jiang, Yaozu (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))13/05/2025, 22:06Poster
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was installed on the
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International Space Station in 2011. This particle physics experiment
is designed to measure the composition of cosmic rays in low Earth
orbit, with the primary goal of distinguishing between antimatter and
matter. AMS is equipped with a permanent magnet and multiple detectors,
allowing it to analyze incoming cosmic rays with... -
Gryniuk, Oleksii, Perinelli, Alessio13/05/2025, 22:08Poster
We present a preliminary design study of a superconducting magnetic spectrometer aimed at detecting light galactic antinuclei in space. As an initial step, we are developing a smaller demonstrator spectrometer for testing aboard a stratospheric balloon above Antarctica. To assess the feasibility of this approach, we performed a Geant4 simulation to evaluate the survival probability of...
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Lorusso, Leonarda (INFN Bari)13/05/2025, 22:10Poster
NUSES is a pathfinder satellite that will be deployed in a low Earth orbit, designed with new technologies for space-based detectors. Zirè is one of the payload of NUSES and aims to measure electrons, protons, and light nuclei in an kinetic energy range spanning from a few MeVs to several hundred MeVs, as well as photons in the energy range from 0.1 MeV to 10 MeV. Zirè consists of a Fiber...
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44. Search for Primordial Black holes from the International Space Station with the SQM-ISS detectorLiberatori, Francesca (Tor Vergata)13/05/2025, 22:12Poster
In this paper we discuss the observational capabilities and sensitivity of the SQM-ISS detector to primordial black holes.
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Primordial black holes are hypothetical black holes that could have formed in the early Universe as a result of density fluctuations in the primordial plasma, and could span a wide range of masses, from microscopic to several solar masses.
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Cuna, Federica13/05/2025, 22:14Poster
The application of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in astroparticle experiments represents a groundbreaking advancement in data analysis and experimental design. As space missions become increasingly complex, integrating AI technologies is essential for optimizing their performance and enhancing their scientific outcomes. In this study, we propose a fully custom-designed...
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Calabretto, Paolo (INAF-OAS Bologna)13/05/2025, 22:16Poster
The X and Gamma Imager and Spectrometer (XGIS) on board THESEUS is a finely pixelized and modular instrument designed for broadband high-energy transient detection. XGIS consists of two cameras, each composed of 10 supermodules, with each supermodule further divided into 10 modules, and each module made with 64 independently readout pixels based on Silicon Drift Detectors coupled with 5x5x30...
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Ms Ghose, Essna (INFN Lecce e University of Trento (IT))13/05/2025, 22:18Poster
Plastic scintillator detectors can provide charge measurement and participate in the anti-coincidence trigger system for gamma detection in space-born cosmic ray experiments, such as HERD (High Energy Cosmic Radiation Detection). In order to achieve its objective, the plastic scintillator bars will be equipped with two different kinds of silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) for HighZ and LowZ...
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Jelinek, Jindrich (Universite de Geneve (CH), IEAP CTU (CZ))13/05/2025, 22:20Poster
Timepix3 [1] is a hybrid pixel detector with $55\,\mu\mathrm{m}$ pixel pitch in a matrix $256 \times 256$ pixels. It can measure in data-driven mode when it detects both the deposited energy and time of arrival (ToA) in the pixels. The ToA is written with $1.56\,\mathrm{ns}$ precision. The fine ToA resolution permits 3D reconstruction of tracks within the sensor [2]. This makes Compton camera...
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Dr Violette, Daniel (NASA/GSFC, ORAU (US))13/05/2025, 22:22Poster
A next-generation gamma-ray observatory operating in the medium-energy gamma-ray band (~100 keV to 100 MeV) will provide crucial capabilities needed to identify and classify multi-messenger sources and to probe the explosive and energetic processes in the universe including relativistic jets and gamma-ray bursts. Advancements in tracker detector technologies and instrument design are critical...
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Cavazzuti, Elisabetta (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), Miliucci, Marco (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)13/05/2025, 22:24Poster
In the context of the Pentadimensional Tracking Space Detector project (PTSD), we are currently developing a demonstrator to increase the Technological Readiness Level of LGAD Si-microstrip tracking detectors for applications in space-borne instruments. Low Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGAD) is a consolidated technology developed for particle detectors at colliders which allows for simultaneous and...
