The GAPS Instrument: A Large Area Time of Flight and High Resolution Exotic Atom Spectrometer for Cosmic Antinuclei
Low-energy cosmic ray antideuterons (< 0.25 GeV/) are a compelling, mostly uncharted channel of many viable dark matter models and benefit from highly suppressed astrophysical background. The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is a first-of-its-kind exotic-atom-based Antarctic balloon-borne...
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ftunitriestiris:oai:arts.units.it:11368/3007205 2023-05-15T14:13:42+02:00 The GAPS Instrument: A Large Area Time of Flight and High Resolution Exotic Atom Spectrometer for Cosmic Antinuclei T. Aramaki R. Bird M. Boezio S. E. Boggs V. Bonvicini D. Campana W. W. Craig E. Everson L. Fabris H. Fuke F. Gahbauer I. Garcia C. Gerrity C. J. Hailey T. Hayashi C. Kato A. Kawachi S. Kobayashi M. Kozai A. Lenni A. Lowell M. Manghisoni N. Marcelli B. Mochizuki S. A. I. Mognet K. Munakata R. Munini Y. Nakagami J. Olson R. A. Ong G. Osteria K. Perez S. Quinn V. Re E. Riceputi B. Roach F. Rogers J. A. Ryan N. Saffold V. Scotti Y. Shimizu M. Sonzogni R. Sparvoli A. Stoessl A. Tiberio E. Vannuccini P. von Doetinchem T. Wada M. Xiao M. Yamatani A. Yoshida T. Yoshida G. Zampa J. Zweerink Aramaki, T. Bird, R. Boezio, M. Boggs, S. E. Bonvicini, V. Campana, D. Craig, W. W. Everson, E. Fabris, L. Fuke, H. Gahbauer, F. Garcia, I. Gerrity, C. Hailey, C. J. Hayashi, T. Kato, C. Kawachi, A. Kobayashi, S. Kozai, M. Lenni, A. Lowell, A. Manghisoni, M. Marcelli, N. Mochizuki, B. Mognet, S. A. I. Munakata, K. Munini, R. Nakagami, Y. Olson, J. Ong, R. A. Osteria, G. Perez, K. Quinn, S. Re, V. Riceputi, E. Roach, B. Rogers, F. Ryan, J. A. Saffold, N. Scotti, V. Shimizu, Y. Sonzogni, M. Sparvoli, R. Stoessl, A. Tiberio, A. Vannuccini, E. von Doetinchem, P. Wada, T. Xiao, M. Yamatani, M. 2022 http://hdl.handle.net/11368/3007205 https://doi.org/10.22323/1.395.0079 https://pos.sissa.it/395/079 eng eng PoS - Proceedings of Science ispartofbook:37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021) ICRC 2021 volume:395 firstpage:1 lastpage:9 numberofpages:9 http://hdl.handle.net/11368/3007205 doi:10.22323/1.395.0079 https://pos.sissa.it/395/079 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess GAPS large-area Time-of-Flight high-resolution exotic-atom spectrometer cosmic-ray antinuclei info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2022 ftunitriestiris https://doi.org/10.22323/1.395.0079 2023-04-09T06:21:11Z Low-energy cosmic ray antideuterons (< 0.25 GeV/) are a compelling, mostly uncharted channel of many viable dark matter models and benefit from highly suppressed astrophysical background. The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is a first-of-its-kind exotic-atom-based Antarctic balloon-borne experiment specialized for detection of low-energy antiprotons, antideuterons, and antihelium with a targeted launch in 2022. The results of novel technology development and a summary of current construction status are the focus of this contribution. GAPS exploits a novel antiparticle identification technique based on exotic atom formation and decay, allowing more active target material for a larger overall acceptance since no magnet is required. The GAPS instrument consists of a large-area (∼ 50 m2) scintillator time-of-flight, ten planes of custom silicon detectors with dedicated ASIC readout, and a novel oscillating heat pipe cooling approach. This contribution will briefly introduce the exotic atom detection technique. Following this, the instrument design will be discussed and detailed description of experimental hardware and expected performance will be presented. I will conclude with recent construction and testing progress while also highlighting developments of a scaled, integrated prototype. Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic Università degli studi di Trieste: ArTS (Archivio della ricerca di Trieste) Antarctic Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2021) 079 |
