The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO): a white paper. (12th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abarr, Q.; Allison, P.; Ammerman Yebra, J.; Alvarez-Muñiz, J.; Beatty, J.J.; Besson, D.Z.; Chen, P.; Chen, Y.; Xie, C.; Clem, J.M.; Connolly, A.; Cremonesi, L.; Deaconu, C.; Flaherty, J.; Frikken, D.; Gorham, P.W.; Hast, C.; Hornhuber, C.; Huang, J.J.; Hughes, K.; Hynous, A.; Ku, Y.; Kuo, C.-Y.; Liu, T.C.; Martin, Z.; Miki, C.; Nam, J.; Nichol, R.J.; Nishimura, K.; Novikov, A.; Nozdrina, A.; Oberla, E.; Prohira, S.; Prechelt, R.; Rauch, B.F.; Roberts, J.M.; Romero-Wolf, A.; Russell, J.W.; Seckel, D.; Shiao, J.; Smith, D.; Southall, D.; Varner, G.S.; Vieregg, A.G.; Wang, S.-H.; Wang, Y.-H.; Wissel, S.A.; Young, R.; Zas, E.; Zeolla, A.;
• Other Names: collab.
• Is Part Of: Journal of instrumentation. Volume 16:Number 8(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-08-12
• Subjects: Balloon instrumentation -- Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics -- Neutrino detectors; Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Periodicals; 502.84
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/08/P08035
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-0221

Abstract

Abstract: The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) long-duration balloon experiment is designed to have world-leading sensitivity to ultrahigh-energy neutrinos at energies above 1 EeV. Probing this energy region is essential for understanding the extreme-energy universe at all distance scales. PUEO leverages experience from and supersedes the successful Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) program, with an improved design that drastically improves sensitivity by more than an order of magnitude at energies below 30 EeV. PUEO will either make the first significant detection of or set the best limits on ultrahigh-energy neutrino fluxes.