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Ghislotti, Luca (University of Bergamo and INFN Pavia)13/05/2025, 22:26Poster
The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is a stratospheric balloon experiment designed to search for low-energy cosmic-ray antinuclei as potential indirect evidence of dark matter annihilation or decay. Flying over Antarctica, GAPS will complete three flights for a combined mission duration of approximately 100 days. By targeting the largely unexplored sub-250 MeV/n energy range, GAPS...
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Mazziotta, Nicola (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))13/05/2025, 22:28Poster
The Advanced Particle Astrophysics Telescope (APT) is a proposed next-generation space-based observatory designed for gamma-ray astronomy in the MeV-TeV energy range. To validate its technology and design, a small-scale prototype, the Antarctic Demonstrator for APT (ADAPT), is currently under development for a high-altitude balloon flight during the 2026-2027 Antarctic summer. Among its...
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Dr Silveri, Leandro (New York University Abu Dhabi)13/05/2025, 22:30Poster
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) techniques allow us to detect the characteristic X-rays from a material. This process has been used in several application fields, from environmental studies on air particulates to pigments composing a specific artwork.
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Regolith covers the moon's surface for meters, and its thickness varies from micrometers up to centimeters. Its dust is electrically charged, and... -
Hu, Jiayu (INFN)13/05/2025, 22:32Poster
In the context of the Pentadimensional Tracking Space Detector project (PTSD), we are currently developing a demonstrator to increase the Technological Readiness Level of LGAD Si-microstrip tracking detectors for applications in space-borne instruments. Low Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGAD) is a consolidated technology developed for particle detectors at colliders which allows for simultaneous and...
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Scotti, Valentina13/05/2025, 22:34Poster
The study of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays is made possible by space telescopes that allow recording signals generated by Extensive Air showers (EAS) in the night side of the Earth’s atmosphere. One of the requirements for these telescopes is the detection of very low photon fluxes, achievable using the latest generation SiPMs characterized by high intrinsic gains, low power consumption, low...
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Di Salvo, Andrea (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)13/05/2025, 22:36Poster
This work describes the development of the Multi-channel Integrated Zone-sampling Analogue-memory based Readout (MIZAR) ASIC. This 64-channel chip was designed as part of NASA's POEMMA Balloon with RADIO (PBR) mission, which aims to detect Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) and showers produced by the interaction of Cosmic Neutrinos (CNs) in the crust. The ASIC was implemented to read...
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Esposito, Claudia (Italian Space Agency)13/05/2025, 22:38Poster
The Earth-Moon-Mars (EMM) initiative, funded under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) and jointly coordinated by INAF, ASI, and CNR, aims to establish the Moon as a versatile platform for scientific research. Central to the project is the development of the Lunar Adaptive Outpost for Remote Italian Experiments (LAORIE), through which three advanced and highly specialized...
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7. The X and Gamma-ray Imager and Spectrometer on board THESEUS: status and technological progressesMattioli, Giulia (INAF-OAS Bologna)14/05/2025, 09:00
THESEUS (Transient High-Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor) is one of the three M7 mission candidates currently in Phase A for assessment and launch opportunity in 2037. The mission is designed to provide unprecedented capabilities for detecting and characterizing X-ray and gamma-ray transients, supporting time-domain and multi-messenger astrophysics. A key instrument on board THESEUS is...
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Tatischeff, Vincent (IJCLab)14/05/2025, 09:25
newASTROGAM is a breakthrough mission concept for the study of the non-thermal Universe from space with gamma rays in the energy range from 100 keV to 3 GeV. It is based on an advanced space-proven detector technology, which will achieve unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution combined with polarimetric capability. Since the MeV gamma-ray energy range is the most...
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Fukazawa, Yasushi14/05/2025, 09:50
Gamma-ray and multimessenger astrophysics are frontiers for discovery and uniquely provide access to the extreme processes that sculpt the universe. As a priority theme of the Astro2020 Decadal Survey report: New Messengers New Physics, this science is poised to revolutionize our understanding of the extreme universe. The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer (AMEGO-X) is...
