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Fighting the Cosmic Ray Effect in the Next Generation of Space Missions

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K23438
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0203:Particle-, nuclear-, astro-physics, and related fields
Research InstitutionOkayama University (2020-2022)
The University of Tokyo (2019)

Principal Investigator

Stever Samantha  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 特任助教 (20842991)

Project Period (FY) 2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsastrophysics / cosmology / systematic effects / cosmic ray / detectors / particle interactions
Outline of Research at the Start

The next generation of cosmology missions seek to measure direct evidence of inflation theory. To reduce uncertainties created by Earth's atmosphere, we must measure this in space. The target signal is very small, and can only be seen by very sensitive instruments. However, telescopes in space will be subject to radiation by cosmic rays. We will study the cosmic ray environment of the next missions, and understand the scale of the threat on their data. We will attack the problem using simulations and experiments to develop mitigations and understand how this systematic effect can be overcome.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During the course of this research project, we have carried out a large number of experiments and simulation tasks relating to evaluating cosmic ray systematic effects in next-generation CMB telescopes. Because it is necessary to measure the CMB at large angular scales, measurements must be taken from space, and telescopes are therefore subject to cosmic radiation. Detectors on such telescopes are very sensitive and are kept at cold temperatures in order to reduce noise and measure the small sky signal very precisely.

In our study, we have produced an end-to-end simulator for evaluating the systematic effects produced by cosmic rays in LiteBIRD. By accounting for the space environment, the thermal response of the focal plane, the electrothermal response of the detectors, and the propagation of time-ordered data into maps, we can find the level of CR effects in order to reduce the severity of them.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

The next generation of cosmology telescopes seeks to measure primordial B-modes, which would provide direct evidence of cosmic inflation, and the human understanding of how we came to exist. This has fundamental impacts on the origins of humanity. The removal of CR effects makes this goal possible.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Invited: 3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University Paris-Saclay(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Simulation of the Cosmic Ray Impact on the TES Detectors of SPICA/SAFARI2022

    • Author(s)
      Stockmans T. A.、Almasi A.、Stever S. L.、Khosropanah P.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Low Temperature Physics

      Volume: 209 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 482-492

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10909-022-02815-8

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Assessment of the cosmic-ray impacts for LiteBIRD using Geant4 simulation2022

    • Author(s)
      Tominaga Mayu、Tsujimoto Masahiro、Ishino Hirokazu、Stever Samantha L.、Tsukatsune Serika
    • Journal Title

      Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave

      Volume: 1218054 Pages: 54-54

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2629759

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Simulations of systematic effects arising from cosmic rays in the LiteBIRD space telescope, and effects on the measurements of CMB B-modes2021

    • Author(s)
      Stever S.L.、Ghigna T.、Tominaga M.、Puglisi G.、Tsujimoto M.、Zeccoli Marazzini M.、Baratto M.、Tomasi M.、Minami Y.、Sugiyama S.、Kato A.、Matsumura T.、Ishino H.、Patanchon G.、Hazumi M.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

      Volume: 2021 Issue: 09 Pages: 013-013

    • DOI

      10.1088/1475-7516/2021/09/013

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Simulations of athermal phonon propagation in a cryogenic semiconducting bolometer2020

    • Author(s)
      Stever Samantha、Couchot Francois、Maffei Bruno
    • Journal Title

      SPIE Astron. Telescopes and Instrumentation

      Volume: - Pages: 98-98

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2561969

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Concept design of low frequency telescope for CMB B-mode polarization satellite LiteBIRD2020

    • Author(s)
      Sekimoto Yutaro, et al.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of SPIE

      Volume: 11453 Pages: 37-37

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2561841

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Quantifying the Effect of Cosmic Ray Showers on the X-IFU Energy Resolution2020

