The High Energy Particle Detector (HEPD-02) for the second China Seismo-Electromagnetic

Discussion timeslot (ZOOM-Meeting): 13. July 2021 - 12:00
ZOOM-Meeting URL: https://desy.zoom.us/j/91896950007
ZOOM-Meeting ID: 91896950007
ZOOM-Meeting Passcode: ICRC2021
Corresponding Session: https://icrc2021-venue.desy.de/channel/15-Future-instrumentation-CRD-MM/67
Live-Stream URL: https://icrc2021-venue.desy.de/livestream/Discussion-06/7

Abstract:
'The CSES (China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) is a multi-instrumental scientific space program whose objectives are to investigate the near-Earth electromagnetic, plasma and particle environment and for studying the seismo associated disturbances in the ionosphere-magnetosphere transition zone, the anthropogenic electromagnetic noise as well as the natural non-seismic electromagnetic emissions, mainly due to tropospheric activity. In particular, the mission aims at confirming the existence of possible temporal correlations between the occurrence of earthquakes for medium and strong magnitude and the observation in space of electromagnetic perturbations, plasma variations and precipitation of bursts of high-energy charged particles from the inner Van Allen belt.rnThe first satellite (CSES-01) was launched on 2018, while a second one (CSES-02) is currently under development and its launch is expected by 2022. As in CSES-01, the suite of instruments on-board CSES-02 will comprise a particle detector (HEPD-02, High-energy Particle Detector) to measure the increase of the electron and proton fluxes due to short-time perturbations of the radiation belts induced by solar, terrestrial, or anthropic phenomena in the energy range 3-100 MeV for electrons and 30-200 MeV for protons.rnHEPD-02 comprises a tracker made of CMOS Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (MAPS), a double layer of crossed plastic scintillators for trigger and a calorimeter, made of a tower of plastic scintillators and a matrix of inorganic crystals, surrounded by plastic scintillator veto planes. We present the main characteristics and performance of HEPD-02, highlighting the architectural choices made to meet the scientific objectives of the mission.'

Authors: Cristian De Santis | Sergio Bruno Ricciarini
Collaboration: Limadou

Indico-ID: 402
Proceeding URL: https://pos.sissa.it/395/058