BESS-Polar experiment: Progress and future prospects

K. Yoshimura; K. Abe; H. Fuke; S. Haino; T. Hams; M. Hasegawa; A. Horikoshi; K. C. Kim; T. Kumazawa; A. Kusumoto; M. H. Lee; Y. Makida; S. Matsuda; Y. Matsukawa; J. W. Mitchell; A. A. Moiseev; J. Nishimura; M. Nozaki; R. Orito; J. F. Ormes; K. Sakai; M. Sasaki; E. S. Seo; Y. Shikaze; R. Shinoda; R. E. Streitmatter; J. Suzuki; K. Takeuchi; N. Thakur; K. Tanaka; T. Yamagami; A. Yamamoto; T. Yoshida

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.048

BESS-Polar experiment: Progress and future prospects

K. Yoshimura, K. Abe, H. Fuke, S. Haino, T. Hams, M. Hasegawa, A. Horikoshi, K. C. Kim, T. Kumazawa, A. Kusumoto, M. H. Lee, Y. Makida, S. Matsuda, Y. Matsukawa, J. W. Mitchell, A. A. Moiseev, J. Nishimura, M. Nozaki, R. Orito, J. F. OrmesK. Sakai, M. Sasaki, E. S. Seo, Y. Shikaze, R. Shinoda, R. E. Streitmatter, J. Suzuki, K. Takeuchi, N. Thakur, K. Tanaka, T. Yamagami, A. Yamamoto, T. Yoshida

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Abstract

The first scientific flight of the BESS-Polar balloon-borne experiment was successfully carried out in December 2004 from Antarctica with the primary scientific objectives of searching for primordial antiparticles from the universe and making precision measurements of primary cosmic-ray fluxes. During the 8.5 day flight, the newly developed BESS-Polar spectrometer worked well and gathered data from 9 × 10 ⁸ cosmic-ray events, showing its capability for making long-duration science observations. We have already started hardware development for the second experiment, which is expected to be a flight of more than 20 days during the next solar minimum period with the upgraded spectrometer. In this manuscript, progress on and prospects for the BESS-Polar experiment are described.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1664-1669
Number of pages	6
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	42
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.048
Publication status	Published - Nov 17 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Antarctica
BESS
Long-duration balloon flight
Superconducting spectrometer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Aerospace Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Space and Planetary Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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Yoshimura, K., Abe, K., Fuke, H., Haino, S., Hams, T., Hasegawa, M., Horikoshi, A., Kim, K. C., Kumazawa, T., Kusumoto, A., Lee, M. H., Makida, Y., Matsuda, S., Matsukawa, Y., Mitchell, J. W., Moiseev, A. A., Nishimura, J., Nozaki, M., Orito, R., ... Yoshida, T. (2008). BESS-Polar experiment: Progress and future prospects. Advances in Space Research, 42(10), 1664-1669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.048

Yoshimura, K, Abe, K, Fuke, H, Haino, S, Hams, T, Hasegawa, M, Horikoshi, A, Kim, KC, Kumazawa, T, Kusumoto, A, Lee, MH, Makida, Y, Matsuda, S, Matsukawa, Y, Mitchell, JW, Moiseev, AA, Nishimura, J, Nozaki, M, Orito, R, Ormes, JF, Sakai, K, Sasaki, M, Seo, ES, Shikaze, Y, Shinoda, R, Streitmatter, RE, Suzuki, J, Takeuchi, K, Thakur, N, Tanaka, K, Yamagami, T, Yamamoto, A & Yoshida, T 2008, 'BESS-Polar experiment: Progress and future prospects', Advances in Space Research, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 1664-1669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.05.048

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