From SuperTIGER to TIGERISS

Rauch, B. F.; Zober, W. V.; Abarr, Q.; Akaike, Y.; Binns, W. R.; Borda, R. F.; Bose, R. G.; Brandt, T. J.; Braun, D. L.; Buckley, J. H.; Cannady, N. W.; Coutu, S.; Crabill, R. M.; Dowkontt, P. F.; Israel, M. H.; Kandula, M.; Krizmanic, J. F.; Labrador, A. W.; Labrador, W.; Lisalda, L.; Martins, J. V.; McPherson, M. P.; Mewaldt, R. A.; Mitchell, J. G.; Mitchell, J. W.; Mognet, S. A. I.; Murphy, R. P.; de Nolfo, G. A.; Nutter, S.; Olevitch, M. A.; Osborn, N. E.; Pastrana, I. M.; Sakai, K.; Sasaki, M.; Smith, S.; Tolentino, H. A.; Walsh, N. E.; Ward, J. E.; Washington, D.; West, A. T.; Williams, L. P.

doi:10.3390/instruments8010004

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From SuperTIGER to TIGERISS

by

B. F. Rauch

^1,*,†,‡

,

W. V. Zober

^1,†,‡

,

Q. Abarr

^2,†

,

Y. Akaike

^3,†

,

W. R. Binns

^1,†

,

R. F. Borda

^4,‡,

R. G. Bose

^1,†,‡,

T. J. Brandt

^5,†

,

D. L. Braun

^1,†,

J. H. Buckley

^1,†,‡,

N. W. Cannady

^{4,6,7,†,‡}

,

S. Coutu

^8,9,‡

,

R. M. Crabill

^10,†,

P. F. Dowkontt

^1,†,

M. H. Israel

^1,†

,

M. Kandula

^11,‡,

J. F. Krizmanic

^6,†,‡

,

A. W. Labrador

^10,†

,

W. Labrador

^1,†,‡,

L. Lisalda

^1,†,‡

,

J. V. Martins

^4,‡,

M. P. McPherson

^12,‡

,

R. A. Mewaldt

^10,†,

J. G. Mitchell

^13,‡

,

J. W. Mitchell

^6,†,‡,

S. A. I. Mognet

^8,9,‡,

R. P. Murphy

^14,†

,

G. A. de Nolfo

^13,†,‡

,

S. Nutter

^15,†,‡,

M. A. Olevitch

^1,†,

N. E. Osborn

^1,†,‡,

I. M. Pastrana

^1,‡,

K. Sakai

^16,†,‡

,

M. Sasaki

^{6,7,17,†,‡}

,

S. Smith

^12,‡,

H. A. Tolentino

^18,‡,

N. E. Walsh

^1,†,

J. E. Ward

^19,†,

D. Washington

^8,‡,

A. T. West

^20,†

and

L. P. Williams

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¹

Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA

²

Department of Physics and Astronomy and The Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA

³

Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 169-8050, Japan

⁴

Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA

⁵

SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands

⁶

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

⁷

Center for Research and Exploration in Space Sciences and Technology II, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

⁸

Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801, USA

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Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801, USA

¹⁰

Space Astrophysics and Space Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

¹¹

Space Coast Science, Engineering & Operations Group, KBR, Titusville, FL 32780, USA

¹²

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA

¹³

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

¹⁴

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC 20001, USA

¹⁵

Department of Physics and Geology, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41099, USA

¹⁶

Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

¹⁷

Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

¹⁸

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA

¹⁹

Spire Global, L-2763 Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg

²⁰

Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA

²¹

Electro-Mechanical & Systems Engineering Group, KBR, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

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These authors are SuperTIGER Collaborators.

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These authors are TIGERISS Collaborators.

Instruments 2024, 8(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments8010004

Submission received: 16 October 2023 / Revised: 21 November 2023 / Accepted: 28 December 2023 / Published: 11 January 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Space AstroParticle Physics: Frontier Technologies for Particle Measurements in Space)

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Abstract

The Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder (TIGER) family of instruments is optimized to measure the relative abundances of the rare, ultra-heavy galactic cosmic rays (UHGCRs) with atomic number (Z) Z ≥ 30. Observing the UHGCRs places a premium on exposure that the balloon-borne SuperTIGER achieved with a large area detector (5.6 m

^{2}

) and two Antarctic flights totaling 87 days, while the smaller (∼1 m

^{2}

) TIGER for the International Space Station (TIGERISS) aims to achieve this with a longer observation time from one to several years. SuperTIGER uses a combination of scintillator and Cherenkov detectors to determine charge and energy. TIGERISS will use silicon strip detectors (SSDs) instead of scintillators, with improved charge resolution, signal linearity, and dynamic range. Extended single-element resolution UHGCR measurements through

_{82}

Pb will cover elements produced in s-process and r-process neutron capture nucleosynthesis, adding to the multi-messenger effort to determine the relative contributions of supernovae (SNe) and Neutron Star Merger (NSM) events to the r-process nucleosynthesis product content of the galaxy.

Keywords: galactic cosmic rays; r-process; s-process; cosmic ray detectors; cosmic ray sources; high-altitude balloons; International Space Station

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Rauch, B.F.; Zober, W.V.; Abarr, Q.; Akaike, Y.; Binns, W.R.; Borda, R.F.; Bose, R.G.; Brandt, T.J.; Braun, D.L.; Buckley, J.H.; et al. From SuperTIGER to TIGERISS. Instruments 2024, 8, 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments8010004

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Rauch BF, Zober WV, Abarr Q, Akaike Y, Binns WR, Borda RF, Bose RG, Brandt TJ, Braun DL, Buckley JH, et al. From SuperTIGER to TIGERISS. Instruments. 2024; 8(1):4. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments8010004

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Rauch, B. F., W. V. Zober, Q. Abarr, Y. Akaike, W. R. Binns, R. F. Borda, R. G. Bose, T. J. Brandt, D. L. Braun, J. H. Buckley, and et al. 2024. "From SuperTIGER to TIGERISS" Instruments 8, no. 1: 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments8010004

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Rauch, B. F., Zober, W. V., Abarr, Q., Akaike, Y., Binns, W. R., Borda, R. F., Bose, R. G., Brandt, T. J., Braun, D. L., Buckley, J. H., Cannady, N. W., Coutu, S., Crabill, R. M., Dowkontt, P. F., Israel, M. H., Kandula, M., Krizmanic, J. F., Labrador, A. W., Labrador, W., ... Williams, L. P. (2024). From SuperTIGER to TIGERISS. Instruments, 8(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments8010004

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