https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202531912009
The Ziré experiment on board of the NUSES mission
1 Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
2 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)-LNGS, I-67100 Assergi, L’Aquila, Italy
* e-mail: pierpaolo.savina@gssi.it
Published online: 6 March 2025
NUSES is a new space mission aiming to test innovative observational and technological approaches related to the study of low energy cosmic and gamma rays, high energy astrophysical neutrinos, Sun-Earth environment, Space weather and magnetosphere-ionosphere-lithosphere coupling (MILC). The satellite will operate on a low-Earth and sun-synchronous polar orbit, and will host two payloads: Terzina and Zirè. Zirè will perform measurements of electrons, protons and light nuclei from a few up to hundreds MeV, also testing new tools for the detection of cosmic MeV photons (e.g. for GRBs). Innovative technologies for space-based particle detectors will be adopted and tested thus increasing the corresponding Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) of the adopted solutions. The light readout system (from plastic scintillators and crystals) will be entirely provided by Silicon Photo Multipliers (SiPMs), thus ensuring a compact and light design. In this work, a general overview of the Zirè payload will be given.
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