The GAMMA-400 space observatory: status and perspectives
Abstract
The present design of the new space observatory GAMMA-400 is presented in this paper. The instrument has been designed for the optimal detection of gamma rays in a broad energy range (from ~100 MeV up to 3 TeV), with excellent angular and energy resolution. The observatory will also allow precise and high statistic studies of the electron component in the cosmic rays up to the multi TeV region, as well as protons and nuclei spectra up to the knee region. The GAMMA-400 observatory will allow to address a broad range of science topics, like search for signatures of dark matter, studies of Galactic and extragalactic gamma-ray sources, Galactic and extragalactic diffuse emission, gamma-ray bursts and charged cosmic rays acceleration and diffusion mechanism up to the knee.
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@article{arxiv.1412.4239,
title = {The GAMMA-400 space observatory: status and perspectives},
author = {A. M. Galper and V. Bonvicini and N. P. Topchiev and O. Adriani and R. L. Aptekar and I. V. Arkhangelskaja and A. I. Arkhangelskiy and L. Bergstrom and E. Berti and G. Bigongiari and S. G. Bobkov and M. Boezio and E. A. Bogomolov and S. Bonechi and M. Bongi and S. Bottai and K. A. Boyarchuk and G. Castellini and P. W. Cattaneo and P. Cumani and G. L. Dedenko and C. De Donato and V. A. Dogiel and M. S. Gorbunov and Yu. V. Gusakov and B. I. Hnatyk and V. V. Kadilin and V. A. Kaplin and A. A. Kaplun and M. D. Kheymits and V. E. Korepanov and J. Larsson and A. A. Leonov and V. A. Loginov and F. Longo and P. Maestro and P. S. Marrocchesi and V. V. Mikhailov and E. Mocchiutti and A. A. Moiseev and N. Mori and I. V. Moskalenko and P. Yu. Naumov and P. Papini and M. Pearce and P. Picozza and A. V. Popov and A. Rappoldi and S. Ricciarini and M. F. Runtso and F. Ryde and O. V. Serdin and R. Sparvoli and P. Spillantini and S. I. Suchkov and M. Tavani and A. A. Taraskin and A. Tiberio and E. M. Tyurin and M. V. Ulanov and A. Vacchi and E. Vannuccini and G. I. Vasilyev and Yu. T. Yurkin and N. Zampa and V. N. Zirakashvili and V. G. Zverev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.4239},
year = {2014}
}