Instruments (Jan 2024)
From SuperTIGER to TIGERISS
- B. F. Rauch,
- 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,
- N. W. Cannady,
- S. Coutu,
- R. M. Crabill,
- P. F. Dowkontt,
- M. H. Israel,
- M. Kandula,
- J. F. Krizmanic,
- A. W. Labrador,
- W. Labrador,
- L. Lisalda,
- J. V. Martins,
- M. P. McPherson,
- R. A. Mewaldt,
- J. G. Mitchell,
- J. W. Mitchell,
- S. A. I. Mognet,
- R. P. Murphy,
- G. A. de Nolfo,
- S. Nutter,
- M. A. Olevitch,
- N. E. Osborn,
- I. M. Pastrana,
- K. Sakai,
- M. Sasaki,
- S. Smith,
- H. A. Tolentino,
- N. E. Walsh,
- J. E. Ward,
- D. Washington,
- A. T. West,
- L. P. Williams
Affiliations
- B. F. Rauch
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- W. V. Zober
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- Q. Abarr
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and The Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
- Y. Akaike
- Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 169-8050, Japan
- W. R. Binns
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- R. F. Borda
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
- R. G. Bose
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- T. J. Brandt
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
- D. L. Braun
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- J. H. Buckley
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- N. W. Cannady
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
- S. Coutu
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801, USA
- R. M. Crabill
- Space Astrophysics and Space Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- P. F. Dowkontt
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- M. H. Israel
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- M. Kandula
- Space Coast Science, Engineering & Operations Group, KBR, Titusville, FL 32780, USA
- J. F. Krizmanic
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- A. W. Labrador
- Space Astrophysics and Space Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- W. Labrador
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- L. Lisalda
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- J. V. Martins
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
- M. P. McPherson
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
- R. A. Mewaldt
- Space Astrophysics and Space Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- J. G. Mitchell
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- J. W. Mitchell
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- S. A. I. Mognet
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801, USA
- R. P. Murphy
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC 20001, USA
- G. A. de Nolfo
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- S. Nutter
- Department of Physics and Geology, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41099, USA
- M. A. Olevitch
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- N. E. Osborn
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- I. M. Pastrana
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- K. Sakai
- Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- M. Sasaki
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- S. Smith
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
- H. A. Tolentino
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA
- N. E. Walsh
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- J. E. Ward
- Spire Global, L-2763 Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg
- D. Washington
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801, USA
- A. T. West
- Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- L. P. Williams
- Electro-Mechanical & Systems Engineering Group, KBR, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments8010004
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
p. 4
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 m2) and two Antarctic flights totaling 87 days, while the smaller (∼1 m2) 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 82Pb 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
