Advances in Space AstroParticle Physics: Frontier Technologies for Particle Measurements in Space, 2025 Edition

A special issue of Particles (ISSN 2571-712X). This special issue belongs to the section "Experimental Physics and Instrumentation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2025 | Viewed by 576

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Dear Colleagues,

The Special Issue, entitled “Advances in Space AstroParticle Physics: Frontier Technologies for Particle Measurements in Space, 2025 Edition”, welcomes the submission of papers that review recent advances and results regarding the design, development, integration, and testing of instrumentation for the measurement of particles and high-energy radiation (X- and γ-rays) in space.

The Guest Editors invite the community to submit scientific articles on topics related to frontier technologies for particle measurements in space:

  • Instrumentation and missions for direct high-energy cosmic ray measurements in space;
  • Instrumentation and missions for indirect high-energy cosmic ray measurements in space;
  • Instrumentation and missions for direct low-energy cosmic ray measurements in space;
  • Instrumentation and missions for hard X-ray and γ-ray direct measurements in space;
  • R&D of novel approaches and instruments for particle and high-energy radiation measurements in space, including (but not limited to), the following:
    • Tracking detectors
    • Calorimetry detectors
    • Fast Time-of-Flight systems
    • Detectors for particle ID
    • High Temperature Superconducting magnets
    • FE and DAQ systems
    • Application of AI techniques and approaches in space radiation instrumentation

Considering the diverse approaches that have been established in the current era of space observations, we welcome contributions that address all types of space platforms. This includes cubesats and nanosatellite constellations to large-scale space missions, as well as stratospheric balloon flight missions.

The Special Issue will also include selected papers from the international conference Advances in Space Astroparticle Physics: Frontier Technologies for Particle Measurements in Space (ASAPP 2025), which aims to review the latest advances in the field and provide a forum for the discussion of common targets and synergies among experimental communities.

Link to the conference webpage: https://indico.cern.ch/e/asapp2025

Note: Submission of articles is opened to the whole scientific community. Costs for Article Processing Charge (APC, see “Manuscript Submission Information”) for open access publication in the Special Issue are included in the conference fee for participants to the ASAPP2025 conference.

Dr. Matteo Duranti
Dr. Valerio Vagelli
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Keywords

  • cosmic rays
  • high-energy radiation in space
  • space detectors
  • tracking detectors
  • calorimetry detectors
  • fast time-of-flight systems
  • detectors for particle ID
  • high-temperature superconducting magnets
  • FE and DAQ systems

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Background Measurements and Simulations of the ComPair Balloon Flight
by Zachary Metzler, Nicholas Kirschner, Lucas Smith, Nicholas Cannady, Makoto Sasaki, Daniel Shy, Regina Caputo, Carolyn Kierans, Aleksey Bolotnikov, Thomas J. Caligiure, Gabriella A. Carini, Alexander Wilder Crosier, Jack Fried, Priyarshini Ghosh, Sean Griffin, Jon Eric Grove, Elizabeth Hays, Sven Herrmann, Emily Kong, Iker Liceaga-Indart, Julie McEnery, John Mitchell, Alexander A. Moiseev, Lucas Parker, Jeremy Perkins, Bernard Phlips, Adam J. Schoenwald, Clio Sleator, David J. Thompson, Janeth Valverde, Sambid Wasti, Richard Woolf, Eric Wulf and Anna Zajczykadd Show full author list remove Hide full author list
Particles 2025, 8(3), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/particles8030069 - 19 Jul 2025
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ComPair, a prototype of the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO), completed a short-duration high-altitude balloon campaign on 27 August 2023 from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, USA. The goal of the balloon flight was to demonstrate ComPair as both a Compton and Pair [...] Read more.
ComPair, a prototype of the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO), completed a short-duration high-altitude balloon campaign on 27 August 2023 from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, USA. The goal of the balloon flight was to demonstrate ComPair as both a Compton and Pair telescope in flight, reject the charged particle background, and measure the background γ-ray spectrum. This analysis compares measurements from the balloon flight with Monte Carlo simulations to benchmark the instrument. The comparison finds good agreement between the measurements and simulations and supports the conclusion that ComPair accomplished its goals for the balloon campaign. Additionally, two charged particle background rejection schemes are discussed: a soft ACD veto that records a higher charged particle event rate but with less risk of event loss, and a hard ACD veto that limits the charged particle event rate on board. There was little difference in the measured spectra from the soft and hard ACD veto schemes, indicating that the hard ACD veto could be used for future flights. The successes of ComPair’s engineering flight will inform the development of the next generation of ComPair with upgraded detector technology and larger active area. Full article
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