Search for Strange Quark Matter from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO experiment

Casolino M, Abe S, Adams JH, Allard D, Alldredge P, Anchordoqui L, Anzalone A, Arnone E, Bagheri M, Baret B, Barghini D, Battisti M, Bellotti R, Belov AA, Bertaina M, Bertone PF, Bianciotto M, Biermann PL, Bisconti F, Blaksley C, Blin-Bondil S, Bolmgren K, Briz S, Burton J, Cafagna F, Cambié G, Campana D, Capel F, Caruso R, Cassardo C, Castellina A, Černý K, Christl MJ, Colalillo R, Conti L, Cotto G, Crawford HJ, Cremonini R, Creusot A, de Castro Gónzalez A, de la Taille C, Diesing R, Dinaucourt P, Di Nola A, Ebersoldt A, Ebisuzaki T, Eser J, Fenu F, Ferrarese S, Filippatos G, Finch WW, Flaminio F, Fornaro C, Fuhne D, Fuglesang C, Fukushima M, Gadamsetty S, Gardiol D, Garipov GK, Gazda E, Golzio A, Guarino F, Guépin C, Haungs A, Heibges T, Isgrò F, Judd EG, Kajino F, Kaneko I, Kleifges M, Klimov PA, Kreykenbohm I, Krizmanic JF, Kungel V, Kuznetsov E, López Martínez F, Mandát D, Manfrin M, Marcelli A, Marcelli L, Marszał W, Matthews JN, Menshikov A, Mese M, Meyer SS, Mimouni J, Miyamoto H, Mizumoto Y, Monaco A, Nagataki S, Nachtman JM, Naumov D, Neronov A, Nonaka T, Ogawa T, Ogio S, Ohmori H, Olinto AV, Onel Y, Osteria G, Otte AN, Pagliaro A, Panico B, Parizot E, Park IH, Paul T, Pech M, Perfetto F, Picozza P, Piotrowski LW, Plebaniak Z, Posligua J, Potts M, Prevete R, Prévôt G, Przybylak M, Reali E, Reardon P, Reno MH, Ricci M, Romero Matamala OF, Romoli G, Sagawa H, Sakaki N, Santangelo A, Saprykin OA, Sarazin F, Sato M, Schieler H, Schovánek P, Scotti V, Selmane S, Sharakin SA, Shinozaki K, Stepanoff S, Soriano JF, Szabelski J, Tajima N, Tajima T, Takahashi Y, Takeda M, Takizawa Y, Tenzer C, Thomas SB, Tkachev LG, Tomida T, Toscano S, Traïche M, Trofimov D, Tsuno K, Vallania P, Valore L, Venters TM, Vigorito C, Vrabel M, Wada S, Watts J, Weindl A, Wiencke L, Wilms J, Winn D, Wistrand H, Yashin IV, Young R, Zotov MY (2024)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2024

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 444

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Nagoya, JPN

Abstract

Mini-EUSO (Multiwavelength Imaging New Instrument for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory) is a telescope observing the Earth from the International Space Station since 2019. The instrument employs a Fresnel-lens optical system and a focal surface composed of 36 Multi-Anode Photomultiplier tubes, 64 channels each, for a total of 2304 channels with single photon counting sensitivity. Mini-EUSO observes the night-time Earth in the near UV range (predominantly between 290 - 430 nm) with a spatial resolution of about 6.3 km (full field of view equal to 44^◦) and a temporal resolution of 2.5 μs, observing our planet through a nadir-facing UV-transparent window located in the Russian Zvezda module. The detector can thus acquire triggered transient phenomena with a sampling rate of 2.5 μs and 320 μs, as well as perform continuous acquisition at 40.96 ms scale. Among the scientific objectives addressed by the mission is the observation of meteors (at the 40.96 ms time frame), the search for interstellar meteors and amongst them, the search for strange quark matter (SQM), appearing as anomalous (long track and fast-moving) meteor events. In this paper we discuss the observational capabilities for Mini-EUSO and the limits it will pose to SQM and other Macro-like particles.

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University of Iowa United States (USA) (US) Georgia Institute of Technology United States (USA) (US) Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, MPP) / Max Planck Institute for Physics Germany (DE) Cardiovascular Research Foundation United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) National Centre for Nuclear Research (früher:Institute of Atomic Energy POLATOM & Andrzej Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies) / Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ) Poland (PL) Université Paris-Sud France (FR) Università degli Studi di Catania Italy (IT) Palacky University Olomouc / Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci Czech Republic (CZ) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) University of California, Berkeley United States (USA) (US) University of Turin / Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO) Italy (IT) University of Chicago United States (USA) (US) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy (IT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Germany (DE) Riken Institute of Physical and Chemical Research / 理化学研究所 Japan (JP) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Italy (IT) Colorado School of Mines United States (USA) (US) Nihon University / 日本大学 Japan (JP) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) University of Tokyo Japan (JP) Lomonosov Moscow State University / Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова Russian Federation (RU) Hokkaido University (Hokudai) / 北海道大学 Japan (JP) Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) / Akademie věd České republiky (AVČR) Czech Republic (CZ) Royal Institute of Technology / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Sweden (SE) Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata' Italy (IT) Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany (DE) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) / Объединённый институт ядерных исследований (ОИЯИ) Russian Federation (RU) Konan University / 甲南大学 Japan (JP) Université Constantine 1 Algeria (DZ) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / 国立天文台(NAOJ) Japan (JP) Space Regatta Consortium (SRC) / Консорциум "Космическая регата" Russian Federation (RU) Shinshu University / 信州大学 Japan (JP) University of Geneva / Université de Genève (UNIGE) Switzerland (CH) Centre de Developpement des Technologies Avancées (CDTA) Algeria (DZ) Fairfield University United States (USA) (US) Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Korea, Republic of (KR) University of Warsaw / Uniwersytet Warszawski Poland (PL)

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APA:

Casolino, M., Abe, S., Adams, J.H., Allard, D., Alldredge, P., Anchordoqui, L.,... Zotov, M.Y. (2024). Search for Strange Quark Matter from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO experiment. In Proceedings of Science. Nagoya, JPN: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Casolino, M., et al. "Search for Strange Quark Matter from the International Space Station with the Mini-EUSO experiment." Proceedings of the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023, Nagoya, JPN Sissa Medialab Srl, 2024.

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