Searching for cosmic antihelium nuclei with the GAPS experiment
At low energies, cosmic antideuterons and antihelium provide an ultra-low background signature of dark matter annihilation, decay, and other beyond the Standard Model phenomena. The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is an Antarctic balloon experiment designed to search for lowenergy (0.1−0.3...
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ftunitriestiris:oai:arts.units.it:11368/3007213 2023-05-15T14:13:42+02:00 Searching for cosmic antihelium nuclei with the GAPS experiment 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. 2021 http://hdl.handle.net/11368/3007213 https://pos.sissa.it/395/499/pdf eng eng PoS - Proceedings of Science ispartofbook:37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2021) ICRC 2021 firstpage:1 lastpage:9 numberofpages:9 http://hdl.handle.net/11368/3007213 https://pos.sissa.it/395/499/pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess GAPS cosmic ray cosmic antihelium info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2021 ftunitriestiris 2023-04-09T06:21:11Z At low energies, cosmic antideuterons and antihelium provide an ultra-low background signature of dark matter annihilation, decay, and other beyond the Standard Model phenomena. The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is an Antarctic balloon experiment designed to search for lowenergy (0.1−0.3 GeV/n) antinuclei, and is planned to launch in the austral summer of 2022. While optimized for an antideuteron search, GAPS also has unprecedented capabilites for the detection of low-energy antihelium nuclei, utilizing a novel detection technique based on the formation, decay, and annihilation of exotic atoms. The AMS-02 collaboration has recently reported several antihelium nuclei candidate events, which sets GAPS in a unique position to set constraints on the cosmic antihelium flux in an energy region which is essentially free of astrophysical background. In this contribution, we illustrate the capabilities of GAPS to search for cosmic antihelium-3 utilizing complete instrument simulations, event reconstruction, and the inclusion of atmospheric effects. We show that GAPS is capable of setting unprecedented limits on the cosmic antihelium flux, opening a new window on exotic cosmic physics. Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic Università degli studi di Trieste: ArTS (Archivio della ricerca di Trieste) Antarctic Austral |
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GAPS cosmic ray cosmic antihelium 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 Searching for cosmic antihelium nuclei with the GAPS experiment |
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At low energies, cosmic antideuterons and antihelium provide an ultra-low background signature of dark matter annihilation, decay, and other beyond the Standard Model phenomena. The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is an Antarctic balloon experiment designed to search for lowenergy (0.1−0.3 GeV/n) antinuclei, and is planned to launch in the austral summer of 2022. While optimized for an antideuteron search, GAPS also has unprecedented capabilites for the detection of low-energy antihelium nuclei, utilizing a novel detection technique based on the formation, decay, and annihilation of exotic atoms. The AMS-02 collaboration has recently reported several antihelium nuclei candidate events, which sets GAPS in a unique position to set constraints on the cosmic antihelium flux in an energy region which is essentially free of astrophysical background. In this contribution, we illustrate the capabilities of GAPS to search for cosmic antihelium-3 utilizing complete instrument simulations, event reconstruction, and the inclusion of atmospheric effects. We show that GAPS is capable of setting unprecedented limits on the cosmic antihelium flux, opening a new window on exotic cosmic physics. |
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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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