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Preliminary results of the pixel characterization for the Crystal Eye, a new X and gamma-ray satellite detector for multi-messenger astronomy

With the observation of the gravitational wave event of August 17th 2017 the multi-messenger astronomy era has definitely begun. With the opening of this new panorama, it is necessary to have new instruments and a perfect coordination of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-11 F. C. T. Barbato , G. Barbarino , A. Boiano , A. Vanzanella , F. Garufi , F. Guarino , F. Renno , S. Papa , R. Guida , F. Di Capua

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

Search for Astrophysical Transients on Limiting Time Scales and Their Classification Based on INTEGRAL Data

We have searched for ultra-long (> 100 s) gamma-ray transients in the data from the anticoincidence shield (ACS) of the SPI gamma-ray spectrometer onboard the INTEGRAL orbital observatory and classified them by machine learning methods. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-19 G. Yu. Mozgunov , A. S. Pozanenko , P. Yu. Minaev , I. V. Chelovekov , S. A. Grebenev , A. G. Demin , A. V. Ridnaya , D. S. Svinkin , Yu. R. Temiraev , D. D. Frederiks

SPIRou: nIR velocimetry & spectropolarimetry at the CFHT

This paper presents an overview of SPIRou, the new-generation near-infrared spectropolarimeter / precision velocimeter recently installed on the 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). Starting from the two main science goals, namely…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 J. -F. Donati , D. Kouach , C. Moutou , R. Doyon , X. Delfosse , E. Artigau , S. Baratchart , M. Lacombe , G. Barrick , G. Hebrard , F. Bouchy , L. Saddlemyer , L. Pares , P. Rabou , Y. Micheau , F. Dolon , V. Reshetov , Z. Challita , A. Carmona , N. Striebig , S. Thibault , E. Martioli , N. Cook , P. Fouque , T. Vermeulen , S. Y. Wang , L. Arnold , F. Pepe , I. Boisse , P. Figueira , J. Bouvier , T. P. Ray , C. Feugeade , J. Morin , S. Alencar , M. Hobson , B. Castilho , S. Udry , N. C. Santos , O. Hernandez , T. Benedict , P. Vallee , G. Gallou , M. Dupieux , M. Larrieu , S. Perruchot , R. Sottile , F. Moreau , C. Usher , M. Baril , F. Wildi , B. Chazelas , L. Malo , X. Bonfils , D. Loop , D. Kerley , I. Wevers , J. Dunn , J. Pazder , S. Macdonald , B. Dubois , E. Carrie , H. Valentin , F. Henault , C. H. Yan , T. Steinmetz

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

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

Science with the XEUS High Time Resolution Spectrometer

XEUS has been recently selected by ESA for an assessment study. XEUS is a large mission candidate for the Cosmic Vision program, aiming for a launch date as early as 2018. XEUS is a follow-on to ESA's Cornerstone X-Ray Spectroscopy Mission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Barret , T. Belloni , S. Bhattacharyya , E. Cackett , M. Gilfanov , E. Gigus , J. Homan , M. Mendez , J. M. Miller , M. C. Miller , S. Mereghetti , S. Paltani , J. Poutanen , J. Wilms , A. A. Zdziarski

The Agile Alert System For Gamma-Ray Transients

In recent years, a new generation of space missions offered great opportunities of discovery in high-energy astrophysics. In this article we focus on the scientific operations of the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) onboard the AGILE space…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-16 A. Bulgarelli , M. Trifoglio , F. Gianotti , M. Tavani , N. Parmiggiani , V. Fioretti , A. W. Chen , S. Vercellone , C. Pittori , F. Verrecchia , F. Lucarelli , P. Santolamazza , G. Fanari , P. Giommi , D. Beneventano , A. Argan , A. Trois , E. Scalise , F. Longo , A. Pellizzoni , G. Pucella , S. Colafrancesco , V. Conforti , P. Tempesta , M. Cerone , P. Sabatini , G. Annoni , G. Valentini , L. Salotti

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

Simulations of expected signal and background of gamma-ray sources by large field-of-view detectors aboard CubeSats

In recent years the number of CubeSats (U-class spacecrafts) launched into space has increased exponentially marking the dawn of the nanosatellite technology. In general these satellites have a much smaller mass budget compared to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-04 Gábor Galgóczi , Jakub Řípa , Riccardo Campana , Norbert Werner , András Pál , Masanori Ohno , László Mészáros , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Norbert Tarcai , Kento Torigoe , Nagomi Uchida , Yasushi Fukazawa , Hiromitsu Takahashi , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Naoyoshi Hirade , Kengo Hirose , Syohei Hisadomi , Teruaki Enoto , Hirokazu Odaka , Yuto Ichinohe , Zsolt Frei , László Kiss

Detection of short high-energy transients in the localuniverse with SVOM/ECLAIRs

The coincidental detection of the gravitational wave event GW 170817 and the associated gamma-ray burst GRB 170817A marked the advent of multi-messenger astronomy and represented a milestone in the study of GRBs. In this context, the launch…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-23 B. Arcier , JL. Atteia , O. Godet , S. Mate , S. Guillot , N. Dagoneau , J. Rodriguez , D. Gotz , S. Schanne , M. G. Bernardini

