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

De Angelis A, Tatischeff V, Tavani M, Oberlack U, Grenier I, Hanloni L, Walter R, Argan A, Von Ballmoos P, Bulgarelli A, Donnarumma I, Hernanz M, Kuvvetli I, Pearce M, Zdziarski A, Aboudan A, Ajello M, Ambrosi G, Bernard D, Bernardini E, Bonvicini V, Brogna A, Branchesi M, Budtz-Jorgensen C, Bykov A, Campana R, Cardillo M, Coppi P, De Martino D, Diehl R, Doro M, Fioretti V, Funk S, Ghisellini G, Grove E, Hamadache C, Hartmann DH, Hayashida M, Isern J, Kanbach G, Kiener J, Knodlseder J, Labanti C, Laurent P, Limousin O, Longo F, Mannheim K, Marisaldi M, Martinez M, Mazziotta MN, Mcenery J, Mereghetti S, Minervini G, Moiseev A, Morselli A, Nakazawa K, Orleanski P, Paredes JM, Patricelli B, Pevre J, Piano G, Pohl M, Ramarijaona H, Rando R, Reichardt I, Roncadelli M, Silva R, Tavecchio F, Thompson DJ, Turolla R, Ulyanov A, Vacchi A, Wu X, Zoglauer A (2017)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Journal

Publisher: SPRINGER

Book Volume: 44

Pages Range: 25-82

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1007/s10686-017-9533-6

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.

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University of Paris 7 - Denis Diderot / Université Paris VII Denis Diderot France (FR) Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU) Germany (DE) National Institute for Astrophysics / Istituto Nazionale Astrofisica (INAF) Italy (IT) Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata' Italy (IT) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States (USA) (US) École Polytechnique - Université Paris-Saclay France (FR) National Institute for Nuclear Physics / Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Italy (IT) Technical University of Denmark / Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) Denmark (DK) University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" / Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo" (UNIURB) Italy (IT) University of Udine / Università degli Studi di Udine Italy (IT) University College Dublin (UCD) Ireland (IE) University of Padua / Universita degli Studi di Padova Italy (IT) Brera Observatory / Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera Italy (IT) Universidade de Coimbra Portugal (PT) Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) Spain (ES) Universität Potsdam Germany (DE) Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (SNS) Italy (IT) Universitat de Barcelona (UB) / University of Barcelona Spain (ES) University of Tokyo Japan (JP) Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP) France (FR) Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) / Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Germany (DE) Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (ICE) Spain (ES) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany (DE) Clemson University United States (USA) (US) Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN) / Polish Academy of Sciences Poland (PL) University of California, Berkeley United States (USA) (US) University of Geneva / Université de Genève (UNIGE) Switzerland (CH) Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies (IFAE) / The Institute for High Energy Physics Spain (ES) University of Bergen / Universitetet i Bergen Norway (NO) Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Germany (DE) Università degli Studi di Trieste Italy (IT) Commissariat à l'énergie atomique France (FR) Yale University United States (USA) (US) Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute / Физико-технический институт имени А. Ф. Иоффе РАН Russian Federation (RU) National Center for Scientific Research / Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France (FR)

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APA:

De Angelis, A., Tatischeff, V., Tavani, M., Oberlack, U., Grenier, I., Hanloni, L.,... Zoglauer, A. (2017). The e-ASTROGAM mission Exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV - GeV range. Experimental Astronomy, 44(1), 25-82. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10686-017-9533-6

MLA:

De Angelis, Alessandro, et al. "The e-ASTROGAM mission Exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV - GeV range." Experimental Astronomy 44.1 (2017): 25-82.

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