1. “High Energy Rays Observatory”
HERO
“High Energy Rays Observatory”
current status
D. Karmanov, A. Panov, D. Podorozhny, L. Tkachev, A. Turundaevskiy
Dmitry Podorozhny

2. Primary CR Experiments above 1012 eV/par.1964- 2015
Proton (4 satellites) – 60’ SINP/Russia
CRN (Space station) – 80’, US
Mubee (balloon) ’ SINP/ Russia
SOKOL ( 2 satellites) -80’ SINP/ Russia
TIC (balloon) , SINP/ Russia
JACEE (balloons) ’, US, Japan.....
RUNJOB (balloons) ’ -90’, SINP/Russia, Japan
AMS 1 (Space Shuttle) Intern. Collaboration
ATIC (balloon) , 2004, 2008 US, SINP/Russia,...
TRACER (balloon) – 2003, US
BESS (balloon) US, Germany, Japan,...
CREAM (balloon) , US, Korea, Russia…
PAMELA (satelite) Italy, Russia, Sweden, Germany
A. De Rújula

3. Primary CR Experiments above 1012 eV/par. after 2015
AMS 2 (ISS) Int. Col.
NUCLEON (satelite) Russia
CALET (ISS) Japan, Italy…
DAMPE (satelite) China
ISS-CREAM (ISS) US, Int. Col.
By 2020 there will be information about abundant CR up to 1015 eV.
What's next?

4. Effective exposure factor m2 sr year
The integral spectrum of CR (m2 sr year)
(>E)           1014       
2100        
For eV range exploration it’s at least 100 evs. > eV are necessary
The main requirement - effective exposure factor must be ~120 m2 cr year
Title
Years
Effective exposure factor m2 sr year
Range eV
Components
Fermi
since 2008 10
2*107-3*1011 2*
Gamma Electrons
AMS02
Since 2011 5
<2*1012 эВ/Z
Nuclei
Electrons
NUCLEON
2.4
0.7
1011-5*1014
5* *1012
Calet
since 2015
0.3
0.5
109-2*1013
109-2*1012
Electrons Gamma
Dampe 1 5*
ISS-CREAM
since 2017 ~3
HERD
1011-3*1015
108-5*1012
Gamma-400 4
108-3*1015

5. “High Energy Rays Observatory”
A "breakthrough" experiment is needed, which will turn high-energy astroparticle physics into an exact science!
That is
HERO
“High Energy Rays Observatory”
supported by the Russian Academy of Sciences and included in the Russian Federal Space Program
Main Requirements:
Effective exposure factor >120 m2 sr year
Energy resolution
for Protons at eV < 30%
at eV < 20%
for Nuclei at eV < 15-20%
for Leptons at 3* eV < 1%
Charge resolution < 0.2 ch. u. for all Nuclei
in full energy range

6. The main scientific objectives of the HERO experiment
4. Investigation of the electron spectrum in an unprecedented wide energy range, from hundreds of GeV to tens of TeV. The features of the electron spectrum at high energies can give information about nearby sources of cosmic rays.
5. The study of the composition of heavy nuclei behind the peak of iron, including superheavy
exotic nuclei, which will provide information on nucleosynthesis in the modern cosmological
epoch.
6. The gamma-ray spectrum in a wide energy range with an ultrahigh energy resolution (up to 0.1% -0.2% at energy ~ 10 TeV) will be measured. This will allow to connect the results with the data of ground Cherenkov telescopes obtained earlier and to reveal monoenergetic lines in the spectrum of gamma quanta, if they exist. Together with precise measurements of the electron spectrum, which have the same energy resolution, this will give information on the products of annihilation or decay of dark matter particles with an upper energy threshold and accuracy that can not be exceeded in the coming decades.
7. A search for strongly interacting dark matter – strangelets – will be carried out, or an upper threshold for its abundance in the Galaxy will be esablished, which can not be surpassed in the coming decades
1. The chemical composition of cosmic rays (CR) with an elemental resolution of the charges will be determined in the region of the "Christiansen-Kulikov CR knee" (energy 1-10PeV), which will shed light on the nature of this feature that has not been interpreted for 60 years. This will provide information about the most catastrophic events in our Galaxy.
2. A precise determination of the composition of CR in the energy range from several TeV to 1PeV (high statistics and energy resolution) will be carried out, including for rare secondary nuclei, which will make it possible to study in much greater detail new features of the CR spectra in this energy range, discovered by the recent NUCLEON experiment. This will provide information about local CR sources and transportation of CR in the Galaxy.
3. The study of the anisotropy of cosmic rays with statistics more than two orders of magnitude higher than the statistics of all other direct CR experiments.