    • Author(s)
      Peille P.、den Hartog R.、Miniussi A.、Stever S.、Bandler S.、Kirsch C.、Lorenz M.、Dauser T.、Wilms J.、Lotti S.、Gatti F.、Macculi C.、Jackson B.、Pajot F.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Low Temperature Physics

      Volume: 199 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 240-249

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10909-019-02330-3

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Updated Design of the CMB Polarization Experiment Satellite LiteBIRD2020

    • Author(s)
      Hazumi, M, ..., H. Ishino, ..., M. Tsujimoto, ..., et al.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Low Temperature Physics

      Volume: 199 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 1107-1117

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10909-019-02329-w

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Simulation of the cosmic ray effects for the LiteBIRD satellite observing the CMB B-mode polarization2020

    • Author(s)
      Tominaga Mayu、Tsujimoto Masahiro、Stever Samantha L.、Ghigna Tommaso、Ishino HIrokazu、Ebisawa Ken
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of SPIE

      Volume: 11443 Pages: 186-186

    • DOI

      10.1117/12.2576127

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Irradiation Tests of Superconducting Detectors and Comparison with Simulations2020

    • Author(s)
      Minami Y.、Akiba Y.、Beckman S.、Hazumi M.、Kuo C.、Kurinsky N. A.、Kutsuma H.、Lee A. T.、Mima S.、Raum C. R.、Sasse T.、Stever S. L.、Suzuki A.、Westbrook B.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Low Temperature Physics

      Volume: 199 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 118-129

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10909-020-02393-7

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Thermal Simulations of Temperature Excursions on the Athena X-IFU Detector Wafer from Impacts by Cosmic Rays2020

    • Author(s)
      Stever S. L.、Peille P.、Bruijn M. P.、Roussafi A.、Lotti S.、Macculi C.、Janssen R. M. J.、den Hartog R.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Low Temperature Physics

      Volume: 199 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 264-274

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10909-020-02380-y

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Design of a Testbed for the Study of System Interference in Space CMB Polarimetry2020

    • Author(s)
      Ghigna T.、Matsumura T.、Hazumi M.、Stever S. L.、Sakurai Y.、Katayama N.、Suzuki A.、Westbrook B.、Lee A. T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Low Temperature Physics

      Volume: 199 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 622-630

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10909-020-02359-9

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Benefits of Bolometer Joule Stepping and Joule Pulsing2019

    • Author(s)
      Stever S. L.、Couchot F.、Sauvage V.、Coron N.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Low Temperature Physics

      Volume: 199 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 110-117

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10909-019-02302-7

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Simulations of systematic effects arising from cosmic rays in the LiteBIRD space telescope, and effects on the measurements of CMB B-modes2021

    • Author(s)
      S. L. Stever
    • Organizer
      Japanese Physical Society summer meeting
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Progress towards a complete study of cosmic ray effects in the LiteBIRD space mission2020

    • Author(s)
      S. L. Stever
    • Organizer
      Japanese Physical Society summer meeting
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Simulations of systematic effects arising from cosmic rays in the LiteBIRD space telescope, and effects on the measurements of CMB B-modes2020

    • Author(s)
      S. L. Stever
    • Organizer
      Great Western Seminar series, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Simulations of systematic effects arising from cosmic rays in the LiteBIRD space telescope, and effects on the measurements of CMB B-modes2020

    • Author(s)
      S.L.Stever
    • Organizer
      Cosmology invited seminars, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The PILOT balloon-borne telescope2020

    • Author(s)
      S. L. Stever and PILOT collaboration
    • Organizer
      CMB Core-to-core seminar series
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Cosmic rays in cosmology space missions: a review2019

    • Author(s)
      S. L. Stever
    • Organizer
      B-modes from Space
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Thermal Simulations of Temperature Excursions on the Athena X-IFU Detector Wafer from Impacts by Cosmic Rays2019

    • Author(s)
      S. L. Stever
    • Organizer
      International Astrophysical Consortium for High Energy Calibration
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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