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The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) Antarctic Balloon Payload
The GAPS Collaboration, Kazutaka Aoyama, Tsuguo Aramaki +65
The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is an Antarctic stratospheric balloon mission designed to provide unmatched sensitivity to low-energy (<0.25 GeV/n) cosmic-ray antiprot…
GAPS contributions to the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Nagoya 2023)
T. Aramaki, M. Boezio, S. E. Boggs +55
Compilation of papers presented by the GAPS Collaboration at the 38th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC), held July 26 through August 3, 2023 in Nagoya, Japan.
Large-scale detector testing for the GAPS Si(Li) Tracker
Mengjiao Xiao, Achim Stoessl, Brandon Roach +17
Lithium-drifted silicon [Si(Li)] has been used for decades as an ionizing radiation detector in nuclear, particle, and astrophysical experiments, though such detectors have frequen…
NvDEx-100 Conceptual Design Report
X. Cao, Y. Chang, K. Chen +34
Observing nuclear neutrinoless double beta (0vbb) decay would be a revolutionary result in particle physics. Observing such a decay would prove that the neutrinos are their own ant…
Sensitivity of the GAPS Experiment to Low-energy Cosmic-ray Antiprotons
Field Rogers, Tsuguo Aramaki, Mirko Boezio +50
The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is an upcoming balloon mission to measure low-energy cosmic-ray antinuclei during at least three ~35-day Antarctic flights. With its la…
Betelgeuse Constraints on Coupling between Axion-like Particles and Electrons
Mengjiao Xiao, Pierluca Carenza, Maurizio Giannotti +4
Axion-like particles (ALPs) can be produced by thermal processes in a stellar interior, escape from the star and, if sufficiently light, be converted into photons in the external G…
Statistical investigation of the large-area Si(Li) detectors mass-produced for the GAPS experiment
M. Kozai, K. Tokunaga, H. Fuke +13
The lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detector developed for the General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) experiment features a thick (~2.2 mm) sensitive layer, large (10 cm) diamet…
The antinucleus annihilation reconstruction algorithm of the GAPS experiment
R. Munini, E. Vannuccini, M. Boezio +12
The General AntiParticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is an Antarctic balloon-borne detector designed to measure low-energy cosmic antinuclei (< 0.25 GeV/n), with a specific focus on antide…
Passivation of Si(Li) detectors operated above cryogenic temperatures for space-based applications
Nathan Saffold, Field Rogers, Mengjiao Xiao +12
This work evaluates the viability of polyimide and parylene-C for passivation of lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors. The passivated Si(Li) detectors will form the particle…
Investigating the nature of MGRO J1908+06 with multiwavelength observations
Jian Li, Ruo-Yu Liu, Emma de Ona Wilhelmi +7
The unidentified TeV source MGRO J1908+06, with emission extending from hundreds of GeV to beyond 100TeV, is one of the most intriguing sources in the Galactic plane. MGRO J1908+06…
Constraints on Axion-like Particles from a Hard -ray Observation of Betelgeuse
Mengjiao Xiao, Kerstin M. Perez, Maurizio Giannotti +5
We use the first observation of Betelgeuse in hard -rays to perform a novel search for axion-like particles (ALPs). Betelgeuse is not expected to be a standard source of -ray…
Cosmic-ray Antinuclei as Messengers of New Physics: Status and Outlook for the New Decade
P. von Doetinchem, K. Perez, T. Aramaki +59
The precise measurement of cosmic-ray antinuclei serves as an important means for identifying the nature of dark matter and other new astrophysical phenomena, and could be used wit…
Large-area Si(Li) Detectors for X-ray Spectrometry and Particle Tracking for the GAPS Experiment
Field Rogers, Mengjiao Xiao, Kerstin Perez +15
Large-area lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors, operable 150°C above liquid nitrogen temperature, have been developed for the General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) balloo…
GAPS: Searching for Dark Matter using Antinuclei in Cosmic Rays
R. Bird, T. Aramaki, M. Boezio +47
The General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) will carry out a sensitive dark matter search by measuring low-energy () cosmic ray antinuclei.…
Developing a mass-production model of large-area Si(Li) detectors with high operating temperatures
M. Kozai, H. Fuke, M. Yamada +10
This study presents a fabrication process for lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors that, compared to previous methods, allows for mass production at a higher yield, while pro…
Large-area Si(Li) detectors for X-ray spectrometry and particle tracking in the GAPS experiment
Field Rogers, Mengjiao Xiao, Kerstin M. Perez +14
The first lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors to satisfy the unique geometric, performance, and cost requirements of the General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) experiment…
Development of Large-area Lithium-drifted Silicon Detectors for the GAPS Experiment
M. Kozai, H. Fuke, M. Yamada +11
We have developed large-area lithium-drifted silicon (Si(Li)) detectors to meet the unique requirements of the General Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS) experiment. GAPS is an Antar…
PandaX-II Constraints on Spin-Dependent WIMP-Nucleon Effective Interactions
Jingkai Xia, Abdusalam Abdukerim, Xun Chen +57
We present PandaX-II constraints on candidate WIMP-nucleon effective interactions involving the nucleon or WIMP spin, including, in addition to standard axial spin-dependent (SD) s…
The Electronics and Data Acquisition System for the PandaX-I Dark Matter Experiment
Xiangxiang Ren, Xun Chen, Xiangdong Ji +7
We describe the electronics and data acquisition system used in the first phase of the PandaX experiment -- a 120 kg dual-phase liquid xenon dark matter direct detection experiment…