The POEMMA (Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics) Observatory

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dc.contributor.authorKrizmanic, J.
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-20T16:10:21Z
dc.date.available2021-05-20T16:10:21Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-30
dc.descriptionA. V. Olinto, J. Krizmanic, J. H. Adams, R. Aloisio, L. A. Anchordoqui, A. Anzalone, M. Bagheri, D. Barghini, M. Battisti, D. R. Bergman, M. E. Bertaina, P. F. Bertone, F. Bisconti, M. Bustamante, F. Cafagna, R. Caruso, M. Casolino, K. Černý, M. J. Christl, A. L. Cummings, I. De Mitri, R. Diesing, R. Engel, J. Eser, K. Fang, F. Fenu, G. Filippatos, E. Gazda, C. Guepin, A. Haungs, E. A. Hays, E. G. Judd, P. Klimov, V. Kungel, E. Kuznetsov, Š. Mackovjak, D. Mandát, L. Marcelli, J. McEnery, G. Medina-Tanco, K.-D. Merenda, S. S. Meyer, J. W. Mitchell, H. Miyamoto, J. M. Nachtman, A. Neronov, F. Oikonomou, Y. Onel, G. Osteria, A. N. Otte, E. Parizot, T. Paul, M. Pech, J. S. Perkins, P. Picozza, L.W. Piotrowski, Z. Plebaniak, G. Prévôt, P. Reardon, M. H. Reno, M. Ricci, O. Romero Matamala, F. Sarazin, P. Schovánek, V. Scotti, K. Shinozaki, J. F. Soriano, F. Stecker, Y. Takizawa, R. Ulrich, M. Unger, T. M. Venters, L. Wiencke, D. Winn, R. M. Young, M. Zotov
dc.description.abstractThe Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) is designed to accurately observe ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and cosmic neutrinos from space with sensitivity over the full celestial sky. POEMMA will observe the extensive air showers (EASs) from UHECRs and UHE neutrinos above 20 EeV via air fluorescence. Additionally, POEMMA will observe the Cherenkov signal from upward-moving EASs induced by Earth-interacting tau neutrinos above 20 PeV. The POEMMA spacecraft are designed to quickly re-orientate to follow up transient neutrino sources and obtain unparalleled neutrino flux sensitivity. Developed as a NASA Astrophysics Probe-class mission, POEMMA consists of two identical satellites flying in loose formation in 525 km altitude orbits. Each POEMMA instrument incorporates a wide field-of-view (45∘) Schmidt telescope with over 6 m² of collecting area. The hybrid focal surface of each telescope includes a fast (1~μs) near-ultraviolet camera for EAS fluorescence observations and an ultrafast (10~ns) optical camera for Cherenkov EAS observations. In a 5-year mission, POEMMA will provide measurements that open new multi-messenger windows onto the most energetic events in the universe, enabling the study of new astrophysics and particle physics at these otherwise inaccessible energies.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe conceptual design of POEMMA was supported by NASA Probe Mission Concept Study grant NNX17AJ82G for the 2020 Decadal Survey Planning. Contributors to this work were supported in part by NASA awards 16-APROBES16-0023, 17-APRA17-0066, NNX17AJ82G, NNX13AH54G, 80NSSC18K0246, 80NSSC18K0473, 80NSSC19K0626, and 80NSSC18K0464, US Department of Energy grant DE-SC0010113, and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF Grant PHY-1620661). MB is supported by the Villum Fonden under project no. 29388. The authors from University of Torino acknowledge support from Compagnia di San Paolo within the project ’ex-post-2018. The Czech authors are supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. GMT is supported by PAPIIT IN111621/DGAPA/UNAM.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://arxiv.org/abs/2012.07945en_US
dc.format.extent66 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articles preprintsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2mrqv-xkk6
dc.identifier.citationKrizmanic, J.; et al.; The POEMMA (Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics) Observatory; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (2020); https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.07945en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/21577
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Physics Department
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dc.subjectultra-high-energy cosmic raysen_US
dc.subjecthigh-energy neutrinosen_US
dc.subjectorbital experimenten_US
dc.subjectmulti-messenger astrophysicsen_US
dc.subjecttransient luminous eventsen_US
dc.subjectmeteorsen_US
dc.titleThe POEMMA (Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics) Observatoryen_US
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