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The Hybrid Elevated Radio Observatory for Neutrinos (HERON) Project Open

Kumiko Kotera, B. R. Dawson, Grand Collaboration, Ingo Allekotte, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz , et al. · 2025

Detection of Cosmic Rays at High Elevation by the BEACON Prototype Open

Andrew Zeolla, Z. Martin · 2025

The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations: Detector Design and Implementation Open

Q. Abarr, P. Allison, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Juan Ammerman Yebra, T. Anderson , et al. · 2025

Searching for Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos with PUEO Open

Quin Abarr, P. Allison, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Juan Ammerman Yebra, T. Anderson , et al. · 2025

Optimizing HERON for 100 PeV Neutrino Detection Open

Andrew Zeolla · 2025

Optimizing HERON for 100 PeV Neutrino Detection Open

Andrew Zeolla, Ingo Allekotte, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Sergio Cabana-Freire, Valentin Decoene , et al. · 2025

The Hybrid Elevated Radio Observatory for Neutrinos (HERON) is designed to target the astrophysical flux of Earth-skimming tau neutrinos at 100 PeV. HERON consists of multiple compact, phased radio arrays embedded within a larger sparse ar…

Sensitivity of BEACON to ultra-high energy diffuse and transient neutrinos Open

Andrew Zeolla, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Sergio Cabana-Freire, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho, Austin Cummings , et al. · 2025

Ultra-high energy neutrinos ( E > 10 17 eV) can provide insight into the most powerful accelerators in the universe, however their flux is extremely low. The Beamforming Elevated Array for COsmic Neutrinos (BEACON) is a detector concept wh…

The Hybrid Elevated Radio Observatory for Neutrinos (HERON) Project Open

Kumiko Kotera, Ingo Allekotte, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Sergio Cabana-Freire, Valentin Decoene , et al. · 2025

Measuring ultra-high energy neutrinos, with energies above $10^{16}$ eV, is the next frontier of the emerging multi-messenger era. Their detection requires building a large-scale detector with 10 times the instantaneous sensitivity of curr…

Observational strategies for ultrahigh-energy neutrinos: the importance of deep sensitivity for detection and astronomy Open

Kumiko Kotera, Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Rafael Alves Batista, D. B. Fox, O. Martineau‐Huynh , et al. · 2025

Detecting ultrahigh-energy neutrinos can take two complementary approaches with different trade-offs. 1)~Wide and shallow: aim for the largest effective volume, and to be cost-effective, go for wide field-of-view but at the cost of a shall…

The Low Frequency Instrument for the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) Open

Y. Ku, Q. Abarr, P. Allison, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Juan Ammerman Yebra , et al. · 2024

The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) long-duration balloon experiment is designed to observe ultra-high energy (UHE) neutrinos with energies above EeV. PUEO consists of a Main Instrument (MI) on a fixed gondola and a Low Fr…

Design of the PUEO Payload Open

Keith McBride, Q. Abarr, P. Allison, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Juan Ammerman Yebra , et al. · 2024

The primary science goals of the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) are testing models of both candidate sources of ultrahigh-energy neutrinos (UHEN) and the propagation of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays. PUEO is a balloon-born…

Targeting 100-PeV tau neutrino detection with an array of phased and high-gain reconstruction antennas Open

Stephanie Wissel, Andrew Zeolla, T. Huege, Kumiko Kotera, O. Martineau · 2024

Neutrinos at ultrahigh energies can originate both from interactions of cosmic rays at their acceleration sites and through cosmic-ray interactions as they propagate through the universe. These neutrinos are expected to have a low flux whi…

Sensitivity of BEACON to Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos Open

Andrew Zeolla, Stephanie Wissel, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho, Austin Cummings , et al. · 2024

The Beamforming Elevated Array for COsmic Neutrinos (BEACON) is a proposed detector concept consisting of many phased radio antenna arrays placed on mountaintops, searching for the upgoing extensive air showers created by Earth-skimming ta…

Searching for Cosmic Rays with the BEACON Prototype Open

Z. Martin, Andrew Zeolla, Stephanie Wissel, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho , et al. · 2024

A cosmic ray search with the prototype for the Beamforming Elevated Array for COsmic Neutrinos\n(BEACON) helps characterize the BEACON instrument, including the RF trigger that is ultimately\ncrucial for detecting tau-neutrino induced geom…

Searching for Askaryan Emission from Neutrinos with the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) Open

Q. Abarr, P. Allison, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Juan Ammerman Yebra, T. Anderson , et al. · 2023

The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a long-duration balloon payload under construction scheduled to fly over Antarctica in late 2025. PUEO will deploy a broadband interferometric radio telescope pointing down at the ice…

Design of the next-generation ultrahigh energy neutrino observatory PUEO Open

Quin Abarr, P. Allison, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Juan Ammerman Yebra, T. Anderson , et al. · 2023