HerMES: Point source catalogues from Herschel-SPIRE observations II

The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES) is the largest Guaranteed Time Key Programme on the Herschel Space Observatory. With a wedding cake survey strategy, it consists of nested fields with varying depth and area totalling…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 L. Wang , M. Viero , C. Clarke , J. Bock , V. Buat , A. Conley , D. Farrah , S. Heinis , G. Magdis , L. Marchetti , G. Marsden , P. Norberg , S. J. Oliver , Y. Roehlly , I. G. Roseboom , B. Schulz , A. J. Smith , M. Vaccari , M. Zemcov

Design and Performance of the Wide-Field X-Ray Monitor on Board the High-Energy Transient Explorer 2

The Wide-field X-ray Monitor (WXM) is one of the scientific instruments carried on the High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2) satellite launched on 2000 October 9. HETE-2 is an international mission consisting of a small satellite…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Y. Shirasaki , N. Kawai , A. Yoshida , M. Matsuoka , T. Tamagawa , K. Torii , T. Sakamoto , M. Suzuki , Y. Urata , R. Sato , Y. Nakagawa , D. Takahashi , E. E. Fenimore , M. Galassi , D. Q. Lamb , C. Graziani , T. Q. Donaghy , R. Vanderspek , M. Yamauchi , K. Takagishi , I. Hatsukade

The Herschel Multi-Tiered Extragalactic Survey: Source Extraction and Cross-Identifications in Confusion-Dominated SPIRE Images

We present the cross-identification and source photometry techniques used to process Herschel SPIRE imaging taken as part of the Herschel Multi-Tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES). Cross-identifications are performed in map-space so as to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 I. G. Roseboom , S. J. Oliver , M. Kunz , B. Altieri , A. Amblard , V. Arumugam , R. Auld , H. Aussel , T. Babbedge , M. Béthermin , A. Blain , J. Bock , A. Boselli , D. Brisbin , V. Buat , D. Burgarella , N. Castro-Rodríguez , A. Cava , P. Chanial , E. Chapin , D. L. Clements , A. Conley , L. Conversi , A. Cooray , C. D. Dowell , E. Dwek , S. Dye , S. Eales , D. Elbaz , D. Farrah , M. Fox , A. Franceschini , W. Gear , J. Glenn , E. A. González Solares , M. Griffin , M. Halpern , M. Harwit , E. Hatziminaoglou , J. Huang , E. Ibar , K. Isaak , R. J. Ivison , G. Lagache , L. Levenson , N. Lu , S. Madden , B. Maffei , G. Mainetti , L. Marchetti , G. Marsden , A. M. J. Mortier , H. T. Nguyen , B. O'Halloran , A. Omont , M. J. Page , P. Panuzzo , A. Papageorgiou , H. Patel , C. P. Pearson , I. Pérez-Fournon , M. Pohlen , J. I. Rawlings , G. Raymond , D. Rigopoulou , D. Rizzo , M. Rowan-Robinson , M. Sánchez Portal , B. Schulz , Douglas Scott , N. Seymour , D. L. Shupe , A. J. Smith , J. A. Stevens , M. Symeonidis , M. Trichas , K. E. Tugwell , M. Vaccari , I. Valtchanov , J. D. Vieira , L. Vigroux , L. Wang , R. Ward , G. Wright , C. K. Xu , M. Zemcov

The Super-FRS GEM-TPC prototype development - TDR

This document contains the pre-design of the beam diagnostics components Tracking Detectors for the Super-FRS. A GEM-TPC detector has been suggested as suitable tracking detector for the ion/fragment beams produced at the in-flight…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-06-28 F. Garcia , C. Caesar , T. Grahn , A. Prochazka , B. Voss

Characterizing small planets transiting small stars with SPIRou

SPIRou, a near infrared spectropolarimeter, is a project of new instrument to be mounted at the Canada France Hawaii Telescope in 2017. One of the main objectives of SPIRou is to reach a radial velocity accuracy better than 1 m/s in the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-03 A. Santerne , J. -F. Donati , R. Doyon , X. Delfosse , É. Artigau , I. Boisse , X. Bonfils , F. Bouchy , G. Hébrard , C. Moutou , S. Udry , the SPIRou science team

ETpathfinder: a cryogenic testbed for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors

