Sensitivity of the GAPS experiment to low-energy cosmic-ray antiprotons

F. Rogers; T. Aramaki; M. Boezio; S. E. Boggs; V. Bonvicini; G. Bridges; D. Campana; W. W. Craig; P. von Doetinchem; E. Everson; L. Fabris; S. Feldman; H. Fuke; F. Gahbauer; C. Gerrity; C. J. Hailey; T. Hayashi; A. Kawachi; 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. M. Perez; S. Quinn; V. Re; E. Riceputi; B. Roach; J. Ryan; N. Saffold; V. Scotti; Y. Shimizu; R. Sparvoli; A. Stoessl; A. Tiberio; E. Vannuccini; T. Wada; M. Xiao; M. Yamatani; K. Yee; A. Yoshida; T. Yoshida; G. Zampa; J. Zeng; J. Zweerink

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2022.102791

Sensitivity of the GAPS experiment to low-energy cosmic-ray antiprotons

F. Rogers, T. Aramaki, M. Boezio, S. E. Boggs, V. Bonvicini, G. Bridges, D. Campana, W. W. Craig, P. von Doetinchem, E. Everson, L. Fabris, S. Feldman, H. Fuke, F. Gahbauer, C. Gerrity, C. J. Hailey, T. Hayashi, A. Kawachi, M. Kozai, A. LenniA. 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. M. Perez, S. Quinn, V. Re, E. Riceputi, B. Roach, J. Ryan, N. Saffold, V. Scotti, Y. Shimizu, R. Sparvoli, A. Stoessl, A. Tiberio, E. Vannuccini, T. Wada, M. Xiao, M. Yamatani, K. Yee, A. Yoshida, T. Yoshida, G. Zampa, J. Zeng, J. Zweerink

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Abstract

The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is an upcoming balloon mission to measure low-energy cosmic-ray antinuclei during at least three ∼35-day Antarctic flights. With its large geometric acceptance and novel exotic atom-based particle identification, GAPS will detect ∼500 cosmic antiprotons per flight and produce a precision cosmic antiproton spectrum in the kinetic energy range of ∼ 0.07−0.21 GeV/n at the top of the atmosphere. With these high statistics extending to lower energies than any previous experiment, and with complementary sources of experimental uncertainty compared to traditional magnetic spectrometers, the GAPS antiproton measurement will be sensitive to dark matter, primordial black holes, and cosmic ray propagation. The antiproton measurement will also validate the GAPS antinucleus identification technique for the antideuteron and antihelium rare-event searches. This analysis demonstrates the GAPS sensitivity to cosmic-ray antiprotons using a full instrument simulation and event reconstruction, and including solar and atmospheric effects.

Original language	English
Article number	102791
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	145
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2022.102791
State	Published - Mar 2023

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The technical support and advanced computing resources from University of Hawaii Information Technology Services – Cyberinfrastructure, funded in part by the National Science Foundation, USA MRI Grant No. 1920304 , are gratefully acknowledged. This research was performed using resources provided by the Open Science Grid [70,71] , which is supported by the National Science Foundation, USA Grant No. 2030508 . Funding: This work is supported in the U.S. by the NASA APRA program (Grant Nos. NNX17AB44G , NNX17AB46G , and NNX17AB47G ), in Japan by the JAXA/ISAS Small Science Program FY2017 , and in Italy by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) through the ASI INFN agreement No. 2018-22-HH.0 : “Partecipazione italiana al GAPS - General AntiParticle Spectrometer”. F. Rogers is supported through the National Science Foundation, USA Graduate Research Fellowship Program under Grant No. 1122374 . H. Fuke is supported by JSPS, Japan KAKENHI grants ( JP17H01136 , JP19H05198 , and JP22H00147 ) and Mitsubishi Foundation Research Grant 2019-10038 . The contributions of C. Gerrity are supported by NASA, USA under award No. 80NSSC19K1425 of the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) program. R.A. Ong receives support from the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences . K. Perez and M. Xiao are supported by Heising-Simons award 2018-0766 . Y. Shimizu receives support from JSPS, Japan KAKENHI grant JP20K04002 and Sumitomo Foundation, Japan Grant No. 180322 . M. Yamatani receives support from JSPS, Japan KAKENHI grant JP22K14065 . Funding: This work is supported in the U.S. by the NASA APRA program (Grant Nos. NNX17AB44G, NNX17AB46G, and NNX17AB47G), in Japan by the JAXA/ISAS Small Science Program FY2017, and in Italy by Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) through the ASI INFN agreement No. 2018-22-HH.0: “Partecipazione italiana al GAPS - General AntiParticle Spectrometer”. F. Rogers is supported through the National Science Foundation, USA Graduate Research Fellowship Program under Grant No. 1122374. H. Fuke is supported by JSPS, Japan KAKENHI grants (JP17H01136, JP19H05198, and JP22H00147) and Mitsubishi Foundation Research Grant 2019-10038. The contributions of C. Gerrity are supported by NASA, USA under award No. 80NSSC19K1425 of the Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) program. R.A. Ong receives support from the UCLA Division of Physical Sciences. K. Perez and M. Xiao are supported by Heising-Simons award 2018-0766. Y. Shimizu receives support from JSPS, Japan KAKENHI grant JP20K04002 and Sumitomo Foundation, Japan Grant No. 180322. M. Yamatani receives support from JSPS, Japan KAKENHI grant JP22K14065. The technical support and advanced computing resources from University of Hawaii Information Technology Services – Cyberinfrastructure, funded in part by the National Science Foundation, USA MRI Grant No. 1920304, are gratefully acknowledged. This research was performed using resources provided by the Open Science Grid [70,71], which is supported by the National Science Foundation, USA Grant No. 2030508.

Funders	Funder number
FINESST	2018-0766, JP20K04002
NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology
UCLA Division of Physical Sciences
National Science Foundation	1122374, 2030508, 1920304
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	NNX17AB47G, NNX17AB46G, NNX17AB44G
Sumitomo Foundation	JP22K14065, 180322
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	JP17H01136, JP19H05198, JP22H00147
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Mitsubishi Foundation	2019-10038, 80NSSC19K1425
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Keywords

Antiproton
Balloon-borne instrumentation
Cosmic ray
Dark matter
GAPS
Primordial black hole

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Rogers, F., Aramaki, T., Boezio, M., Boggs, S. E., Bonvicini, V., Bridges, G., Campana, D., Craig, W. W., von Doetinchem, P., Everson, E., Fabris, L., Feldman, S., Fuke, H., Gahbauer, F., Gerrity, C., Hailey, C. J., Hayashi, T., Kawachi, A., Kozai, M., ... Zweerink, J. (2023). Sensitivity of the GAPS experiment to low-energy cosmic-ray antiprotons. Astroparticle Physics, 145, Article 102791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2022.102791

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