Time Domain Astronomy with the THESEUS Satellite
Abstract
THESEUS is a medium size space mission of the European Space Agency, currently under evaluation for a possible launch in 2032. Its main objectives are to investigate the early Universe through the observation of gamma-ray bursts and to study the gravitational waves electromagnetic counterparts and neutrino events. On the other hand, its instruments, which include a wide field of view X-ray (0.3-5 keV) telescope based on lobster-eye focusing optics and a gamma-ray spectrometer with imaging capabilities in the 2-150 keV range, are also ideal for carrying out unprecedented studies in time domain astrophysics. In addition, the presence onboard of a 70 cm near infrared telescope will allow simultaneous multi-wavelegth studies. Here we present the THESEUS capabilities for studying the time variability of different classes of sources in parallel to, and without affecting, the gamma-ray bursts hunt.
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@article{arxiv.2104.09533,
title = {Time Domain Astronomy with the THESEUS Satellite},
author = {S. Mereghetti and S. Balman and M. Caballero-Garcia and M. Del Santo and V. Doroshenko and M. H. Erkut and L. Hanlon and P. Hoeflich and A. Markowitz and J. P. Osborne and E. Pian and L. Rivera Sandoval and N. Webb and L. Amati and E. Ambrosi and A. P. Beardmore and A. Blain and E. Bozzo and L. Burderi and S. Campana and P. Casella and A. D'Aì and F. D'Ammando and F. De Colle and M. Della Valle and D. De Martino and T. Di Salvo and M. Doyle and P. Esposito and F. Frontera and P. Gandhi and G. Ghisellini and D. Gotz and V. Grinberg and C. Guidorzi and R. Hudec and R. Iaria and L. Izzo and G. K. Jaisawal and P. Jonker and A. K. H. Kong and M. Krumpe and P. Kumar and A. Manousakis and A. Marino and A. Martin-Carrillo and R. Mignani and G. Miniutti and C. G. Mundell and K. Mukai and A. A. Nucita and P. T. O'Brien and M. Orlandini and M. Orio and E. Palazzi and A. Papitto and F. Pintore and S. Piranomonte and D. Porquet and C. Ricci and A. Riggio and M. Rigoselli and J. Rodriguez and T. Saha and A. Sanna and A. Santangelo and R. Saxton and L. Sidoli and H. Stiele and G. Tagliaferri and F. Tavecchio and A. Tiengo and S. Tsygankov and S. Turriziani and R. Wijnands and S. Zane and B. Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.09533},
year = {2021}
}
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Submitted to Experimental Astronomy