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The e-ASTROGAM mission Exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV - GeV range

  • 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 thane-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.show moreshow less

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Author details:A. De Angelis, V. Tatischeff, M. Tavani, U. Oberlack, I. Grenier, L. Hanloni, R. Walter, A. Argan, P. Von Ballmoos, A. Bulgarelli, I. Donnarumma, M. Hernanz, I. Kuvvetli, M. Pearce, A. Zdziarski, A. Aboudan, M. Ajello, G. Ambrosi, D. Bernard, E. Bernardini, V. Bonvicini, A. Brogna, M. Branchesi, C. Budtz-Jorgensen, A. M. Bykov, R. Campana, M. Cardillo, P. Coppi, D. De Martino, R. Diehl, M. Doro, V. Fioretti, S. Funk, G. Ghisellini, E. Grove, C. Hamadache, D. H. Hartmann, M. Hayashida, J. Isern, G. Kanbach, J. Kiener, J. Knodlseder, C. Labanti, P. Laurent, O. Limousin, F. Longo, K. Mannheim, M. Marisaldi, M. Martinez, Mario Nicola MazziottaORCiD, J. McEnery, S. Mereghetti, G. Minervini, A. Moiseev, A. Morselli, K. Nakazawa, P. Orleanski, J. M. Paredes, B. Patricelli, J. Pevre, G. Piano, Martin PohlORCiDGND, H. Ramarijaona, R. Rando, I. Reichardt, M. Roncadelli, R. Silva, F. Tavecchio, D. J. Thompson, R. Turolla, A. Ulyanov, A. Vacchi, X. Wu, A. Zoglauer
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-017-9533-6
ISSN:0922-6435
ISSN:1572-9508
Title of parent work (English):Experimental astronomy : an international journal on astronomical instrumentation and data analysis
Publisher:Springer
Place of publishing:Dordrecht
Publication type:Article
Language:English
Year of first publication:2017
Publication year:2017
Creating corporation:The e-ASTROGAM Collaboration
Release date:2020/04/20
Tag:Active Galactic Nuclei; Compton and Pair Creation Telescope; Cosmic Antimatter; Cosmic Rays; Counterparts of gravitational waves; Dark Matter; Early Universe; Fermi; Gamma-Ray Bursts; High-Energy Astrophysics; High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy; Jets; Multiwavelength Observations of the Universe; Nuclear Astrophysics; Nucleosynthesis; Outflows; Supernovae
Volume:44
Number of pages:58
First page:25
Last Page:82
Organizational units:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie
Peer review:Referiert
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