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The Infra-Red Telescope (IRT) on board the THESEUS mission

The Infra-Red Telescope (IRT) is part of the payload of the THESEUS mission, which is one of the two ESA M5 candidates within the Cosmic Vision program, planned for launch in 2032. The THESEUS payload, composed by two high energy wide field…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-18 Diego Götz , Stéphane Basa , Frédéric Pinsard , Laurent Martin , Axel Arhancet , Enrico Bozzo , Christophe Cara , Isabel Escudero Sanz , Pierre-Antoine Frugier , Johan Floriot , Ludovic Genolet , Paul Heddermann , Emeric Le Floc'h , Isabelle Le Mer , Stéphane Paltani , Tony Pamplona , Céline Paries , Thibaut Prod'homme , Benjamin Schneider , Chris Tenzer , Thierry Tourrette , Henri Triou

Exploiting the IRT-THESEUS capability to observe lensed Quasars

THESEUS is an ESA space based project, aiming to explore the early universe by unveiling a complete census of Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) population in the first billion years. This goal is expected to be achieved by combined observations of its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-13 L. Hamolli , M. Hafizi , F. De Paolis , A. A. Nucita

The X/Gamma-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XGIS) on-board THESEUS: design, main characteristics, and concept of operation

THESEUS is one of the three missions selected by ESA as fifth medium class mission (M5) candidates in its Cosmic Vision science program, currently under assessment in a phase A study with a planned launch date in 2032. THESEUS is designed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-18 Claudio Labanti , Lorenzo Amati , Filippo Frontera , Sandro Mereghetti , José Luis Gasent-Blesa , Christoph Tenzer , Piotr Orleanski , Irfan Kuvvetli , Riccardo Campana , Fabio Fuschino , Luca Terenzi , Enrico Virgilli , Gianluca Morgante , Mauro Orlandini , Reginald C. Butler , John B. Stephen , Natalia Auricchio , Adriano De Rosa , Vanni Da Ronco , Federico Evangelisti , Michele Melchiorri , Stefano Squerzanti , Mauro Fiorini , Giuseppe Bertuccio , Filippo Mele , Massimo Gandola , Piero Malcovati , Marco Grassi , Pierluigi Bellutti , Giacomo Borghi , Francesco Ficorella , Antonino Picciotto , Vittorio Zanini , Nicola Zorzi , Evgeny Demenev , Irina Rashevskaya , Alexander Rachevski , Gianluigi Zampa , Andrea Vacchi , Nicola Zampa , Giuseppe Baldazzi , Giovanni La Rosa , Giuseppe Sottile , Angela Volpe , Marek Winkler , Victor Reglero , Paul H. Connell , Benjamin Pinazo-Herrero , Javier Navarro-González , Pedro Rodríguez-Martínez , Alberto J. Castro-Tirado , Andrea Santangelo , Paul Hedderman , Paolo Lorenzi , Paolo Sarra , Søren M. Pedersen , Denis Tcherniak , Cristiano Guidorzi , Piero Rosati , Alessio Trois , Raffaele Piazzolla

The Swift X-ray Telescope

The Swift Gamma-Ray Explorer is designed to make prompt multiwavelength observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and GRB afterglows. The X-ray Telescope (XRT) enables Swift to determine GRB positions with a few arcseconds accuracy within 100…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 David N. Burrows , J. E. Hill , J. A. Nousek , J. A. Kennea , A. Wells , J. P. Osborne , A. F. Abbey , A. Beardmore , K Mukerjee , A. D. T. Short , G. Chincarini , S. Campana , O. Citterio , A. Moretti , C. Pagani , G. Tagliaferri , P. Giommi , M. Capalbi , F. Tamburelli , L. Angelini , G. Cusumano , H. W. Braeuninger , W. Burkert , G. D. Hartner

The REM Telescope: Detecting the Near Infra-Red Counterparts of Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Prompt Behaviour of Their Optical Continuum

Observations of the prompt afterglow of Gamma Ray Burst events are unanimously considered of paramount importance for GRB science and related cosmology. Such observations at NIR wavelengths are even more promising allowing one to monitor…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. M. Zerbi , G. Chincarini , G. Ghisellini , M. Rodono'

GRB follow-up and science with THESEUS/IRT

The aim of the space mission concept \theseus~is to continue to collect and study the GRB events like \swift. It will allow us to study the early Universe. Moreover, it will offer us to study with unprecedented sensitivity GRB emission and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-07 A. Rossi , G. Stratta , E. Maiorano , L. Amati , L. Nicastro , E. Palazzi

