Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: The landscape of cosmic-ray and high-energy photon probes of particle dark matter

T Aramaki, M Boezio, J Buckley, E Bulbul… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
This white paper discusses the current landscape and prospects for experiments sensitive to
particle dark matter processes producing photons and cosmic rays. Much of the gamma-ray …

First observation of the MeV gamma-ray universe with bijective imaging spectroscopy using the electron-tracking Compton telescope on board SMILE-2+

A Takada, T Takemura, K Yoshikawa… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
MeV gamma-rays provide a unique window for the direct measurement of line emissions
from radioisotopes, but observations have made little significant progress since COMPTEL …

Precision imaging of 4.4 MeV gamma rays using a 3-D position sensitive Compton camera

A Koide, J Kataoka, T Masuda, S Mochizuki, T Taya… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Imaging of nuclear gamma-ray lines in the 1–10 MeV range is far from being established in
both medical and physical applications. In proton therapy, 4.4 MeV gamma rays are emitted …

First demonstration of aerial gamma-ray imaging using drone for prompt radiation survey in Fukushima

S Mochizuki, J Kataoka, L Tagawa… - Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Considerable amounts of radioactive substances (mainly 137 Cs and 134 Cs) were
released into the environment after the Japanese nuclear disaster in 2011. Some restrictions …

Gamma-Ray emission produced by r-process elements from neutron star mergers

MH Chen, LX Li, DB Lin, EW Liang - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The observation of a radioactively powered kilonova AT 2017gfo associated with the
gravitational wave event GW170817 from a binary neutron star merger proves that these …

Finding the remnants of the Milky Way's last neutron star mergers

MR Wu, P Banerjee, BD Metzger… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery of a binary neutron star merger (NSM) through both its gravitational wave and
electromagnetic emission has revealed these events to be key sites of r-process …

First on-site true gamma-ray imaging-spectroscopy of contamination near Fukushima plant

D Tomono, T Mizumoto, A Takada, S Komura… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
We have developed an Electron Tracking Compton Camera (ETCC), which provides a well-
defined Point Spread Function (PSF) by reconstructing a direction of each gamma as a point …

Synthesis of radioactive elements in novae and supernovae and their use as a diagnostic tool

J Isern, M Hernanz, E Bravo, S Grebenev, P Jean… - New Astronomy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Novae and supernovae play a key role in many fields of Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Despite their importance, an accurate description of which objects explode and why and …

Development and performance verification of a 3-D position-sensitive Compton camera for imaging MeV gamma rays

H Hosokoshi, J Kataoka, S Mochizuki, M Yoneyama… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In gamma-ray astronomy, the 1–10 MeV range is one of the most challenging energy bands
to observe owing to low photon signals and a considerable amount of background …

Quantitative visualization of a radioactive plume with harmonizing gamma-ray imaging spectrometry and real-time atmospheric dispersion simulation based on 3D …

H Nagai, Y Furuta, H Nakayama… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
To propose a novel monitoring method for the quantitative visualization of 3D distribution of
a radioactive plume in the vicinity of release point and source term estimation of released …