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The HERMES-TP/SP background and response simulations

HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) is an innovative mission aiming to observe transient high-energy events such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) through a constellation of CubeSats hosting a broadband X and gamma-ray…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-11 R. Campana , F. Fuschino , Y. Evangelista , G. Dilillo , F. Fiore

Design and development of the HERMES Pathfinder payloads

HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Pathfinder mission aims to observe and localize Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) and other transients using a constellation of nanosatellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO). Scheduled for launch in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-24 R. Campana , Y. Evangelista , F. Fiore , A. Guzman , G. Baroni , G. Della Casa , G. Dilillo , P. Hedderman , E. J. Marchesini , G. Bertuccio , F. Ceraudo , E. Demenev , M. Fiorini , M. Grassi , P. Malcovati , F. Mele , P. Nogara , A. Nuti , M. Perri , S. Pirrotta , S. Pliego-Caballero , S. Puccetti , G. Sottile , F. Russo , S. Trevisan

Gamma-ray Polarimetry

An astrophysics application of a low noise Double-sided Silicon Strip Detector (DSSD) is described. A Semiconductor Multiple-Compton Telescope (SMCT) is being developed to explore the gamma-ray universe in the 0.1-20 MeV energy band.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-10 Hiroyasu Tajima

Evaluation of the performance of a CdZnTe-based soft $\gamma$-ray detector for CubeSat payloads

The low-energy $\gamma$-ray (0.1-30 MeV) sky has been relatively unexplored since the decommissioning of the COMPTEL instrument on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) satellite in 2000. However, the study of this part of the energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-26 Kees de Kuijper , Rishank Diwan , Partha Sarathi Pal , Andreas Ritter , Pablo M. Saz Parkinson , Andy C. T. Kong , Quentin A. Parker

The Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor

The Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) will significantly augment the science return from the Fermi Observatory in the study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). The primary objective of GBM is to extend the energy range over which bursts are observed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Charles Meegan , Giselher Lichti , P. N. Bhat , Elisabetta Bissaldi , Michael S. Briggs , Valerie Connaughton , Roland Diehl , Gerald Fishman , Jochen Greiner , Andrew S. Hoover , Alexander J. van der Horst , Andreas von Kienlin , R. Marc Kippen , Chryssa Kouveliotou , Sheila McBreen , W. S. Paciesas , Robert Preece , Helmut Steinle , Mark S. Wallace , Robert B. Wilson , Colleen Wilson-Hodge

SVOM Gamma Ray Monitor

The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Object Monitor (SVOM) mission is dedicated to the detection, localization and broad-band study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) and other high-energy transient phenomena. The Gamma Ray Monitor…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-17 Yongwei Dong , Bobing Wu , Yanguo Li , Yongjie Zhang , Shuangnan Zhang

Observation of Gamma-ray Bursts with INTEGRAL

We expect that at least one Gamma-Ray Burst per month will be detected in the field of view of INTEGRAL instruments and localized with an accuracy of a few arcminutes. IBIS (the Imager on board INTEGRAL) will be the most sensitive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Gotz , S. Mereghetti

The Design and Performance of Charged Particle Detector onboard the GECAM Mission

The Gravitational Wave highly energetic Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) is dedicated to detecting gravitational wave gamma-ray bursts. It is capable of all-sky monitoring over and discovering gamma-ray bursts and new…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-13 Y. B. Xu , X. L. Sun , S. Yang , X. Q. Li , W. X. Peng , K. Gong , X. H. Liang , Y. Q. Liu , D. Y. Guo , H. Wang , C. Y. Li , Z. H. An , J. J. He , X. J. Liu , S. L. Xiong , X. Y. Wen , Fan Zhang , D. L. Zhang , X. Y. Zhao , C. Y. Zhang , C. Cai , Z. Chang , G. Chen , C. Chen , Y. Y. Du , M. Gao , R. Gao , D. J. Hou , Y. G. Li , G. Li , L. Li , X. F. Li , M. S. Li , F. J. Lu , H. Lu , B. Meng , F. Shi , J. Z. Wang , Y. S. Wang , H. Z. Wang , X. Wen , S. Xiao , Y. P. Xu , J. W. Yang , Q. B. Yi , S. N. Zhang , C. M. Zhang , Fei Zhang , Y. Zhao , X. Zhou

