Science with e-ASTROGAM (A space mission for MeV-GeV gamma-ray astrophysics)
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 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 LISA.
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@article{arxiv.1711.01265,
title = {Science with e-ASTROGAM (A space mission for MeV-GeV gamma-ray astrophysics)},
author = {A. De Angelis and V. Tatischeff and I. A. Grenier and J. McEnery and M. Mallamaci and M. Tavani and U. Oberlack and L. Hanlon and R. Walter and A. Argan and P. Von Ballmoos and A. Bulgarelli and A. Bykov and M. Hernanz and G. Kanbach and I. Kuvvetli and M. Pearce and A. Zdziarski and J. Conrad and G. Ghisellini and A. Harding and J. Isern and M. Leising and F. Longo and G. Madejski and M. Martinez and M. N. Mazziotta and J. M. Paredes and M. Pohl and R. Rando and M. Razzano and A. Aboudan and M. Ackermann and A. Addazi and M. Ajello and C. Albertus and J. M. Alvarez and G. Ambrosi and S. Anton and L. A. Antonelli and A. Babic and B. Baibussinov and M. Balbo and L. Baldini and S. Balman and C. Bambi and U. Barres de Almeida and J. A. Barrio and R. Bartels and D. Bastieri and W. Bednarek and D. Bernard and E. Bernardini and T. Bernasconi and B. Bertucci and A. Biland and E. Bissaldi and M. Boettcher and V. Bonvicini and V. Bosch Ramon and E. Bottacini and V. Bozhilov and T. Bretz and M. Branchesi and V. Brdar and T. Bringmann and A. Brogna and C. Budtz Jorgensen and G. Busetto and S. Buson and M. Busso and A. Caccianiga and S. Camera and R. Campana and P. Caraveo and M. Cardillo and P. Carlson and S. Celestin and M. Cermeno and A. Chen and C. C Cheung and E. Churazov and S. Ciprini and A. Coc and S. Colafrancesco and A. Coleiro and W. Collmar and P. Coppi and R. Curado da Silva and S. Cutini and F. DAmmando and B. De Lotto and D. de Martino and A. De Rosa and M. Del Santo and L. Delgado and R. Diehl and S. Dietrich and A. D. Dolgov and A. Dominguez and D. Dominis Prester and I. Donnarumma and D. Dorner and M. Doro and M. Dutra and D. Elsaesser and M. Fabrizio and A. FernandezBarral and V. Fioretti and L. Foffano and V. Formato and N. Fornengo and L. Foschini and A. Franceschini and A. Franckowiak and S. Funk and F. Fuschino and D. Gaggero and G. Galanti and F. Gargano and D. Gasparrini and R. Gehrz and P. Giammaria and N. Giglietto and P. Giommi and F. Giordano and M. Giroletti and G. Ghirlanda and N. Godinovic and C. Gouiffes and J. E. Grove and C. Hamadache and D. H. Hartmann and M. Hayashida and A. Hryczuk and P. Jean and T. Johnson and J. Jose and S. Kaufmann and B. Khelifi and J. Kiener and J. Knodlseder and M. Kole and J. Kopp and V. Kozhuharov and C. Labanti and S. Lalkovski and P. Laurent and O. Limousin and M. Linares and E. Lindfors and M. Lindner and J. Liu and S. Lombardi and F. Loparco and R. LopezCoto and M. Lopez Moya and B. Lott and P. Lubrano and D. Malyshev and N. Mankuzhiyil and K. Mannheim and M. J. Marcha and A. Marciano and B. Marcote and M. Mariotti and M. Marisaldi and S. McBreen and S. Mereghetti and A. Merle and R. Mignani and G. Minervini and A. Moiseev and A. Morselli and F. Moura and K. Nakazawa and L. Nava and D. Nieto and M. Orienti and M. Orio and E. Orlando and P. Orleanski and S. Paiano and R. Paoletti and A. Papitto and M. Pasquato and B. Patricelli and M. A. PerezGarcia and M. Persic and G. Piano and A. Pichel and M. Pimenta and C. Pittori and T. Porter and J. Poutanen and E. Prandini and N. Prantzos and N. Produit and S. Profumo and F. S. Queiroz and S. Raino and A. Raklev and M. Regis and I. Reichardt and Y. Rephaeli and J. Rico and W. Rodejohann and G. Rodriguez Fernandez and M. Roncadelli and L. Roso and A. Rovero and R. Ruffini and G. Sala and M. A. SanchezConde and A. Santangelo and P. Saz Parkinson and T. Sbarrato and A. Shearer and R. Shellard and K. Short and T. Siegert and C. Siqueira and P. Spinelli and A. Stamerra and S. Starrfield and A. Strong and I. Strumke and F. Tavecchio and R. Taverna and T. Terzic and D. J. Thompson and O. Tibolla and D. F. Torres and R. Turolla and A. Ulyanov and A. Ursi and A. Vacchi and J. Van den Abeele and G. Vankova Kirilovai and C. Venter and F. Verrecchia and P. Vincent and X. Wang and C. Weniger and X. Wu and G. Zaharijas and L. Zampieri and S. Zane and S. Zimmer and A. Zoglauer and the eASTROGAM collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.01265},
year = {2018}
}
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Published on Journal of High Energy Astrophysics (Elsevier)