POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: A multi-messenger, multi-detector balloon payload

J Adams; D Garg; J Alfaro; M. H Reno; D Allard; P Alldredge; R Aloisio; R Ammendola; A Anastasio; L Anchordoqui; D Badoni; J Baláž; B Baret; L Bar-On; M Battisti; R Bellotti; M Bertaina; M Betts; S Blin; M Boezio; P Bořil; J Brague; I Buckland; J. Burton Heibges; F. S Cafagna; P Cao; J Caraca; R Caruso; M Casolino; K Černý; A Creusot; A Cummings; P Degarate; C De Santis; A DiGiovanni; B. J. DiLella A DiSalvo; J Eser; S Ferrarese; G Filippatos; W Finch; J Ford; C Fornaro; A Fox-Smith; A Froid; P. Gálvez Molina; S Garbolino; B Gockel; C Guepin; A Haungs; T Heibges; J Hicks; J Hinkel; J Krizmanic; L Kupari; E. H Lenzing; S Mackovjak; D Mandát; M Manfrin; A Marcelli; L Marcelli; G Masciantonio; V Masone; E Mayotte; E Mentzell; A Meli; M Mese; S Meyer; M Mignone; M Miller; M Mongelli; J Moses; E Msihid; R Munini; M Murdock; C Nathan; A Novikov; S O'Brien; A. V Olinto; Y Onel; G Osteria; B Panico; E Parizot; G Passeggio; T Paul; M Pech; K. Penalo Castillo; F Perfetto; C Petta; P Picozza; L Piotrowski; Z Plebaniak; H Qureshi; E Reali; M Ricci; E Ricci; A Rivetti; A Roy; F Sarazin; V Scherini; P Schovánek; F. G Schroeder; V Scotti; C Shay; A Sotgiu; R Sparvoli; B Stillwell; I Strhárský; J Szabelski; Y Takizawa; R Torres; R Triggiani; C Trimarelli; C Tussey; J Tutt; M Unger; T Venters; M Venugopal; P von Ballmoos; L Wanner; D Washington; R Webb; A Weindl; L Wiencke; S Wissel; A Yuan

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POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: A multi-messenger, multi-detector balloon payload

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POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: A multi-messenger, multi-detector balloon payload

J Adams, D Garg, J Alfaro, M. H Reno, D Allard, P Alldredge, R Aloisio, R Ammendola, A Anastasio, L Anchordoqui, …

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01/27/2026

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2601.19997

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A review of the current status of the field of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR) including a summary of remaining open questions was presented in the white paper "Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays: at the Intersection of the Cosmic and Energy Frontiers" (Astropart. Phys. 147 (2023) 102794; arXiv:2205.05845). The authors concluded that two types of next-generation detectors are needed to answer these questions: high-accuracy instruments and detectors that maximize exposure at the highest energies. The Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA), a proposed dual-satellite observatory, exemplifies the latter class and is designed to increase statistics of the highest-energy cosmic rays and to detect very-high-energy neutrinos following multi-messenger alerts. POEMMA-Balloon with Radio (PBR) implements a compact, balloon-borne version of the POEMMA concept, adapted for a Super-Pressure Balloon flight from Wanaka, New Zealand, with an expected campaign exceeding 20 days. PBR couples a wide field-of-view Schmidt telescope and a hybrid optical focal surface with a dedicated radio instrument to deliver simultaneous, complementary measurements of extensive air showers. The mission will validate the fluorescence detection strategy from space and raise technology readiness for a POEMMA-like space mission by observing UHECR-induced fluorescence light from suborbital altitudes, obtaining the first simultaneous optical Cherenkov and radio observations of high-altitude horizontal air showers above the cosmic-ray knee (E>3PeV), enabling energy-spectrum and composition studies at the PeV scale, and performing follow-ups of multi-messenger alerts to search for very-high-energy neutrinos via upward-going air showers. This paper summarizes the PBR payload and its expected performance.

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Title: Subtitle: POEMMA-Balloon with Radio: A multi-messenger, multi-detector balloon payload
Creators: J Adams
D Garg
J Alfaro
M. H Reno
D Allard
P Alldredge
R Aloisio
R Ammendola
A Anastasio
L Anchordoqui
D Badoni
J Baláž
B Baret
L Bar-On
M Battisti
R Bellotti
M Bertaina
M Betts
S Blin
M Boezio
P Bořil
J Brague
I Buckland
J. Burton Heibges
F. S Cafagna
P Cao
J Caraca
R Caruso
M Casolino
K Černý
A Creusot
A Cummings
P Degarate
C De Santis
A DiGiovanni
B. J. DiLella A DiSalvo
J Eser
S Ferrarese
G Filippatos
W Finch
J Ford
C Fornaro
A Fox-Smith
A Froid
P. Gálvez Molina
S Garbolino
B Gockel
C Guepin
A Haungs
T Heibges
J Hicks
J Hinkel
J Krizmanic
L Kupari
E. H Lenzing
S Mackovjak
D Mandát
M Manfrin
A Marcelli
L Marcelli
G Masciantonio
V Masone
E Mayotte
E Mentzell
A Meli
M Mese
S Meyer
M Mignone
M Miller
M Mongelli
J Moses
E Msihid
R Munini
M Murdock
C Nathan
A Novikov
S O'Brien
A. V Olinto
Y Onel
G Osteria
B Panico
E Parizot
G Passeggio
T Paul - Columbia University
M Pech
K. Penalo Castillo
F Perfetto
C Petta
P Picozza
L Piotrowski
Z Plebaniak
H Qureshi
E Reali
M Ricci
E Ricci
A Rivetti
A Roy
F Sarazin
V Scherini
P Schovánek
F. G Schroeder
V Scotti
C Shay
A Sotgiu
R Sparvoli
B Stillwell
I Strhárský
J Szabelski
Y Takizawa
R Torres
R Triggiani
C Trimarelli
C Tussey
J Tutt
M Unger
T Venters
M Venugopal
P von Ballmoos
L Wanner
D Washington
R Webb
A Weindl
L Wiencke
S Wissel
A Yuan
Resource Type: Preprint
Publication Details: ArXiv.org
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2601.19997
ISSN: 2331-8422
Publisher: Cornell University; Ithaca, New York
Language: English
Date posted: 01/27/2026
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9985132205602771

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