GRBAlpha and VZLUSAT-2: GRB observations with CubeSats after 3 years of operations

GRBAlpha is a 1U CubeSat launched in March 2021 to a sun-synchronous LEO at an altitude of 550 km to perform an in-orbit demonstration of a novel gamma-ray burst detector developed for CubeSats. VZLUSAT-2 followed ten months later in a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-04 Filip Münz , Jakub Řípa , András Pál , Marianna Dafčíková , Norbert Werner , Masanori Ohno , László Meszáros , Vladimír Dániel , Peter Hanák , Ján Hudec , Marcel Frajt , Jakub Kapuš , Petr Svoboda , Juraj Dudáš , Miroslav Kasal , Tomáš Vítek , Martin Kolář , Lea Szakszonová , Pavol Lipovský , Michaela Ďuríšková , Ivo Veřtát , Martin Sabol , Milan Junas , Roman Maroš , Pavel Kosík , Zsolt Frei , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Yasushi Fukazawa , Gábor Galgóczi , Balázs Csák , Robert László , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Nikola Husáriková , Kazuhiro Nakazawa

GRB 210121A: A Typical Fireball Burst Detected by Two Small Missions

The Chinese CubeSat Mission, Gamma Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID), recently detected its first gamma-ray burst, GRB 210121A, which was jointly observed by the Gravitational wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-09 Xiangyu Ivy Wang , Xutao Zheng , Shuo Xiao , Jun Yang , Zi-Ke Liu , Yu-Han Yang , Jin-Hang Zou , Bin-Bin Zhang , Ming Zeng , Shao-Lin Xiong , Hua Feng , Xin-Ying Song , Jiaxing Wen , Dacheng Xu , Guo-Yin Chen , Yang Ni , Yu-Xuan Wu , Zi-Jian Zhang , Ce Cai , Jirong Cang , Yun-Wei Deng , Huaizhong Gao , De-Feng Kong , Yue Huang , Cheng-kui Li , Hong Li , Xiao-Bo Li , En-Wei Liang , Lin Lin , Yihui Liu , Xiangyun Long , Dian Lu , Qi Luo , Yong-Chang Ma , Yan-Zhi Meng , Wen-Xi Peng , Rui Qiao , Li-Ming Song , Yang Tian , Pei-Yuan Wang , Ping Wang , Xiang-Gao Wang , Sheng Xu , Dongxin Yang , Yi-Han Yin , Weihe Zeng , Zhi Zeng , Ting-Jun Zhang , Yuchong Zhang , Zhao Zhang , Zhen Zhang

Gamma Ray Detection Efficiency of GAGG Crystal Scintillator Using Three Tagged Gamma Ray Techniques

A CubeSat with a prototype scintillating detector with a sensitive volume of GAGG crystal is being developed with a possible launch date of 2025. Its purpose is to characterize the background signals that mimic the neutrino interaction that…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-05 Brian Doty , Nickolas Solomey , Jonathan Folkerts , Brooks Hartsock , Holger Meyer , Mark Christl , Miguel Rodriguez-Otero , Evgeny Kuznetsov

The design and performance of GRD onboard the GECAM satellite

Background: Each GECAM satellite payload contains 25 gamma-ray detectors (GRDs), which can detect gamma-rays and particles and can roughly localize the Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). GRD was designed using lanthanum bromide (LaBr3) crystal as the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-10 Z. H. An , X. L. Sun , D. L. Zhang , S. Yang , X. Q. Li , X. Y. Wen , K. Gong , X. H. Liang , X. J. Liu , Y. Q. Liu , Y. G. Li , S. L. Xiong , Y. B. Xu , Fan Zhang , X. Y. Zhao , C. Cai , Z. Chang , G. Chen , C. Chen , Y. Y. Du , P. Y. Feng , M. Gao , R. Gao , D. Y. Guo , J. J. He , D. J. Hou , C. Y. Li , G. Li , L. Li , X. F. Li , M. S. Li , F. J. Lu , H. Lu , B. Meng , W. X. Peng , F. Shi , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. S. Wang , H. Z. Wang , X. Wen , S. Xiao , Y. P. Xu , J. W. Yang , Q. B. Yi , S. N. Zhang , C. Y. Zhang , C. M. Zhang , Fei Zhang , Y. Zhao , X. Zhou