The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Instrument Overview

We present an overview of the design of IRIS, an infrared (0.85 - 2.5 micron) integral field spectrograph and imaging camera for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). With extremely low wavefront error (<30 nm) and on-board wavefront sensors,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 James E. Larkin , Anna M. Moore , Elizabeth J. Barton , Brian Bauman , Khanh Bui , John Canfield , David Crampton , Alex Delacroix , Murray Fletcher , David Hale , David Loop , Cyndie Niehaus , Andrew C. Phillips , Vladimir Reshetov , Luc Simard , Roger Smith , Ryuji Suzuki , Tomonori Usuda , Shelley A. Wright

The Photo-z Infrared Telescope (PIRT) -- a space instrument for rapid follow up of high-redshift gamma-ray bursts and electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events

The Photo-z InfraRed Telescope (PIRT) is an instrument on the Gamow Explorer, currently proposed for a NASA Astrophysics Medium Explorer. PIRT works in tandem with a companion wide-field instrument, the Lobster Eye X-ray Telescope (LEXT),…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-19 M. Seiffert , A. Balady , T. -C. Chang , R. Dyer , H. Fausey , S. Guiriec , M. Hart , R. O. Morris , J. I. Rodriguez , P. Roming , M. Rud , D. Russell , R. Sambruna , R. Terrile , V. Torossian , A. J. van der Horst , N. E. White , P. Willems , A. Woodmansee , E. T. Young

The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Instrument Overview

We present an overview of the design of IRIS, an infrared (0.84 - 2.4 micron) integral field spectrograph and imaging camera for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). With extremely low wavefront error (<30 nm) and on-board wavefront sensors,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Anna M. Moore , James E. Larkin , Shelley A. Wright , Brian Bauman , Jennifer Dunn , Brent Ellerbroek , Andrew C. Phillips , Luc Simard , Ryuji Suzuki , Kai Zhang , Ted Aliado , George Brims , John Canfield , Shaojie Chen , Richard Dekany , Alex Delacroix , Tuan Do , Glen Herriot , Bungo Ikenoue , Chris Johnson , Elliot Meyer , Yoshiyuki Obuchi , John Pazder , Vladimir Reshetov , Reed Riddle , Sakae Saito , Roger Smith , Ji Man Sohn , Fumihiro Uraguchi , Tomonori Usuda , Eric Wang , Lianqi Wang , Jason Weiss , Robert Wooff

The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: closed-loop adaptive optics while dithering

The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is the first-light client instrument for the Narrow Field Infrared Adaptive Optics System (NFIRAOS) on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). IRIS includes three natural guide star (NGS) On-Instrument…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-24 Edward L. Chapin , Jennifer Dunn , David Andersen , Glen Herriot , Dan Kerley , Takashi Nakamoto , Jimmy Johnson , Lianqi Wang , Gelys Trancho , Eric Chisholm , Brent Ellerbroek , Kim Gillies , Yutaka Hayano , James Larkin , Luc Simard , Mark Sirota , Ryuji Suzuki , Bob Weber , Shelley Wright , Kai Zhang

The InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: Overview of innovative science programs

IRIS (InfraRed Imaging Spectrograph) is a first light near-infrared diffraction limited imager and integral field spectrograph being designed for the future Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). IRIS is optimized to perform astronomical studies…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Shelley A. Wright , James E. Larkin , Anna M. Moore , Tuan Do , Luc Simard , Mate Adamkovics , Lee Armus , Aaron J. Barth , Elizabeth Barton , Hope Boyce Jeffrey Cooke , Patrick Cote , Timothy Davidge , Brent Ellerbroek , Andrea Ghez , Michael C. Liu , Jessica R. Lu , Bruce A. Macintosh , Shude Mao , Christian Marois , Mathias Schoeck , Ryuji Suzuki , Jonathan C. Tan , Tommaso Treu , Lianqi Wang , Jason Weiss

The Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) for TMT: advancing the data reduction system

Infrared Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is the first light instrument for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) that consists of a near-infrared (0.84 to 2.4 micron) imager and integral field spectrograph (IFS) which operates at the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-24 Gregory L. Walth , Shelley A. Wright , Nils-Erik Rundquist , David Andersen , Edward Chapin , Eric Chisholm , Tuan Do , Jennifer Dunn , Brent Ellerbroek , Kim Gillies , Yutaka Hayano , Chris Johnson , James Larkin , Takashi Nakamoto , Reed Riddle , Luc Simard , Roger Smith , Ryuji Suzuki , Ji Man Sohn , Robert Weber , Jason Weissd , Kai Zhang

