Speaker
Dr
Lucas Beaufore
(The Ohio State University)
Description
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a long-duration balloon experiment designed to search for the astrophysical and cosmogenic neutrino flux at ultrahigh energies (>1 EeV) with world-leading sensitivity. During its successful 23-day Antarctic flight in the 2025-2026 austral summer, PUEO monitored the Antarctic ice sheet for impulsive radio signals characteristic of Askaryan radiation from ultrahigh energy neutrinos interacting in the ice. It was also sensitive to geomagnetic emission of air showers induced by ultrahigh energy cosmic rays and neutrino-produced tau decays. This talk will give an overview of PUEO’s design, flight, and ongoing calibration and analysis.
Primary author
Dr
Lucas Beaufore
(The Ohio State University)