The first demonstration of the concept of "narrow-FOV Si/CdTe semiconductor Compton camera"

The Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD), to be deployed onboard the {\it ASTRO-H} satellite, has been developed to provide the highest sensitivity observations of celestial sources in the energy band of 60-600~keV by employing a detector concept…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-28 Yuto Ichinohe , Yuusuke Uchida , Shin Watanabe , Ikumi Edahiro , Katsuhiro Hayashi , Takafumi Kawano , Masanori Ohno , Masayuki Ohta , Shin'ichiro Takeda , Yasushi Fukazawa , Miho Katsuragawa , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Hirokazu Odaka , Hiroyasu Tajima , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Tadayuki Takahashi , Takayuki Yuasa

GRBAlpha, VZLUSAT-2 and GRBBeta -- GRB observations with CubeSats

Results from GRBAlpha, VZLUSAT-2 and GRBBeta CubeSats and their on-board gamma-ray detectors for monitoring transients are summarised in this article. GRBAlpha was a 1U CubeSat launched in March 2021 to a 550 km altitude polar orbit…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-26 Jakub Ripa , Marianna Dafcikova , Andras Pal , Norbert Werner , Masanori Ohno , Laszlo Meszaros , Filip Munz , Balazs Csak , Gabor Galgoczi , Nikola Husarikova , Tomas Vitek , Pavel Kosik , Michaela Duriskova , Martin Kolar , Lea Szakszonova , Michal Pazderka , Filip Hroch , Martin Topinka , Yasushi Fukazawa , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Masato Yokota , Jean-Paul Breuer , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Hirokazu Odaka , Yuto Ichinohe , Peter Hanak , Miroslav smelko , Ivo Vertat , Tomas Urbanec , Ales Povalac , Miroslav Kasal , Jakub Kapus , Jan Hudec , Marcel Frajt , Maksim Rezenov , Vladimir Daniel , Petr Svoboda , Juraj Dudas , Martin Sabol , Robert Laszlo , Martin Koleda , Hsiang-Kuang Chang , Tsung-Che Liu , Chih-Hsun Lin , Chin-Ping Hu , Che-Chih Tsao , Kaustubha Sen , Chih-En Wu , Aaron Tohuvavohu , Suresh Sivanandam , Mark Barnet

Inflight performance of the GECAM Gamma-ray and Charge particle Detectors

The GECAM mission consists of two identical microsatellites (GECAM-A and GECAM-B). Each satellite is equipped with 25 gamma-ray detectors (GRD) and 8 charged particle detectors (CPD). The main scientific objective of the GECAM mission is to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-12-10 X. Q. Li , X. Y. Wen , S. L. Xiong , K. Gong , D. L. Zhang , Z. H. An , Y. B. Xu , Y. Q. Liu , C. Cai , Z. Chang , G. Chen , C. Chen , Y. Y. Du , M. Gao , R. Gao , D. Y. Guo , J. J. He , D. J. Hou , Y. G. Li , C. Li , C. Y. Li , G. Li , L. Li , Q. X. Li , X. F. Li , M. S. Li , X. H. Liang , X. J. Liu , F. J. Lu , H. Lu , X. Ma , B. Meng , W. X. Peng , R. Qiao , F. Shi , L. M. Song , X. L. Sun , H. Wang , H. Z. Wang , J. Z. Wang , P. Wang , Y. S. Wang , X. Wen , S. Xiao , Y. P. Xu , S. Yang , J. W. Yang , Q. B. Yi , Fan. Zhang , S. N. Zhang , C. Y. Zhang , C. M. Zhang , Fei Zhang , K. Zhang , P. Zhang , X. Y. Zhao , Y. Zhao , S. J. Zheng , X. Zhou

GRBAlpha: the smallest astrophysical space observatory -- Part 1: Detector design, system description and satellite operations

