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View article: The simulation chain for the Terzina Cherenkov telescope on board the NUSES space mission
The simulation chain for the Terzina Cherenkov telescope on board the NUSES space mission Open
The Terzina telescope is designed to detect ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and Earth-skimming neutrinos from a 550 km low-Earth orbit (LEO) by observing Cherenkov light emitted by Extensive Air Showers (EAS) in the Earth's atmosphe…
View article: A New Measurement of Light Yield Quenching in EJ-200 and LYSO Scintillators
A New Measurement of Light Yield Quenching in EJ-200 and LYSO Scintillators Open
Lutetium–Yttrium Oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) crystals and EJ-200 plastic scintillators are widely recognized fast scintillating materials, valued for their high light yield and mechanical robustness, which make them well suited for demanding a…
View article: High-Efficiency WLS Plastic for a Compact Cherenkov Detector
High-Efficiency WLS Plastic for a Compact Cherenkov Detector Open
The Cherenkov effect, whereby a charged particle emits light when traveling faster than the phase velocity of light in a dielectric medium, is widely employed in particle identification techniques. However, Cherenkov light yield is relativ…
View article: Multispacecraft Observations of the 27 Day Periodicity in Galactic Protons from 2018 to 2019
Multispacecraft Observations of the 27 Day Periodicity in Galactic Protons from 2018 to 2019 Open
Galactic cosmic-ray (GCR) intensities exhibit recurrent variations caused by their passage through plasma interaction regions corotating with the Sun, with the ∼27 day periodicity being the most prominent one. Data collected by the High-En…
View article: Development of the power supply of HEPD-02 instrument on board CSES-02 satellite
Development of the power supply of HEPD-02 instrument on board CSES-02 satellite Open
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 range from less than 10 MeV to few hundreds MeV, either incoming or trapped in…
View article: Development of a Pressurized Helium Scintillating Calorimeter for AntiMatter Identification.
Development of a Pressurized Helium Scintillating Calorimeter for AntiMatter Identification. Open
The detection of low-energy antideuterons in Cosmic Rays (CRs) addresses crucial questions regarding the antimatter asymmetry in the Universe and the potential identification of annihilating Dark Matter particles in the galactic halo. The …
View article: Trigger and Calorimeter Data Acquisition of the High-Energy Particle Detector Onboard the CSES-02 Satellite
Trigger and Calorimeter Data Acquisition of the High-Energy Particle Detector Onboard the CSES-02 Satellite Open
This article describes the innovative system performing the trigger and the readout of the photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) for the high-energy particle detector (HEPD) onboard the second satellite of the China Seismo Electromagnetic Satellite…
View article: A novel approach for $\overline{He}$ research in cosmic rays with neural networks.
A novel approach for $\overline{He}$ research in cosmic rays with neural networks. Open
Anti-nuclei heavier than $\overline{D}$ are unlikely to be formed during cosmic rays (CRs) propagation, as confirmed by the PHOENIX and ALICE collaborations. $\overline{He}$ observations could be related to Dark Matter interactions or to a…
View article: The Catalogue of Gamma-Ray Burst Observations by HEPD-01 in the 0.3–50 MeV Energy Range
The Catalogue of Gamma-Ray Burst Observations by HEPD-01 in the 0.3–50 MeV Energy Range Open
The High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-01) on board the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite, located on a Sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km of altitude with an inclination of 97°, features a dedicated logic counting low-energy event rate…
View article: The Scintillation Counters of the High-Energy Particle Detector of the China Seismo-Electromagnetic (CSES-02) Satellite
The Scintillation Counters of the High-Energy Particle Detector of the China Seismo-Electromagnetic (CSES-02) Satellite Open
The High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-02) is one of the scientific payloads of the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES-02). The HEPD-02’s main purpose is to characterize the particle environment in the Earth’s vicinity, identify…
View article: Multispacecraft Observations of Protons and Helium Nuclei in Some Solar Energetic Particle Events toward the Maximum of Cycle 25
Multispacecraft Observations of Protons and Helium Nuclei in Some Solar Energetic Particle Events toward the Maximum of Cycle 25 Open
The intricate behavior of particle acceleration and transport mechanisms complicates the overall efforts in formulating a comprehensive understanding of solar energetic particle (SEP) events; these efforts include observations of low-energ…
View article: The NUSES space mission
The NUSES space mission Open
NUSES is a new space mission project aimed at studying cosmic and gamma rays, high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, the Sun-Earth environment, space weather, and magnetosphere-ionospherelithosphere coupling. Additionally, the NUSES mission …
View article: Antideuteron Identification in Space with Helium Calorimeter
Antideuteron Identification in Space with Helium Calorimeter Open
The search for low-energy antideuterons in cosmic rays allows the addressing of fundamental physics problems testing for the presence of primordial antimatter and the nature of Dark Matter. The PHeSCAMI (Pressurized Helium Scintillating Ca…
View article: Author Correction: Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst
Author Correction: Evidence of an upper ionospheric electric field perturbation correlated with a gamma ray burst Open
Correction to: Nature Communications, published online 14 November 2023 In this article the author name Mauro Lolli was incorrectly written as Marco Lolli. The original article has been corrected.
View article: Gamma-Ray Burst Observations by the High-Energy Particle Detector on board the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite between 2019 and 2021
Gamma-Ray Burst Observations by the High-Energy Particle Detector on board the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite between 2019 and 2021 Open
In this paper we report the detection of five strong gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) by the High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-01) mounted on board the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite, operational since 2018 on a Sun-synchronous polar orbi…
View article: Gamma-Ray Burst observations by the high-energy charged particle detector on board the CSES-01 satellite between 2019 and 2021
Gamma-Ray Burst observations by the high-energy charged particle detector on board the CSES-01 satellite between 2019 and 2021 Open
In this paper we report the detection of five strong Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) by the High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-01) mounted on board the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES-01), operational since 2018 on a Sun-synchronous …
View article: The TDAQ system of the HEPD-02 on the CSES-02 mission
The TDAQ system of the HEPD-02 on the CSES-02 mission Open
The High-Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-02) is a particle spectrometer developed by the Italian collaboration Limadou within the CSES-02 mission. It has been designed for the detection of electrons (3-100 MeV), protons (30-200 MeV), and li…
View article: The Zire experiment on board the NUSES space mission
The Zire experiment on board the NUSES space mission Open
The Zirè experiment is part of the NUSES (NeUtrino and Seismic Electromagnetic Signals) space mission, proposed by the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) in collaboration with the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and by Thales…