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Metzler, Zachary14/05/2025, 10:15
ComPair is a prototype of the probe-class All-Sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO), which aims to fill the MeV gap. The instrument consists of four detector subsystems: a Silicon strip tracker, CZT and CsI calorimeters, and a plastic scintillator anti-coincidence detector. ComPair completed a 6.5-hour high altitude balloon flight on August 23, 2023 from Fort Sumner, NM. I will...
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Tomsick, John (Space Sciences Laboratory / University of California, Berkeley)14/05/2025, 10:55
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is an upcoming NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) satellite mission with a planned Falcon 9 launch in 2027. COSI operates as a Compton telescope in the 0.2-5 MeV gamma-ray bandpass, it has an instantaneous field of view of >25%-sky, and it obtains coverage the entire sky every day. COSI provides imaging, spectroscopy, and polarimetry of astrophysical...
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De Mitri, Ivan (Gran Sasso Science Institute (IT))14/05/2025, 11:20
The Crystal Eye detector is an all-sky spaceborne gamma-ray monitor intended to cover the energy range between 10 keV - 30 MeV, a region currently lacking of extensive observations and monitoring. To optimize its design and estimate its scientific potential, it is essential to understand the environment where it will operate and how it could affect the observation process. With this aim, we...
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Krizmanic, John Francis (NASA-Natl. Aeronaut. & Space Admin. (US))14/05/2025, 11:45
The Galactic Annihilation Line Explorer (GALE) mission will address a long-outstanding question in our understanding of the sources of Galactic positrons: whether they are produced by unresolved astrophysical sources or created via diffuse processes, possibly due to dark matter decays and/or interactions. This problem of Galactic positrons that produce 511-keV gamma-ray emission from the...
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Gargano, Fabio (Univ. + INFN), Mazziotta, Nicola (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))14/05/2025, 12:10
The astrophysical community is currently focusing on the development of next-generation gamma-ray telescopes designed to detect low-energy photons in the MeV-GeV range, operating in both the Compton and pair conversion regimes. The proposed Advanced Particle-astrophysics Telescope (APT) is a MeV-TeV gamma-ray space-based planned mission aimed at providing an order of magnitude improvement in...
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Fariña, Luis (IFAE-BIST)14/05/2025, 12:35
Assessing the performance of a gamma-ray detector in the GeV energy range with an effective 2-pi field of view (FoV) in space is relevant for the design of future missions aimed at the study of the high energy emission of transient events. Such a design offers a significant advantage for detecting short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which can be as short as only a fraction of a second....
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Monti Guarnieri, Pietro (Universita e INFN, Ferrara (IT))14/05/2025, 13:00
High-density and high-Z crystals are a key element of most detectors used to observe High Energy (HE) $\gamma-$rays and cosmic rays from space, such as Fermi-LAT and DAMPE. The lattice structure of these materials is usually ignored for all practical purposes, such as instrument calibration or simulation. However, recent studies have shown that this is a rough approximation, since $e^\pm$ and...
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Dr Soffitta, Paolo (INAF-IAPS)15/05/2025, 09:00
The launch of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) on December 9, 2021, marked a transformative milestone in high-energy astrophysics, solidifying X-ray polarimetry as the "Holy Grail" of this field. IXPE has not only met but has consistently upheld its pre-launch performance expectations, operating with an impressive duty cycle close to 100%. In particular detectors are compliant...
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Mr Tugliani, Stefano (UNITO - INFN Sezione Torino)15/05/2025, 09:25
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA-ASI space mission launched in 2021 and it is the current state-of-the-art of astrophysical X-ray polarimetry. It measures the linear polarization of different astrophysical sources over the photon energy range 2-8 keV.