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Low-energy cosmic ray antideuterons (< 0.25 GeV/) are a compelling, mostly uncharted channel of many viable dark matter models and benefit from highly suppressed astrophysical background. The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is a first-of-its-kind exotic-atom-based Antarctic balloon-borne experiment specialized for detection of low-energy antiprotons, antideuterons, and antihelium with a targeted launch in 2022. The results of novel technology development and a summary of current construction status are the focus of this contribution. GAPS exploits a novel antiparticle identification technique based on exotic atom formation and decay, allowing more active target material for a larger overall acceptance since no magnet is required. The GAPS instrument consists of a large-area (∼ 50 m2) scintillator time-of-flight, ten planes of custom silicon detectors with dedicated ASIC readout, and a novel oscillating heat pipe cooling approach. This contribution will briefly introduce the exotic atom detection technique. Following this, the instrument design will be discussed and detailed description of experimental hardware and expected performance will be presented. I will conclude with recent construction and testing progress while also highlighting developments of a scaled, integrated prototype. |
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Aramaki, T. Bird, R. Boezio, M. Boggs, S. E. Bonvicini, V. Campana, D. Craig, W. W. Everson, E. Fabris, L. Fuke, H. Gahbauer, F. Garcia, I. Gerrity, C. Hailey, C. J. Hayashi, T. Kato, C. Kawachi, A. Kobayashi, S. Kozai, M. Lenni, A. Lowell, A. Manghisoni, M. Marcelli, N. Mochizuki, B. Mognet, S. A. I. Munakata, K. Munini, R. Nakagami, Y. Olson, J. Ong, R. A. Osteria, G. Perez, K. Quinn, S. Re, V. Riceputi, E. Roach, B. Rogers, F. Ryan, J. A. Saffold, N. Scotti, V. Shimizu, Y. Sonzogni, M. Sparvoli, R. Stoessl, A. Tiberio, A. Vannuccini, E. von Doetinchem, P. Wada, T. Xiao, M. Yamatani, M. |
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T. Aramaki R. Bird M. Boezio S. E. Boggs V. Bonvicini D. Campana W. W. Craig E. Everson L. Fabris H. Fuke F. Gahbauer I. Garcia C. Gerrity C. J. Hailey T. Hayashi C. Kato A. Kawachi S. Kobayashi M. Kozai A. Lenni A. Lowell M. Manghisoni N. Marcelli B. Mochizuki S. A. I. Mognet K. Munakata R. Munini Y. Nakagami J. Olson R. A. Ong G. Osteria K. Perez S. Quinn V. Re E. Riceputi B. Roach F. Rogers J. A. Ryan N. Saffold V. Scotti Y. Shimizu M. Sonzogni R. Sparvoli A. Stoessl A. Tiberio E. Vannuccini P. von Doetinchem T. Wada M. Xiao M. Yamatani A. Yoshida T. Yoshida G. Zampa J. Zweerink |
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T. Aramaki R. Bird M. Boezio S. E. Boggs V. Bonvicini D. Campana W. W. Craig E. Everson L. Fabris H. Fuke F. Gahbauer I. Garcia C. Gerrity C. J. Hailey T. Hayashi C. Kato A. Kawachi S. Kobayashi M. Kozai A. Lenni A. Lowell M. Manghisoni N. Marcelli B. Mochizuki S. A. I. Mognet K. Munakata R. Munini Y. Nakagami J. Olson R. A. Ong G. Osteria K. Perez S. Quinn V. Re E. Riceputi B. Roach F. Rogers J. A. Ryan N. Saffold V. Scotti Y. Shimizu M. Sonzogni R. Sparvoli A. Stoessl A. Tiberio E. Vannuccini P. von Doetinchem T. Wada M. Xiao M. Yamatani A. Yoshida T. Yoshida G. Zampa J. Zweerink |
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The GAPS Instrument: A Large Area Time of Flight and High Resolution Exotic Atom Spectrometer for Cosmic Antinuclei |
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The GAPS Instrument: A Large Area Time of Flight and High Resolution Exotic Atom Spectrometer for Cosmic Antinuclei |
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The GAPS Instrument: A Large Area Time of Flight and High Resolution Exotic Atom Spectrometer for Cosmic Antinuclei |
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