Scientific simulations and optimization of the XGIS instrument on board THESEUS

The XGIS (X and Gamma Imaging Spectrometer) is one of the three instruments onboard the THESEUS mission (ESA M5, currently in Phase-A). Thanks to its wide field of view and good imaging capabilities, it will efficiently detect and localize…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-18 Sandro Mereghetti , Giancarlo Ghirlanda , Ruben Salvaterra , Riccardo Campana , Claudio Labanti , Paul H. Connell , Ruben Farinelli , Filippo Frontera , Fabio Fuschino , Jose L. Gasent-Blesa , Cristiano Guidorzi , Michele Lissoni , Michela Rigoselli , John B. Stephen , Lorenzo Amati

The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

THESEUS is a space mission concept aimed at exploiting Gamma-Ray Bursts for investigating the early Universe and at providing a substantial advancement of multi-messenger and time-domain astrophysics. These goals will be achieved through a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 L. Amati , P. O'Brien , D. Goetz , E. Bozzo , C. Tenzer , F. Frontera , G. Ghirlanda , C. Labanti , J. P. Osborne , G. Stratta , N. Tanvir , R. Willingale , P. Attina , R. Campana , A. J. Castro-Tirado , C. Contini , F. Fuschino , A. Gomboc , R. Hudec , P. Orleanski , E. Renotte , T. Rodic , Z. Bagoly , A. Blain , P. Callanan , S. Covino , A. Ferrara , E. Le Floch , M. Marisaldi , S. Mereghetti , P. Rosati , A. Vacchi , P. D'Avanzo , P. Giommi , A. Gomboc , S. Piranomonte , L. Piro , V. Reglero , A. Rossi , A. Santangelo , R. Salvaterra , G. Tagliaferri , S. Vergani , S. Vinciguerra , M. Briggs , E. Campolongo , R. Ciolfi , V. Connaughton , B. Cordier , B. Morelli , M. Orlandini , C. Adami , A. Argan , J. -L. Atteia , N. Auricchio , L. Balazs , G. Baldazzi , S. Basa , R. Basak , P. Bellutti , M. G. Bernardini , G. Bertuccio , J. Braga , M. Branchesi , S. Brandt , E. Brocato , C. Budtz-Jorgensen , A. Bulgarelli , L. Burderi , J. Camp , S. Capozziello , J. Caruana , P. Casella , B. Cenko , P. Chardonnet , B. Ciardi , S. Colafrancesco , M. G. Dainotti , V. D'Elia , D. De Martino , M. De Pasquale , E. Del Monte , M. Della Valle , A. Drago , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , F. Finelli , M. Fiorini , J. Fynbo , A. Gal-Yam , B. Gendre , G. Ghisellini , A. Grado , C. Guidorzi , M. Hafizi , L. Hanlon , J. Hjorth , L. Izzo , L. Kiss , P. Kumar , I. Kuvvetli , M. Lavagna , T. Li , F. Longo , M. Lyutikov , U. Maio , E. Maiorano , P. Malcovati , D. Malesani , R. Margutti , A. Martin-Carrillo , N. Masetti , S. McBreen , R. Mignani , G. Morgante , C. Mundell , H. U. Nargaard-Nielsen , L. Nicastro , E. Palazzi , S. Paltani , F. Panessa , G. Pareschi , A. Pe'er , A. V. Penacchioni , E. Pian , E. Piedipalumbo , T. Piran , G. Rauw , M. Razzano , A. Read , L. Rezzolla , P. Romano , R. Ruffini , S. Savaglio , V. Sguera , P. Schady , W. Skidmore , L. Song , E. Stanway , R. Starling , M. Topinka , E. Troja , M. van Putten , E. Vanzella , S. Vercellone , C. Wilson-Hodge , D. Yonetoku , G. Zampa , N. Zampa , B. Zhang , B. B. Zhang , S. Zhang , S. -N. Zhang , A. Antonelli , F. Bianco , S. Boci , M. Boer , M. T. Botticella , O. Boulade , C. Butler , S. Campana , F. Capitanio , A. Celotti , Y. Chen , M. Colpi , A. Comastri , J. -G. Cuby , M. Dadina , A. De Luca , Y. -W. Dong , S. Ettori , P. Gandhi , E. Geza , J. Greiner , S. Guiriec , J. Harms , M. Hernanz , A. Hornstrup , I. Hutchinson , G. Israel , P. Jonker , Y. Kaneko , N. Kawai , K. Wiersema , S. Korpela , V. Lebrun , F. Lu , A. MacFadyen , G. Malaguti , L. Maraschi , A. Melandri , M. Modjaz , D. Morris , N. Omodei , A. Paizis , P. Pata , V. Petrosian , A. Rachevski , J. Rhoads , F. Ryde , L. Sabau-Graziati , N. Shigehiro , M. Sims , J. Soomin , D. Szecsi , Y. Urata , M. Uslenghi , L. Valenziano , G. Vianello , S. Vojtech , D. Watson , J. Zicha