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Its core detector is the Gas Pixel Detector (GPD): it employs the photoelectric effect and the polarization is recovered... -
Muleri, Fabio15/05/2025, 09:50
The successful detection by the IXPE mission of X-ray polarization from tens
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of celestial sources belonging to different classes has opened a new window in
X-ray astronomy. While an impressive number of scientific topics have already
been tackled by IXPE, many of them would benefit from a new class of
instrumentation which could be launched in a relatively short time-scale. In
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Dr De Angelis, Nicolas (INAF-IAPS)15/05/2025, 10:15
The CUbesat Solar Polarimeter (CUSP) project is a CubeSat mission planned for a launch in low-Eart orbit and aimed to measure the linear polarization of solar flares in the hard X-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter. CUSP will allow to study the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in the flaring magnetic structures of our star. CUSP is a project in the framework...
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FRANEL, Nathan15/05/2025, 10:55
COMCUBE-S is a new ESA gamma-ray space mission designed for gamma-ray burst (GRB) polarimetry and all-sky monitoring of the gamma-ray sky for time-domain astronomy and multi-messenger observations.
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The mission is currently in phase A at ESA. The baseline configuration consists of a swarm of 27 16U CubeSats evenly spaced in a 500 km equatorial orbit. Each CubeSat embarks a Compton polarimeter... -
Soleti, Stefano Roberto (Donostia International Physics Center)15/05/2025, 11:20
COCOA (COmpact COmpton cAmera) is a next-generation, cost-effective gamma-ray telescope designed for astrophysical observations in the MeV energy range. The detector comprises a scatterer volume employing the LiquidO detection technology and an array of scintillating crystals acting as absorber. Surrounding plastic scintillator panels serve as a veto system for charged particles. The...
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Prof. HERNANZ CARBO, MARGARITA (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) & IEEC)15/05/2025, 11:45
The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), that had a large involvement of Europe, until it was de-scoped to a "China-only" mission in 2024. The scientific payload of the former eXTP included four instruments: SFA (Spectroscopy Focusing Array) and PFA (Polarimetry Focusing Array) - led by China - and LAD (Large Area...
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Ceraudo, Francesco (INAF-IAPS)15/05/2025, 12:10
The Lunar Electromagnetic Monitor in X-rays (LEM-X) is a proposed all-sky X-ray observatory to be installed on the surface of the Moon for the rapid identification of high-energy transients and the long-term monitoring of astrophysical sources in the 2 − 50 keV band. Developed within the Earth Moon Mars (EMM) project of the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan, LEM-X has been...
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Dr Ricciarini, Sergio Bruno (IFAC - CNR (Firenze, Italy))15/05/2025, 16:30
The High Energy Particle Detector HEPD-02 is primarily devoted to observe fluxes of cosmic-ray electrons, protons and light nuclei, with kinetic energies in the MeV range – up to a few hundreds. HEPD-02 will be hosted on-board the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite CSES-02, on a quasi-polar, low-Earth orbit; the launch is currently foreseen during 2025.
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De Mitri, Ivan (Gran Sasso Science Institute (IT))15/05/2025, 16:55
The Zirè detector is one of the two scientific payloads of the NUSES satellite, which is currently under construction and test. Zirè aims to measure electrons, protons, and light nuclei in an kinetic energy range spanning from a few MeVs up to several hundred MeVs, enabling the study of low-energy cosmic rays, space weather phenomena, and potential Magnetosphere-Lithosphere-Ionosphere Coupling...
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Munini, Riccardo (INFN-TS)15/05/2025, 17:20
The General Anti Particle Spectrometer (GAPS) is a balloon-borne cosmic-ray experiment expected to be launched during the Antarctic summer season 25/26.
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Its primary science goal is to search for light antinuclei in cosmic rays at kinetic energies below 0.25 GeV/n, as a possible indirect dark matter signature.
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Orta-Terré, Marina (ICCUB - IEEC)15/05/2025, 17:45
LISA will be the first space-based gravitational wave observatory sensitive to the unexplored frequency band of 0.1 mHz – 1 Hz. It will consist of three identical spacecraft (SC) 2.5 million km away from each other. Each SC will be equipped with lasers and free-falling Au/Pt solid cubes (known as Test Masses, TMs). Gravitational waves will be detected by measuring small variations in the...
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Osteria, Giuseppe15/05/2025, 18:20
To measure particles with energies above 10^19 eV, enormous exposures are needed. The Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) is a new design for such a mission. It is a proposed as a dual-satellite mission to observe Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) at the highest energies and Very-High-Energy Neutrinos (VHENs) following multi-messenger alerts of astrophysical transient...
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Dr Panico, Beatrice (University of Naples Federico II - INFN Sez. Napoli)15/05/2025, 18:45
POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR) is designed as a payload for a NASA suborbital Super Pressure Balloon that will circle over the Southern Ocean and a mission duration as long as 50 days. The PBR instrument consists of a 1.1 m aperture Schmidt telescope similar to the POEMMA design with two cameras in its focal surface: a Fluorescence Camera (FC) and a Cherenkov Camera (CC). The CC camera is...
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Torres Saavedra, Rodrigo Alberto (Gran Sasso Science Institute)15/05/2025, 19:10
Understanding the universe at the highest energies requires innovative approaches, as the fluxes of CRs at these energies are exceedingly low due to the power-law nature of the CR spectra. Current state-of-the-art experiments, such as the Pierre Auger Observatory and Telescope Array (TA) ground-based detectors for CR physics and IceCube and KM3Net for neutrino observations, have already...
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Iuppa, Roberto (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))15/05/2025, 19:35Poster
Operating a space-based detector in high-radiation regions such as the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) presents challenges for both hardware design and data acquisition. The Low Energy Module (LEM) has been conceived to address these demands, offering robust measurement capabilities even under hostile conditions. NUSES is a forthcoming space mission intended to test innovative observational and...
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Pietroni, Silvia (University of Rome Tor Vergata - INFN)15/05/2025, 19:37Poster
The China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) mission is a collaborative effort between China and Italy aimed at building a constellation of multi-payload space observatories dedicated to studying Earth’s geophysical properties from space using non-imaging remote sensing methods. The project seeks to develop a network of small satellites that continuously gather data from the entire...
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Caruso, Rossella15/05/2025, 19:39Poster
Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs), constitute the enabling technology for a diverse and rapidly growing range of applications: experimental physics, medical imaging and commercial applications are only a few examples. The development of detectors based on SiPM photosensors for acquisition of fast signals coming from Cherenkov and fluorescence emission started by particle showers in the...
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De Angelis, Nicolas (Universite de Geneve (CH))15/05/2025, 19:41Poster
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the most powerful and violent events in the Universe. Despite over half a century of observations of these transient sources, many open questions remain about their nature and the physical emission mechanisms at play. Polarization measurements of the GRB prompt γ-ray emission have long been theorized to be able to answer most of these questions. With the aim...
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Della Casa, Giovanni (INAF-IAPS)15/05/2025, 19:43Poster
The Large Area Detector (LAD) is an instrument concept for high-throughput spectral timing studies of compact astrophysical sources in the X-ray energy band (2-30 keV), originally proposed for the LOFT, eXTP and STROBE-X space missions. The LAD is based on an array of collimated large-area linear Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs), that can be combined to accumulate a large effective area. The...
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M'sihid, Enzio (APC — Laboratory Astroparticle & Cosmology)15/05/2025, 19:45Poster
The counting process of individual physical events in the presence of an extended dead time (EDT) in the electronics results in the saturation and quenching of the counting rate, due to pile-up. This effect can be accounted for, on average, by inverting the saturation curve, provided the electronics double pulse resolution associated with the counting process is known. In the present work, we...
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M'sihid, Enzio (APC — Laboratory Astroparticle & Cosmology)15/05/2025, 19:47Poster
The Mini-EUSO mission operates from inside the International Space Station (ISS) to detect UV photons produced by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs), ELVES, meteors or other transient atmospheric or ground phenomena, using multi-anode photomultiplier tubes (MAPMTs) in single photoelectron counting mode. Because of the $\sim 6$ ns extended dead time (EDT) associated with the use of the...
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Srivastava, Smiriti (INAF OAS Bologna, Italy)15/05/2025, 19:49Poster
Transient High-Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS), a multi-instrument space mission concept, is currently one of the three candidates of the European Space Agency (ESA) M7 medium size missions, with strong heritage derived from the M5 Phase-Assessment (Phase-A) study in 2018-2021.