The third-generation of gravitational wave observatories, such as the Einstein Telescope (ET) and Cosmic Explorer (CE), aim for an improvement in sensitivity of at least a factor of ten over a wide frequency range compared to the current…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-05 A. Utina , A. Amato , J. Arends , C. Arina , M. de Baar , M. Baars , P. Baer , N. van Bakel , W. Beaumont , A. Bertolini , M. van Beuzekom , S. Biersteker , A. Binetti , H. J. M. ter Brake , G. Bruno , J. Bryant , H. J. Bulten , L. Busch , P. Cebeci , C. Collette , S. Cooper , R. Cornelissen , P. Cuijpers , M. van Dael , S. Danilishin , D. Dixit , S. van Doesburg , M. Doets , R. Elsinga , V. Erends , J. van Erps , A. Freise , H. Frenaij , R. Garcia , M. Giesberts , S. Grohmann , H. Van Haevermaet , S. Heijnen , J. V. van Heijningen , E. Hennes , J. -S. Hennig , M. Hennig , T. Hertog , S. Hild , H. -D. Hoffmann , G. Hoft , M. Hopman , D. Hoyland , G. A. Iandolo , C. Ietswaard , R. Jamshidi , P. Jansweijer , A. Jones , P. Jones , N. Knust , G. Koekoek , X. Koroveshi , T. Kortekaas , A. N. Koushik , M. Kraan , M. van de Kraats , S. L. Kranzhoff , P. Kuijer , K. A. Kukkadapu , K. Lam , N. Letendre , P. Li , R. Limburg , F. Linde , J. -P. Locquet , P. Loosen , H. Lueck , M. Martınez , A. Masserot , F. Meylahn , M. Molenaar , C. Mow-Lowry , J. Mundet , B. Munneke , L. van Nieuwland , E. Pacaud , D. Pascucci , S. Petit , Z. Van Ranst , G. Raskin , P. M. Recaman , N. van Remortel , L. Rolland , L. de Roo , E. Roose , J. C. Rosier , D. Ryckbosch , K. Schouteden , A. Sevrin , A. Sider , A. Singha , V. Spagnuolo , A. Stahl , J. Steinlechner , S. Steinlechner , B. Swinkels , N. Szilasi , M. Tacca , H. Thienpont , A. Vecchio , H. Verkooijen , C. H. Vermeer , M. Vervaeke , G. Visser , R. Walet , P. Werneke , C. Westhofen , B. Willke , A. Xhahi , T. Zhang

A Fourier-Based Algorithm for Modelling Aberrations in HETE-2's Imaging System

The High-Energy Transient Explorer (HETE-2), launched in October 2000, is a satellite experiment dedicated to the study of gamma-ray bursts in a very wide energy range from soft X-ray to gamma-ray wavelengths. The intermediate X-ray range…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-07 Bjoern Malte Schaefer , Nobuyuki Kawai

The electronics of the HEPD of the CSES experiment

The China Seismo Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) aims to contribute to the monitoring of earthquakes from space. This space mission, lead by a Chinese-Italian collaboration, will study phenomena of electromagnetic nature and their…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 V. Scotti , G. Osteria

The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey: HerMES

The Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey, HerMES, is a legacy program designed to map a set of nested fields totalling ~380 deg^2. Fields range in size from 0.01 to ~20 deg^2, using Herschel-SPIRE (at 250, 350 and 500 \mu m), and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 HerMES Collaboration , S. J. Oliver , J. Bock , B. Altieri , A. Amblard , V. Arumugam , H. Aussel , T. Babbedge , A. Beelen , M. Béthermin , A. Blain , A. Boselli , C. Bridge , D. Brisbin , V. Buat , D. Burgarella , N. Castro-Rodríguez , A. Cava , P. Chanial , M. Cirasuolo , D. L. Clements , A. Conley , L. Conversi , A. Cooray , C. D. Dowell , E. N. Dubois , E. Dwek , S. Dye , S. Eales , D. Elbaz , D. Farrah , A. Feltre , P. Ferrero , N. Fiolet , M. Fox , A. Franceschini , W. Gear , E. Giovannoli , J. Glenn , Y. Gong , E. A. González Solares , M. Griffin , M. Halpern , M. Harwit , E. Hatziminaoglou , S. Heinis , P. Hurley , H. S. Hwang , A. Hyde , E. Ibar , O. Ilbert , K. Isaak , R. J. Ivison , G. Lagache , E. Le Floc'h , L. Levenson , B. Lo Faro , N. Lu , S. Madden , B. Maffei , G. Magdis , G. Mainetti , L. Marchetti , G. Marsden , J. Marshall , A. M. J. Mortier , H. T. Nguyen , B. O'Halloran , A. Omont , M. J. Page , P. Panuzzo , A. Papageorgiou , H. Patel , C. P. Pearson , I. Pérez-Fournon , M. Pohlen , J. I. Rawlings , G. Raymond , D. Rigopoulou , L. Riguccini , D. Rizzo , G. Rodighiero , I. G. Roseboom , M. Rowan-Robinson , M. Sánchez Portal , B. Schulz , Douglas Scott , N. Seymour , D. L. Shupe , A. J. Smith , J. A. Stevens , M. Symeonidis , M. Trichas , K. E. Tugwell , M. Vaccari , I. Valtchanov , J. D. Vieira , M. Viero , L. Vigroux , L. Wang , R. Ward , J. Wardlow , G. Wright , C. K. Xu , M. Zemcov