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COCOA (COmpact COmpton cAmera) is a next-generation gamma-ray telescope designed for astrophysical observations in the MeV energy range. The detector comprises a scatterer volume employing the LiquidO detection technology and an array of…

Gamma ray source detection above 30TeV is an encouraging approach for finding galactic cosmic ray origins. All sky survey for gamma ray sources using wide field of view detector is essential for population accumulation for various types of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Zhen Cao

Among unidentified gamma-ray sources in the galactic plane, there are some that present significant variability and have been proposed to be high-mass microquasars. To deepen the study of the possible association between variable low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 V. Bosch-Ramon , J. M. Paredes , G. E. Romero , D. F. Torres

The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) has observed the Cygnus region on several occasions since its launch in 1991. The data collected by the COMPTEL experiment on CGRO represent the most sensitive observations to date of Cygnus X-1 in…

The Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey (GRAMS) is a next-generation experiment using a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) detector to measure MeV gamma rays and antiparticles. MeV gamma-ray observations are important for…

The study of the universe at energies above 100 GeV is a relatively new and exciting field. The current generation of pointed instruments have detected TeV gamma rays from at least 10 sources and the next generation of detectors promises a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 G. Sinnis , A. Smith , J. E. McEnery

newASTROGAM is a breakthrough mission concept for the study of the non-thermal Universe from space with gamma rays in the energy range from 15 keV to 3 GeV. It is based on advanced space-proven detector technologies, which will achieve…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-14 D. Berge , M. N. Mazziotta , M. Tavani , V. Tatischeff , U. Oberlack

The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a NASA funded Small Explorer (SMEX) mission slated to launch in 2027. COSI will house a wide-field gamma-ray telescope designed to survey the entire sky in the 0.2--5 MeV range. Using germanium…

The all-sky surveys in gamma-rays by the imaging Compton telescope (COMPTEL) and the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) on board the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory for the first time allows detailed studies of the extragalactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. Sreekumar , F. W. Stecker , S. C. Kappadath

The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) satellite mission in development with a planned launch in 2027. COSI is a wide-field gamma-ray telescope designed to survey the entire sky at 0.2-5 MeV. It provides…

Much progress in the knowledge of the high-energy emission (>50 keV) from Active Galactic Nuclei has been made during the last decade, predominately by the experiments aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. After the end of the CGRO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Collmar

The Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) experiment onboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) has provided the most precise measurements of the gamma-ray sky to date. The EGRET measurements of the diffuse emission across…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-06-05 B. M. Baughman , W. B. Atwood , R. P. Johnson , T. A. Porter , M. Ziegler

Gamma-rays, the most energetic photons, carry information from the far reaches of extragalactic space with minimal interaction or loss of information. They bring messages about particle acceleration in environments so extreme they cannot be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-15 Kristi Engel , Jordan Goodman , Petra Huentemeyer , Carolyn Kierans , Tiffany R. Lewis , Michela Negro , Marcos Santander , David A. Williams , Alice Allen , Tsuguo Aramaki , Rafael Alves Batista , Mathieu Benoit , Peter Bloser , Jennifer Bohon , Aleksey E. Bolotnikov , Isabella Brewer , Michael S. Briggs , Chad Brisbois , J. Michael Burgess , Eric Burns , Regina Caputo , Gabriella A. Carini , S. Bradley Cenko , Eric Charles , Stefano Ciprini , Valerio D'Elia , Tansu Daylan , James Distel , Axel Donath , Wade Duvall , Henrike Fleischhack , Corinne Fletcher , Wen Fe Fong , Dario Gasparrini , Marco Giardino , Adam Goldstein , Sean Griffin , J. Eric Grove , Rachel Hamburg , J. Patrick Harding , Jeremy Hare , Boyan Hristov , C. Michelle Hui , Tess Jaffe , Pete Jenke , Oleg Kargaltsev , Christopher M. Karwin , Matthew Kerr , Dongsung Kim , Daniel Kocevski , John Krizmanic , Ranjan Laha , Niccolo Di Lalla , Jason Legere , Cristina Leto , Richard Leys , Fabrizio Lucarelli , Israel Martinez-Castellanos , Alessandro Maselli , M. Nicola Mazziotta , Mark McConnell , Julie McEnery , Jessica Metcalfe , Manuel Meyer , Alexander A. Moiseev , Reshmi Mukherjee , Michela Negro , Keiichi Ogasawara , Nicola Omodei , Ivan Peric , Jeremy S. Perkins , Matteo Perri , Carlotta Pittori , Gianluca Polenta , Daniel Poulson , Robert Preece , Giacomo Principe , Judith L. Racusin , Oliver Roberts , Nicholas L. Rodd , Peter Shawhan , Thomas Shutt , Clio Sleator , Alan Smale , John Smedley , Jacob R. Smith , Jay Tasson , Peter Teuben , John Tomsick , Peter Veres , Francesco Verrecchia , Zorawar Wadiasingh , Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge , Joshua Wood , Richard S. Woolf , Hui Yang , Bing Zhang , Haocheng Zhang , Andreas Zoglauer

There is a growing interest in astrophysics to fill in the observational gamma-ray MeV gap. We, therefore, developed a CsI:Tl calorimeter prototype as a subsystem to a balloon-based Compton and Pair-production telescope known as ComPair.…

A new gas detector prototype for the upgrade of the focal plane detector of the MAGNEX large-acceptance magnetic spectrometer has been developed and tested in view of the NUMEN project. It has been designed to operate at low gas pressure…

The e-ASTROGAM is a gamma-ray space mission to be proposed as the M5 Medium-size mission of the European Space Agency. It is dedicated to the observation of the Universe with unprecedented sensitivity in the energy range 0.2 - 100 MeV,…

Recent results, the present status and the perspectives of high energy gamma-ray astronomy are described. Since the satellite observations by the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and its precursor missions have been reviewed extensively,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Heinrich J. Völk

The EGRET instrument aboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) has completed the first all-sky survey in high-energy gamma rays and has repeatedly viewed selected portions of the sky. Analysis of the region with galactic latitude…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 P. L. Nolan

The all-sky survey in high-energy gamma rays (E$>$30 MeV) carried out by the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory provides a unique opportunity to examine in detail the diffuse gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 P. Sreekumar

Detecting gamma-ray signals that could be due to dark matter (DM) particles would give us invaluable information about the nature of DM. In particular, gamma-ray lines could provide a way to measure the DM mass. The excellent energy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-30 Maíra Dutra , Clarissa Siqueira , Tonia M. Venters