With an intended launch in 2037, the main goals of this mission include exploring the early...
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Iuppa, Roberto (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))15/05/2025, 21:30Poster
Operating a space-based detector in high-radiation regions such as the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) presents challenges for both hardware design and data acquisition. The Low Energy Module (LEM) has been conceived to address these demands, offering robust measurement capabilities even under hostile conditions. NUSES is a forthcoming space mission intended to test innovative observational and...
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Dr Perinelli, Alessio (University of Trento)15/05/2025, 21:32Poster
The forthcoming second China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES-02) will host the novel generation High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-02), optimized for the detection of 30 MeV - 200 MeV protons and 3 MeV - 100 MeV electrons. HEPD-02 is equipped with a silicon pixel tracker, a stack of plastic scintillators, and a segmented LYSO crystal scintillator. The complex design of the detector...
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Pietroni, Silvia (University of Rome Tor Vergata - INFN)15/05/2025, 21:34Poster
The China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) mission is a collaborative effort between China and Italy aimed at building a constellation of multi-payload space observatories dedicated to studying Earth’s geophysical properties from space using non-imaging remote sensing methods. The project seeks to develop a network of small satellites that continuously gather data from the entire...
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M'sihid, Enzio (APC — Laboratory Astroparticle & Cosmology)15/05/2025, 21:36Poster
The counting process of individual physical events in the presence of an extended dead time (EDT) in the electronics results in the saturation and quenching of the counting rate, due to pile-up. This effect can be accounted for, on average, by inverting the saturation curve, provided the electronics double pulse resolution associated with the counting process is known. In the present work, we...
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M'sihid, Enzio (APC — Laboratory Astroparticle & Cosmology)15/05/2025, 21:38Poster
The Mini-EUSO mission operates from inside the International Space Station (ISS) to detect UV photons produced by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs), ELVES, meteors or other transient atmospheric or ground phenomena, using multi-anode photomultiplier tubes (MAPMTs) in single photoelectron counting mode. Because of the $\sim 6$ ns extended dead time (EDT) associated with the use of the...
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Cafagna, Francesco (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Panico, Beatrice (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics), Dr Panico, Beatrice (University of Naples Federico II - INFN Sez. Napoli)15/05/2025, 21:40Poster
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 consists of a 1.1 m aperture Schmidt telescope, similar to the POEMMA design, with two cameras in its hybrid focal surface: a Fluorescence Camera (FC) and...
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Buckland, Isaac (INFN Trieste)15/05/2025, 21:42Poster
Future space detectors for Ultra High Energy neutrinos and cosmic rays will utilize Cherenkov telescopes to detect forward-beamed Cherenkov light produced by charged particles in Extensive Air Showers. A Cherenkov detector can be equipped with an array of Silicon Photo-Multiplier (SiPM) pixels, which offer several advantages over traditional photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). SiPMs are compact,...
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Marcelli, Laura15/05/2025, 21:44Poster
Since 2019, the Mini-EUSO (Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) telescope has been observing the Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) with a field of view of 44 degrees and a spatial resolution of about 6 km at Earth’s surface.
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Caruso, Rossella15/05/2025, 21:46Poster
Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs), constitute the enabling technology for a diverse and rapidly growing range of applications: experimental physics, medical imaging and commercial applications are only a few examples. The development of detectors based on SiPM photosensors for acquisition of fast signals coming from Cherenkov and fluorescence emission started by particle showers in the...
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Dr Popescu, Florin-Adrian (Institute of Space Science - subsidiary of NFLPR)15/05/2025, 21:48Poster
The silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) is increasingly used in single-photon or few-photon based applications such as spectroscopy, quantum experiments and distance measurements (LIDAR). Also, it founds its niche in fast timing applications such as time of flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) and in high energy physics (HEP).
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Marcelli, Laura15/05/2025, 21:50Poster
The POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR) is a NASA mission designed to study Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) and Very-High-Energy Neutrinos (VHENs) from a balloon platform. Serving as a precursor to the planned POEMMA (Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics) satellite mission, PBR will be launched aboard a NASA Super Pressure Balloon for a targeted flight as long as 50 days at an...