Fires in the deep: The luminosity distribution of early-time gamma-ray-burst afterglows in light of the Gamow Explorer sensitivity requirements

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are ideal probes of the Universe at high redshift (z > 5), pinpointing the locations of the earliest star-forming galaxies and providing bright backlights that can be used to spectrally fingerprint the intergalactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-05 D. A. Kann , N. E. White , G. Ghirlanda , S. R. Oates , A. Melandri , M. Jelinek , A. de Ugarte Postigo , A. J. Levan , A. Martin-Carrillo , G. S. -H. Paek , L. Izzo , M. Blazek , C. Thone , J. F. Agui Fernandez , R. Salvaterra , N. R. Tanvir , T. -C. Chang , P. O'Brien , A. Rossi , D. A. Perley , M. Im , D. B. Malesani , A. Antonelli , S. Covino , C. Choi , P. D'Avanzo , V. D'Elia , S. Dichiara , H. M. Fausey , D. Fugazza , A. Gomboc , K. M. Gorski , J. Granot , C. Guidorzi , L. Hanlon , D. H. Hartmann , R. Hudec , H. D. Jun , J. Kim , Y. Kim , S. Klose , W. Kluzniak , S. Kobayashi , C. Kouveliotou , A. Lidz , M. Marongiu , R. Martone , P. Meintjes , C. G. Mundell , D. Murphy , K. Nalewajko , W. -K. Park , D. Sz'ecsi , R. J. Smith , B. Stecklum , I. A. Steele , J. Strobl , H. -I- Sung , A. Updike , Y. Urata , A. J. van der Horst

The Transient High-Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS)

The Transient High-Energy Sky and Early Universe Surveyor (THESEUS) is a mission concept developed in the last years by a large European consortium and currently under study by the European Space Agency (ESA) as one of the three candidates…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 L. Amati , E. Bozzo , P. O'Brien , D. Götz

Gamma Ray Burst studies with THESEUS

Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful transients in the Universe, over-shining for a few seconds all other $\gamma$-ray sky sources. Their emission is produced within narrowly collimated relativistic jets launched after the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 G. Ghirlanda , R. Salvaterra , M. Toffano , S. Ronchini , C. Guidorzi , G. Oganesyan , S. Ascenzi , M. G. Bernardini , A. E. Camisasca , S. Mereghetti , L. Nava , M. E. Ravasio , M. Branchesi , A. Castro-Tirado , L. Amati , A. Blain , E. Bozzo , P. O'Brien , D. Götz , E. Le Floch , J. P. Osborne , P. Rosati , G. Stratta , N. Tanvir , A. I. Bogomazov , P. D'Avanzo , M. Hafizi , S. Mandhai , A. Melandri , A. Peer , M. Topinka , S. D. Vergani , S. Zane

The X-ray Telescope on board Swift: status and main results

The X-ray Telescope (XRT), on board the {\it Swift} satellite, provides: automated source detection and position with few arcsecond accuracy within few seconds from target acquisition; CCD spectroscopy and imaging capability (0.2-10 keV),…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Tagliaferri , S. Campana , G. Chincarini , P. Giommi , G. Cusumano , D. N. Burrows , J. E. Hill , J. A. Kennea , J. A. Nousek , J. P. Osborne , P. T. O'Brien , A. Wells , L. Angelini , the XRT team

Gamma-ray bursts as tracers of star-formation rate and metallicity evolution with THESEUS

The class of long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) is associated with the collapse of the most massive stars, making them a tool to investigate star formation in the early Universe. Furthermore, thanks to their exceptional brightness, LGRB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 S. D. Vergani

The THESEUS space mission: updated design, profile and expected performances

THESEUS is a space mission concept, currently under Phase A study by ESA as candidate M5 mission, aiming at exploiting Gamma-Ray Bursts for investigating the early Universe and at providing a substantial advancement of multi-messenger and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-18 Lorenzo Amati , Paul T. O'Brien , Diego Götz , Enrico Bozzo , Andrea Santangelo