Aims. Since launched on 2021 March 22, the 1U-sized CubeSat GRBAlpha operates and collects scientific data on high-energy transients, making it the smallest astrophysical space observatory to date. GRBAlpha is an in-obit demonstration of a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-29 András Pál , Masanori Ohno , László Mészáros , Norbert Werner , Jakub Řípa , Balázs Csák , Marianna Dafčíková , Marcel Frajt , Yasushi Fukazawa , Peter Hanák , Ján Hudec , Nikola Husáriková , Jakub Kapuš , Miroslav Kasal , Martin Kolář , Martin Koleda , Robert Laszlo , Pavol Lipovský , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Filip Münz , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Maksim Rezenov , Miroslav Šmelko , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Martin Topinka , Tomáš Urbanec , Jean-Paul Breuer , Tamás Bozóki , Gergely Dálya , Teruaki Enoto , Zsolt Frei , Gergely Friss , Gábor Galgóczi , Filip Hroch , Yuto Ichinohe , Kornél Kapás , László L. Kiss , Hiroto Matake , Hirokazu Odaka , Helen Poon , Aleš Povalač , János Takátsy , Kento Torigoe , Nagomi Uchida , Yuusuke Uchida

Early results from GRBAlpha and VZLUSAT-2

We present the detector performance and early science results from GRBAlpha, a 1U CubeSat mission, which is a technological pathfinder to a future constellation of nanosatellites monitoring gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). GRBAlpha was launched in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-07 Jakub Ripa , Andras Pal , Masanori Ohno , Norbert Werner , Laszlo Meszaros , Balazs Csak , Marianna Dafcikova , Vladimir Daniel , Juraj Dudas , Marcel Frajt , Peter Hanak , Jan Hudec , Milan Junas , Jakub Kapus , Miroslav Kasal , Martin Koleda , Robert Laszlo , Pavol Lipovsky , Filip Munz , Maksim Rezenov , Miroslav Smelko , Petr Svoboda , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Martin Topinka , Tomas Urbanec , Jean-Paul Breuer , Teruaki Enoto , Zsolt Frei , Yasushi Fukazawa , Gabor Galgoczi , Filip Hroch , Yuto Ichinohe , Laszlo Kiss , Hiroto Matake , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Hirokazu Odaka , Helen Poon , Nagomi Uchida , Yuusuke Uchida

A General Overview for Localizing Short Gamma-ray Bursts with a CubeSat Mega-Constellation

The Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) on the {\it Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope}, for the first time, detected a short gamma ray burst (SGRB) signal that accompanies a gravitational wave signal GW170817 in 2017. The detection and localization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-02 Fadil Inceoglu , Nestor J. Hernandez Marcano , Rune H. Jacobsen , Christoffer Karoff

CAMELOT - Concept study and early results for onboard data processing and GPS-based timestamping

Due to recent advances in nanosatellite technology, it is now feasible to integrate scintillators with an effective area of hundreds of square-centimeters on a single three-unit cubesat. We present the early test results for the digital…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-12 András Pál , László Mészáros , Norbert Tarcai , Norbert Werner , Jakub Řípa , Masanori Ohno , Kento Torigoe , Koji Tanaka , Nagomi Uchida , Gábor Galgóczi , Yasushi Fukazawa , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Zsolt Várhegyi , Teruaki Enoto , Hirokazu Odaka , Yuto Ichinohe , Zsolt Frei , László Kiss

Energy calibration of GTM on ground

The Gamma-ray Transients Monitor (GTM) on board the Formosat-8B (FS-8B) satellite is designed to detect and localize Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). By utilizing 2+2 CITIROC chips to manipulate 4+4 detectors, which are composed of GAGG(Ce)…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-08 Chien-You Huang , Hsiang-Kuang Chang , Chih-Hsun Lin , Che-Chih Tsao , Chin-Ping Hu , Hao-Min Chang , Yan-Fu Chen , An-Hsuan Feng , Yi-Wen Huang , Tzu-Hsuan Lin , Yi-Ning Tsao , Chih-En Wu , Chun-Wei Wu