The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) for high-energy astroparticle physics on the International Space Station

Adriani, O.; Akaike, Yosui; Asano, Katsuaki; Asaoka, Y.; Bagliesi, Maria Grazia; Bigongiari, G.; Binns, W. R.; Bonechi, Simone; Bongi, M.; Buckley, J. H.; Castellini, G.; Cherry, M. L.; Collazuol, G.; Ebisawa, Ken; Felice, V. Di; Fuke, H.; Guzik, T. G.; Hams, T.; Hareyama, M.; Hasebe, Nobuyuki; Hibino, K.; Ichimura, M.; Ioka, Kunihito; Israel, M. H.; Javaid, A.; Kamioka, Eiji; Kasahara, K.; Kataoka, J.; Kataoka, Ryuho; Katayose, Y.; Kawanaka, Norita; Kitamura, Hisashi; Kotani, Takayuki; Krawczynski, H.; Krizmanic, John F.; Kubota, Aya; Kuramata, S.; Lomtadze, T.; Maestro, P.; Marcelli, L.; Marrocchesi, P. S.; Mitchell, J. W.; Miyake, Shoko; Mizutani, K.; Moiseev, A.A.; Möri, K.; Mori, M.; Mori, N.; Motz, H.; Munakata, K.; Murakami, Hiroyuki; Nakagawa, Y. E.; Nakahira, S.; Nishimura, Jun; Okuno, S.; Ormes, J. F.; Ozawa, S.; Palma, F.; Papini, P.; Rauch, B. F.; Ricciarini, S.; Sakamoto, T.; Sasaki, Misao; Shibata, M.; Shimizu, Yuki; Sparvoli, R.; Спиллантини, П.; Takahashi, Ichiro; Takayanagi, M.; Takita, M.; Tamura, T.; Tateyama, N.; Terasawa, T.; Tomida, H.; Torii, Shoji; Tunesada, Y.; Uchihori, Y.; Ueno, S.; Vannuccini, E.; Wefel, J. P.; Yamaoka, K.; Yanagita, S.; Yoshida, A.; Yoshida, Kenji; Yuda, T.

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“…As of this writing there are only two published measurements of the e − + e + flux at TeV. This situation will change during the next few years as experiments such as AMS, CALET [25], and ground-based observatories improve their methods and statistics. HAWC can contribute to these measurements, though a direct measurement of the leptonic flux is a challenge because of its soft spectrum and the need for very strong hadronic shower suppression.…”

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confidence: 99%

Measuring the $e^+e^-$ Flux above 1 TeV with HAWC

BenZvi¹,

Fiorino²,

Hampel-Arias³

2016

Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2015)

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The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory records the air showers produced by cosmic rays and gamma rays at a rate of about 20 kHz. While the events observed by HAWC are 99.9% hadronic cosmic rays, this background can be strongly suppressed using topological cuts that preferentially select electromagnetic air showers. Using this capability of HAWC, we can create a sample of air showers dominated by gamma rays and cosmic electrons and positrons. HAWC is one of the few operating observatories capable of measuring showers produced by e − and e + primaries above 1 TeV, and can record these showers from 2/3 of the sky each day. We describe the sensitivity of HAWC to leptonic cosmic rays, and discuss prospects for the measurement of the e + e − flux and possible approaches for e + and e − charge separation with the HAWC detector.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring the $e^+e^-$ Flux above 1 TeV with HAWC

BenZvi¹,

Fiorino²,

Hampel-Arias³

2016

Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference — PoS(ICRC2015)

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“…Future gamma-ray space telescopes are planned, e.g., CALET [277], GAMMA-400 [278] and HERD [279]. CALET, recently launched in 2015, has excellent energy resolution above 100 GeV and is likely to place strong limits on gamma-ray lines [277] although will not be competitive with Fermi-LAT for limits on the continuous spectrum of gamma-rays. The Russian-led GAMMA-400 is in preparation and will also mostly contribute to searches for spectral features due to its improved energy resolution compared to Fermi-LAT.…”

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WIMP dark matter candidates and searches—current status and future prospects

Roszkowski¹,

Sessolo²,

Trojanowski³

2018

Rep. Prog. Phys.

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We review several current aspects of dark matter theory and experiment. We overview the present experimental status, which includes current bounds and recent claims and hints of a possible signal in a wide range of experiments: direct detection in underground laboratories, gamma-ray, cosmic ray, x-ray, neutrino telescopes, and the LHC. We briefly review several possible particle candidates for a weakly interactive massive particle (WIMP) and dark matter that have recently been considered in the literature. We pay particular attention to the lightest neutralino of supersymmetry as it remains the best motivated candidate for dark matter and also shows excellent detection prospects. Finally we briefly review some alternative scenarios that can considerably alter properties and prospects for the detection of dark matter obtained within the standard thermal WIMP paradigm.

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The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) for high-energy astroparticle physics on the International Space Station

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Measuring the $e^+e^-$ Flux above 1 TeV with HAWC

Measuring the $e^+e^-$ Flux above 1 TeV with HAWC

WIMP dark matter candidates and searches—current status and future prospects

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