The Space-Based Gamma-Ray Telescope GAMMA-400 and Its Scientific Goals
Abstract
The design of the new space-based gamma-ray telescope GAMMA-400 is presented. GAMMA-400 is optimized for the energy 100 GeV with the best parameters: the angular resolution ~0.01 deg, the energy resolution ~1%, and the proton rejection factor ~10E6, but is able to measure gamma-ray and electron + positron fluxes in the energy range from 100 MeV to 10 TeV. GAMMA-400 is aimed to a broad range of science topics, such as search for signatures of dark matter, studies of Galactic and extragalactic gamma-ray sources, Galactic and extragalactic diffuse emission, gamma-ray bursts, as well as high-precision measurements of spectra of cosmic-ray electrons + positrons, and nuclei.
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@article{arxiv.1306.6175,
title = {The Space-Based Gamma-Ray Telescope GAMMA-400 and Its Scientific Goals},
author = {A. M. Galper and O. Adriani and R. L. Aptekar and I. V. Arkhangelskaja and A. I. Arkhangelskiy and G. A. Avanesov and L. Bergstrom and E. A. Bogomolov and M. Boezio and V. Bonvicini and K. A. Boyarchuk and V. A. Dogiel and Yu. V. Gusakov and M. I. Fradkin and Ch. Fuglesang and B. I. Hnatyk and V. A. Kachanov and V. V. Kadilin and V. A. Kaplin and M. D. Kheymits and V. Korepanov and J. Larsson and A. A. Leonov and F. Longo and P. Maestro and P. Marrocchesi and V. V. Mikhailov and E. Mocchiutti and A. A. Moiseev and N. Mori and I. Moskalenko and P. Yu. Naumov and P. Papini and M. Pearce and P. Picozza and M. F. Runtso and F. Ryde and R. Sparvoli and P. Spillantini and S. I. Suchkov and M. Tavani and N. P. Topchiev and A. Vacchi and E. Vannuccini and G. I. Vasiliev and Yu. T. Yurkin and N. Zampa and V. N. Zarikashvili and V. G. Zverev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.6175},
year = {2013}
}
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6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, submitted to to the Proceedings of the International Cosmic-Ray Conference 2013, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro