Overview of Cherenkov Telescope on-board EUSO-SPB2 for the Detection of Very-High-Energy Neutrinos

Discussion timeslot (ZOOM-Meeting): 14. July 2021 - 18:00
ZOOM-Meeting URL: https://desy.zoom.us/j/91999581729
ZOOM-Meeting ID: 91999581729
ZOOM-Meeting Passcode: ICRC2021
Corresponding Session: https://icrc2021-venue.desy.de/channel/35-Upgoing-Tau-Neutrinos-Present-and-Future-NU/114
Live-Stream URL: https://icrc2021-venue.desy.de/livestream/Discussion-05/6

Abstract:
'We present the status of the development of a Cherenkov telescope to be flown on a long-duration balloon flight, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2). EUSO-SPB2 is an approved NASA balloon mission that is planned to fly in 2023 and is a precursor of the Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA), a candidate for an Astrophysics probe-class mission. The purpose of the Cherenkov telescope on-board EUSO-SPB2 is to classify known and unknown sources of backgrounds for future space-based neutrino detectors. Furthermore, we will use Earth-skimming technique to search for Very-High-Energy (VHE) tau neutrinos below the limb (E > 10 PeV) and observe air showers from cosmic rays above the limb. The 0.785 m^2 Cherenkov telescope is equipped with a 512-pixel SiPM camera covering a 12.8° x 6.4° (Horizontal x Vertical) field of view. The camera signals are digitized with a 100 MS/s readout system. In this paper, we discuss the status of the telescope development, the camera integration, and simulation studies of the camera response.'

Authors: Mahdi Bagheri
Co-Authors: Peter Bertone | Ivan Fontane | Eliza Gazda | Eleanor G. Judd | John F. Krizmanic | Evgeny N. Kuznetsov | Michael J. Miller | Jane Nachtman | Yaser Onel | Adam Nepomuk Otte | Patrick J. Reardon | Oscar Romero Matamala | Lawrence Wiencke | for the JEM-EUSO Collaboration

Indico-ID: 1091
Proceeding URL: https://pos.sissa.it/395/1191