Overview of the JEM-EUSO Program

Caruso R, Abdullahi M, Abe S, Abrate M, Adams JH, Allard D, Alldredge P, Aloisio R, Ammendola R, Anchordoqui L, Andreoli V, Anzalone A, Arnone E, Badoni D, Bagheri M, Baret B, Barghini D, Battisti M, Bekele N, Bellotti R, Belov AA, Bertaina M, Betts M, Biermann P, Bisconti F, Blaksley C, Blin-Bondil S, Boezio M, Bowaire AN, Burton J, Cafagna F, Campana D, Capel F, Caruso R, Casolino M, Cassardo C, Castellina A, Černý K, Conti L, Coretti AG, Cremonini R, Creusot A, Cummings A, De Santis C, de la Taille C, Di Giovanni A, Diesing R, Ebisuzaki T, Engel R, Eser J, Fenu F, Ferrarese S, Filippatos G, Finch WW, Fornaro C, Fuglesang C, Fukushima M, Garg D, Gardiol D, Garipov GK, Gazda E, Golzio A, Guépin C, Haroon Q, Haungs A, Heibges T, Isgrò F, Judd EG, Kajino F, Kaneko I, Kupari L, Kim SW, Klimov PA, Kreykenbohm I, Krizmanic JF, Kungel V, Kuznetsov E, Liberatori F, Lima HP, Luppa R, Mandát D, Manfrin M, Marcelli A, Marcelli L, Marszał W, Masciantonio G, Matthews JN, Mayotte E, Meli A, Mese M, Meyer SS, Mignone M, Miller M, Mimouni J, Miyamoto H, Mizumoto Y, Moses J, Munini R, Nagataki S, Nathan C, Neronov A, Nicolaidis R, Nonaka T, Novikov A, Nozzoli F, M’sihid E, Ogawa T, Ogio S, Ohmori H, Olinto AV, Onel Y, Osteria G, Otte AN, Panico B, Parizot E, Park IH, Paul T, Pech M, Perfetto F, Perrone L, Petta C, Picozza P, Piotrowski LW, Pitu R, Plebaniak Z, Potts M, Prévôt G, Przybylak M, Reali E, Reardon P, Reno MH, Reynaud F, Ricci E, Ricci M, Matamala OF, Sagawa H, Sakaki N, Sarazin F, Sato M, Schovánek P, Scotti V, Sharakin SA, Scherini V, Schieler H, Shinozaki K, Shroeder F, Sotgiu A, Sparvoli R, Castro RS, Stillwell B, Szabelski J, Tajima N, Tajima T, Takahashi Y, Takeda M, Takizawa Y, Thomas SB, Tkachev LG, Tomida T, Saavedra RA, Toscano S, Traïche M, Trofimov D, Tsuno K, Unger M, Venters TM, Venugopal M, Vigorito C, Vrabel M, Wada S, Washington D, Weindl A, Wiencke L, Wilms J, Wissel S, Yashin IV, Zotov MY, Zuccon P (2025)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2025

Journal

Publisher: Sissa Medialab Srl

Book Volume: 484

Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Science

Event location: Malargue

Abstract

Since 2010, the international JEM-EUSO (Joint Exploratory Missions for Extreme Universe Space Observatory) Collaboration has been developing an ambitious program with the support of major International and National Space Agencies and research funding institutions, to enable UltraHigh-Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) and High-Energy (HE) neutrino observations from space. Its main objective is to develop a large mission with dedicated instrumentation looking down on the Earth atmosphere from space, both towards nadir and/or towards the limb, to detect the Extensive Air Showers (EAS) initiated by such particles in the atmosphere. This strategy is intended to complement the observations made with ground-based observatories, by allowing a significant increase in the exposure at the highest energies, and achieving near-uniform full sky coverage, as part of the global effort to better characterize the phenomenology of UHECRs, discover their sources and understand their acceleration mechanism. In the last decade, the JEM-EUSO Collaboration successfully developed five intermediate missions: one ground based (EUSO-TA), three balloon-borne (EUSO-Balloon, EUSO-SPB1, EUSO-SPB2) and one space-based (MiniEUSO), and also benefited from the experience gained by the space mission TUS. Important studies for a full-scale mission have also been carried out, namely K-EUSO and the stereo double telescope Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA), to be considered for a NASA Probe Mission in the next decade. The technical and scientific achievements of this rich and manifold program are reported on, as well as the scientific objectives updated in the light of the knowledge gained from the previous missions, and additional scientific objectives accessible to such unique technology. Finally, the near-future developments of the JEM-EUSO Program are briefly presented, with the continuation of the Mini-EUSO observations and the new balloon-borne mission PBR.

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Involved external institutions

Università degli Studi di Catania Italy (IT) Gran Sasso Science Institute Italy (IT) Nihon University / 日本大学 Japan (JP) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Université Paris-Sud France (FR) University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) United States (USA) (US) University of Turin / Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO) Italy (IT) Cardiovascular Research Foundation United States (USA) (US) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) Georgia Institute of Technology United States (USA) (US) University of Chicago United States (USA) (US) Lomonosov Moscow State University / Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова Russian Federation (RU) Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) United States (USA) (US) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Germany (DE) Riken Institute of Physical and Chemical Research / 理化学研究所 Japan (JP) Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU) Italy (IT) Colorado School of Mines United States (USA) (US) Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy (IT) Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, MPP) / Max Planck Institute for Physics Germany (DE) Palacky University Olomouc / Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci Czech Republic (CZ) National Centre for Nuclear Research (früher:Institute of Atomic Energy POLATOM & Andrzej Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies) / Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych (NCBJ) Poland (PL) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) University of Iowa United States (USA) (US) Université Constantine 1 Algeria (DZ) Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Korea, Republic of (KR) Università del Salento Italy (IT) University of Warsaw / Uniwersytet Warszawski Poland (PL) University of Lodz / Uniwersytet Łódzki Poland (PL) National Astronomical Observatory of Japan / 国立天文台(NAOJ) Japan (JP) 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) Università degli Studi di Trento Italy (IT) University of Montpellier / Université Montpellier France (FR) University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) United States (USA) (US) Konan University / 甲南大学 Japan (JP) Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) Korea, Republic of (KR) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) Royal Institute of Technology / Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Sweden (SE) University of Tokyo Japan (JP) Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata' Italy (IT) Stefan Batory Academy of Applied Sciences / Akademia Nauk Stosowanych Stefana Batorego Poland (PL) Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) / Объединённый институт ядерных исследований (ОИЯИ) 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) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) Italian Space Agency / Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) Italy (IT) Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (TIFPA) Italy (IT)

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APA:

Caruso, R., Abdullahi, M., Abe, S., Abrate, M., Adams, J.H., Allard, D.,... Zuccon, P. (2025). Overview of the JEM-EUSO Program. In Proceedings of Science. Malargue, AR: Sissa Medialab Srl.

MLA:

Caruso, Rossella, et al. "Overview of the JEM-EUSO Program." Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays, UHECR 2024, Malargue Sissa Medialab Srl, 2025.

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