7. Technology: energy spectrometer - Ionization Calorimeter
charge detector - Multilayer Silicone Matrix
the basic device limitation – weight!
Modern Russian carrier rocket launch a vehicle of ~17 tons (Оrbit ~500 km)
That means 12.5 tons for scientific equipment
For IC not more then 10 tons
IC substance. optimal - a combination of a very heavy (tungsten) and very light (polystyrene) to optimize development electromagnetic and hadronic cascades

8. IC optimization
shape
According to the broad number of simulations the most optimal shape is a prism shaped of 3D IC placed with one of it’s side planes parallel to the Earth surface
two extreme shape cases of the prism: “pancake“, "pencil"

9. Monte Carlo Energy Resolution Simulations of 3D IС weighing 10 tons.
Оrbit 500 km. Mean resolution <30%
"pencil"
“pancake” 9

10. Dependence of the mean resolution on the geometric factor
(protons, basic shape D = 160cm, h=147)
Rmax(%) RelGeomFact GeomFact MeanRes(%)
(m2ster)

11. Energy Resolution for gamma quanta, IC of 3λ, 52 X0
only physical fluctuations
(instrumental errors are not
accounted for)!
Res = 0.096%

12. Ionization Calorimeter
Preliminary Design of HERO
Ionization Calorimeter
Geometrical dimensions of IC: Diameter of outer circle 1600 mm, height 1470 mm, Weight ~ 10 tons
IR consists of 62 identical layers. Each layer is a hexagonal plane, 23,5 mm thick, with a polystyrene scintillator (ρ~1.0 g/cm3, h=20 mm) and a tungsten-copper-nickel alloy absorber (ρ~16/5 g/cm3, h=3,5 mm)
Number of registration channels 6696.

13. Each scintillator layer consists of 4033 prisms (diameter of circumscribed circle 25 mm). The light signal is recorded by light-shifting fibers guides, which placed in three dimensions (X = 0 °, Y = 60 °, U = 120 °) towards PMT
Each PMT is additionally configured as a non-stop neutron counter. Thus, an additional tool for detecting energy and determination of lepton CR component appears in the HERO. For effective neutron registration a borated polystyrene scintillator is used.
(n + 10B  7Li + α MeV)

14. Charge Measuring System
IC is surrounded on all sides by four-layer Silicon Matrixes. Each matrix consists of several independent leaders comprising from 3 to 16 detectors with dimensions of 100x100x0.5 mm3. Each detector is divided into 100 independent pads. In total, HERO includes ~ 8000 detectors (~8000100 independent channels)

15. Nucleon charge resolution ~0.2
Leaders construction is similar to the one used in the NUCLEON experiment. Expected charge resolution is better than 0.2 ch. u. (Pads in HERO are three times smaller than in nucleon)
Nucleon charge resolution ~0.2

16. Launching after 2025 before 2030
Current status
2018 R & D
tasks - development of the preliminary conceptual design of the HERO device, the scientific program of the HERO mission, requirements for the vehicle.
2019 R & D
tasks - preliminary design of HERO space complex (rocket, vehicle, ground infrastructure)
2020 Expertise (technology, production readiness, cost)
2021 Beginning manufacturing stage
Launching after 2025 before 2030 16

17. Total mass of OLHE device: 12
Total mass of OLHE device: 12.5 tons Power consumption: no more than 5000 W Daily telemetry: ~ 100 GB; Exposure time ≥7 years 17

18. Thank you!