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Baroni, Giulia (INAF/OATS)15/05/2025, 21:52Poster
The Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal (SpIRIT) is a 6U CubeSat
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nano-satellite mission born from a collaboration between Australia and Italy in
high-energy astrophysics. The 6U CubeSat carries an actively cooled detector
system payload in a Sun-synchronous orbit. This payload unit hosts advanced X-
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Srivastava, Smiriti (INAF OAS Bologna, Italy)15/05/2025, 21:54Poster
Transient High-Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS), a multi-instrument space mission concept, is currently one of the three candidates of the European Space Agency (ESA) M7 medium size missions, with strong heritage derived from the M5 Phase-Assessment (Phase-A) study in 2018-2021.
With an intended launch in 2037, the main goals of this mission include exploring the early...
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Della Casa, Giovanni (INAF-IAPS)15/05/2025, 21:56Poster
The Large Area Detector (LAD) is an instrument concept for high-throughput spectral timing studies of compact astrophysical sources in the X-ray energy band (2-30 keV), originally proposed for the LOFT, eXTP and STROBE-X space missions. The LAD is based on an array of collimated large-area linear Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs), that can be combined to accumulate a large effective area. The...
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Gargano, Fabio (Univ. + INFN)15/05/2025, 21:58Poster
The Antarctic Demonstrator for the Advanced Particle-Astrophysics Telescope (ADAPT) is a NASA suborbital mission planned for a high-altitude balloon flight over Antarctica during the 2026-2027 season. ADAPT aims to validate key detector technologies for the forthcoming space-based Advanced Particle-Astrophysics Telescope (APT) mission, an MeV-TeV gamma-ray telescope designed to provide an...
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De Angelis, Nicolas (Universite de Geneve (CH))15/05/2025, 22:00Poster
Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the most powerful and violent events in the Universe. Despite over half a century of observations of these transient sources, many open questions remain about their nature and the physical emission mechanisms at play. Polarization measurements of the GRB prompt γ-ray emission have long been theorized to be able to answer most of these questions. With the aim...
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81. A-STEP, the AstroPix Sounding rocked Technology dEmonstrator Payload: Multi-detector performanceLaviron, Adrien (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA Post-doctoral Program (NPP))16/05/2025, 09:00
A gamma-ray observatory with high sensitivity in the MeV range (100 keV - 100 MeV) and with good spectral and polarimetric capabilities will bring unprecedented insights into many astrophysical domains such as cosmic ray production and propagation, nucleosynthesis processes and transient and extreme phenomena, and will be key in addressing fundamental physics questions such as the nature of...
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Lega, Alessandro (INFN)16/05/2025, 09:25
Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) play a critical role in high-resolution X-ray polarimetry, enabling precise measurements for astrophysical missions such as IXPE, Polarlight, and the upcoming eXTP telescope. These detectors rely on the ability to amplify electron signals generated by incoming X-rays with high spatial resolution while maintaining optimal detection efficiency in the 2–8 keV...
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Fiorina, Davide (GSSI & INFN LNGS)16/05/2025, 09:50
We present a novel large-volume, extended field-of-view Time Projection Chamber (TPC) tailored for hard X‑ray polarimetry. Originally developed for directional Dark Matter searches, the system has been adapted to measure the polarization of X‑rays, providing a new tool to probe the high-energy universe. The detector employs a triple-GEM configuration coupled with an optical readout, using a...
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Volpato, Chiara (University of Firenze)16/05/2025, 10:15
The direct measurement of the antimatter components in cosmic rays provides a crucial information on the mechanisms responsible for their acceleration/propagation and represent a powerful tool for the indirect search of dark matter. At present, charge sign discrimination has been performed by the use of magnetic spectrometers, which are not suited to extend the current measurements at higher...
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Duranti, Matteo (Universita e INFN, Perugia (IT))16/05/2025, 10:55
In the context of the Pentadimensional Tracking Space Detector
project (PTSD), we are currently developing a demonstrator to increase the Technological Readiness Level of LGAD Si-microstrip tracking detectors for applications in space-borne instruments.Low Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGAD) is a consolidated technology developed for particle detectors at colliders which allows for simultaneous...
