@article{DeAngelisTatischeffTavanietal.2017, author = {De Angelis, A. and Tatischeff, V. and Tavani, M. and Oberlack, U. and Grenier, I. and Hanloni, L. and Walter, R. and Argan, A. and Von Ballmoos, P. and Bulgarelli, A. and Donnarumma, I. and Hernanz, M. and Kuvvetli, I. and Pearce, M. and Zdziarski, A. and Aboudan, A. and Ajello, M. and Ambrosi, G. and Bernard, D. and Bernardini, E. and Bonvicini, V. and Brogna, A. and Branchesi, M. and Budtz-Jorgensen, C. and Bykov, A. M. and Campana, R. and Cardillo, M. and Coppi, P. and De Martino, D. and Diehl, R. and Doro, M. and Fioretti, V. and Funk, S. and Ghisellini, G. and Grove, E. and Hamadache, C. and Hartmann, D. H. and Hayashida, M. and Isern, J. and Kanbach, G. and Kiener, J. and Knodlseder, J. and Labanti, C. and Laurent, P. and Limousin, O. and Longo, F. and Mannheim, K. and Marisaldi, M. and Martinez, M. and Mazziotta, Mario Nicola and McEnery, J. and Mereghetti, S. and Minervini, G. and Moiseev, A. and Morselli, A. and Nakazawa, K. and Orleanski, P. and Paredes, J. M. and Patricelli, B. and Pevre, J. and Piano, G. and Pohl, Martin and Ramarijaona, H. and Rando, R. and Reichardt, I. and Roncadelli, M. and Silva, R. and Tavecchio, F. and Thompson, D. J. and Turolla, R. and Ulyanov, A. and Vacchi, A. and Wu, X. and Zoglauer, A.}, title = {The e-ASTROGAM mission Exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV - GeV range}, series = {Experimental astronomy : an international journal on astronomical instrumentation and data analysis}, volume = {44}, journal = {Experimental astronomy : an international journal on astronomical instrumentation and data analysis}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dordrecht}, organization = {The e-ASTROGAM Collaboration}, issn = {0922-6435}, doi = {10.1007/s10686-017-9533-6}, pages = {25 -- 82}, year = {2017}, abstract = {e-ASTROGAM ('enhanced ASTROGAM') is a breakthrough Observatory space mission, with a detector composed by a Silicon tracker, a calorimeter, and an anticoincidence system, dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.3 MeV to 3 GeV - the lower energy limit can be pushed to energies as low as 150 keV, albeit with rapidly degrading angular resolution, for the tracker, and to 30 keV for calorimetric detection. The mission is based on an advanced space-proven detector technology, with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution, combined with polarimetric capability. Thanks to its performance in the MeV-GeV domain, substantially improving its predecessors, e-ASTROGAM will open a new window on the non-thermal Universe, making pioneering observations of the most powerful Galactic and extragalactic sources, elucidating the nature of their relativistic outflows and their effects on the surroundings. With a line sensitivity in the MeV energy range one to two orders of magnitude better than previous generation instruments, e-ASTROGAM will determine the origin of key isotopes fundamental for the understanding of supernova explosion and the chemical evolution of our Galaxy. The mission will provide unique data of significant interest to a broad astronomical community, complementary to powerful observatories such as LIGO-Virgo-GEO600-KAGRA, SKA, ALMA, E-ELT, TMT, LSST, JWST, Athena, CTA, IceCube, KM3NeT, and the promise of eLISA.}, language = {en} }