PUEO (the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations) is a balloon-borne payload designed to detect the impulsive radio signals produced through the Askaryan effect by ultrahigh-energy (UHE) neutrinos (>1 EeV) in the Antarctic ice. Several …

Identifying and Characterizing Air Shower Events with the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) Open

K. Hughes, Q. Abarr, P. Allison, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Juan Ammerman Yebra , et al. · 2023

The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a balloon-borne neutrino observatory currently under construction and slated to fly in December 2025. PUEO will be sensitive to both Askaryan radio emission from neutrino interactions…

Detection of Radio Emission by Cosmic Rays with the BEACON Prototype Open

Andrew Zeolla, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Austin Cummings, Cosmin Deaconu, Valentin Decoene , et al. · 2023

The Beamforming Elevated Array for COsmic Neutrinos (BEACON) is a novel detector concept\nconsisting of many radio interferometers placed on mountaintops, searching for the radio emission\nof upgoing extensive air showers created when ultr…

Sensitivity of BEACON to Point Sources of Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos Open

Andrew Zeolla, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Austin Cummings, Cosmin Deaconu, Valentin Decoene , et al. · 2023

The Beamforming Elevated Array for COsmic Neutrinos (BEACON) is a novel detector concept\ndesigned to measure the tau neutrino flux above 100 PeV. BEACON consists of multiple radio\ninterferometers placed on mountaintops which search for t…

Updated Simulation of Airborne Neutrino Detectors for the PUEO Experiment Open

William Luszczak, Q. Abarr, P. Allison, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Juan Ammerman Yebra , et al. · 2023

The upcoming Payload for Ultra-high Energy Observations (PUEO) experiment is planned for launch in the 2025/2026 season, and detailed simulation of the experiment is necessary for both the design of the instrument prior to launch, as well …

The Beamforming Elevated Array for COsmic Neutrinos (BEACON): A Radio Detector for Earth-Skimming Tau Neutrinos Open

Andrew Zeolla, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, Austin Cummings, Zachary Curtis-Ginsberg, Cosmin Deaconu , et al. · 2023

When ultrahigh energy tau neutrinos skim the Earth, they can generate tau leptons that then decay in the atmosphere, forming upgoing extensive air showers. The Beamforming Elevated Array\nfor COsmic Neutrinos (BEACON) is a novel detector c…

Analysis of a tau neutrino origin for the near-horizon air shower events observed by the fourth flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna Open

R. Prechelt, Stephanie Wissel, A. Romero‐Wolf, Claire Burch, P. W. Gorham , et al. · 2022

We study in detail the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to possible Formula Presented point source fluxes detected via Formula Presented-lepton-induced air showers. This investigation is framed around the ob…

Analysis of a Tau Neutrino Origin for the Near-Horizon Air Shower Events Observed by the Fourth Flight of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) Open

R. Prechelt, Stephanie Wissel, A. Romero‐Wolf, Claire Burch, P. W. Gorham , et al. · 2021

We study in detail the sensitivity of the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) to possible $ν_τ$ point source fluxes detected via $τ$-lepton-induced air showers. This investigation is framed around the observation of four upward-g…

The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO): a white paper Open

Q. Abarr, P. Allison, Juan Ammerman Yebra, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, J. J. Beatty , et al. · 2021

The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) long-duration balloon\nexperiment is designed to have world-leading sensitivity to ultrahigh-energy\nneutrinos at energies above 1 EeV. Probing this energy region is essential for\nunder…

Discovering the Highest Energy Neutrinos with the Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) Open

A. G. Vieregg, Q. Abarr, P. Allison, Juan Ammerman Yebra, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz , et al. · 2021

The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a NASA Long-Duration Balloon Mission that has been selected for concept development. PUEO has unprecedented sensitivity to ultra-high energy neutrinos above $10^{18}$ eV. PUEO will be…

Modeling and Validating RF-Only Interferometric Triggering with Cosmic Rays for BEACON Open

Andrew Zeolla, Stephanie Wissel, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho, A. C. Cummings , et al. · 2021

When Earth-skimming tau neutrinos interact within the Earth, they generate upgoing tau leptons that can decay in the atmosphere, forming extensive air showers. The Beamforming Elevated Array for COsmic Neutrinos (BEACON) is a novel detecto…

Searching for RF-Only Triggered Cosmic Ray Events with the High-Elevation BEACON Prototype Open

Daniel Southall, Stephanie Wissel, Jaime Álvarez-Muñiz, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho, Austin Cummings , et al. · 2021

The Beamforming Elevated Array for COsmic Neutrinos (BEACON) is a concept for a neutrino telescope designed to measure tau lepton air showers generated from tau neutrino interactions near the horizon. This detection mechanism provides a pu…

Sensitivity of BEACON to Point Sources of Tau Neutrinos Open

Andrew Zeolla · 2020

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