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Mr Castaldini, Luca (INAF/OAS Bologna)16/05/2025, 11:20
Machine Learning (ML) techniques have proven highly effective in gamma-ray data analysis performed in ground-based pipelines. Implementing ML analysis directly onboard satellites introduces transformative capabilities that enhance both spacecraft autonomy and ground segment efficiency. Onboard ML processing significantly reduces the required downlink bandwidth by selecting relevant data before...
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Cuna, Federica (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT))16/05/2025, 11:45
The integration of advanced artificial intelligence techniques into astroparticle experiments marks a transformative step in data analysis and experimental design. As space missions grow increasingly complex, the adoption of AI technologies becomes critical to optimizing performance and achieving robust scientific outcomes.
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Tabarroni, Luca (INFN e Universita Roma Tor Vergata (IT))16/05/2025, 12:10
The growing demand for GPUs has led to the rapid development of machine learning research techniques in all areas of science, including High Energy Physics.
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We present a study focused on the classification task of simulated electrons and protons as they would be detected by the High Energy Cosmic-Radiation Detection (HERD) Facility. HERD is a high-energy cosmic-ray detector based on a deep... -
Cibrario, Nicolo'16/05/2025, 12:35
In astroparticle physics, machine learning (ML)-based analyses often rely heavily on Monte Carlo (MC) simulations, yet discrepancies between simulated and real experimental data can pose significant challenges, particularly in the context of supervised ML techniques. In its 2017 publication, the Fermi-LAT collaboration conducted an analysis of the cosmic electrons and positrons spectrum,...
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Puccetti, Niccolo (Universita degli Studi di Trento and INFN (IT))Poster
MAPS are silicon-based solid-state detectors used in high-energy physics experiments, such as the Inner Tracking System of the ALICE experiment at CERN, used for their high granularity and minimal material budget. Here we present the first application of this technology to a spaceborne detector, the High Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-02), scheduled for launch during 2025 onboard the China...
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Jain, VidhiPoster
The deployment of high-Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnets in space has the ability to revolutionize astroparticle physics by enhancing the overall performance of cosmic ray detectors and radiation shielding systems. Traditional superconducting magnets face operational challenges in space because of high temperature variations and power constraints; however improvements in HTS technology...
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Capobianco, Gerardo
As part of the “Earth Moon Mars (EMM)” project, led by INAF (Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica) in partnership with ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) and CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) and funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), we are developing the Solar X Ray Moonitor (SXRM), a Moon-based instrument to monitor solar activity from the lunar surface in the...
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Fiore, FabrizioOral
HERMES Pathfinder is scheduled for launch on March 6th 2025 on board Space X Transporter 13. The commissioning phase will then start as soon as the six 3U CubeSat will be deployed from D-Orbit ION space tug, starting from one week after the launch. HERMES Pathfinder is an in-orbit demonstration to prove that high energy cosmic transients such as Gamma Ray Bursts can be efficiently detected by...
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Srivastava, Smiriti (INAF OAS Bologna, Italy)Poster
Transient High-Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS), a multi-instrument space mission concept, is currently one of the three candidates of the European Space Agency (ESA) M7 medium size missions, with strong heritage derived from the M5 Phase-Assessment (Phase-A) study in 2018-2021.
With an intended launch in 2037, the main goals of this mission include exploring the early...
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Cafagna, Francesco (Universita e INFN, Bari (IT)), Dr Panico, Beatrice (University of Naples Federico II - INFN Sez. Napoli), Panico, Beatrice (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)Poster
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 consists of a 1.1 m aperture Schmidt telescope, similar to the POEMMA design, with two cameras in its hybrid focal surface: a Fluorescence Camera (FC) and...
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Tambone, Matteo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, INFN Sezione di Napoli)Poster
WINK is a test prototype for the innovative technology of Crystal Eye, a detector developed for the all-sky detection of gamma and X rays in 0.1-30 MeV range aimed to study the EM emissions associated with extreme phenomena in the Universe as, for example, production of gravitational waves, and to investigate phenomena such as the prompt emissions of Gamma Rays Bursts (GBRs), while also...
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