Science Objectives and Goals of the TIGERISS mission

TIGERISS Collaboration

Science Objectives and Goals of the TIGERISS mission

TIGERISS Collaboration

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TIGERISS, the Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder for the International Space Station, is an Ultra-Heavy Galactic Cosmic Ray (UHGCR) detector that is planned to be launched to the ISS in 2026. TIGERISS is a continuation of the TIGER and SuperTIGER mission heritage that will be able to measure the elemental abundances from ₅B to ₈₂Pb that exceed an energy threshold of 350 MeV/nucleon for an acrylic Cherenkov detector used on the instrument.. With a minimum geometry factor of 1.3 m² sr, TIGERISS, in less than one year of operation, will match the statistics seen by the 55 day SuperTIGER-1 balloon flight without the need for atmospheric corrections. By using SiPMs instead of PMTs, TIGERISS will improve upon SuperTIGER’s charge resolution providing single-element peak resolution over its full dynamic range. All of these factors will allow us to provide the first single-element measurements through the lanthanides and up to lead within the interstellar medium, allowing us to test a wide range of source and propagation models for cosmic-ray origins and acceleration. With TIGERISS being able to cover the entirety of the s-process, r-process, and rp-processes of nucleosynthesis, we will add to the wider multi-messenger effort to determine the relative contributions of supernovae (SN) and Neutron Star Merger (NSM) events.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	144
Journal	Proceedings of Science
Volume	444
State	Published - Sep 27 2024
Event	38th International Cosmic Ray Conference, ICRC 2023 - Nagoya, Japan Duration: Jul 26 2023 → Aug 3 2023

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Science Objectives and Goals of the TIGERISS mission

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