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The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, successfully launched on June 11th, 2008, is the next generation satellite experiment for high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. The main instrument, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT), with a wide field of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Christine Meurer

The ESA INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophyisics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is composed of two main instruments (IBIS and SPI) for the gamma-ray astrophysics (20 keV - 10 MeV), plus two monitors (JEM-X and OMC) for X-ray and optical counterparts.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 L. Foschini , G. Di Cocco , G. Malaguti

The gamma-ray astronomical observatory INTEGRAL, succesfully launched on 17th October 2002, carries two large gamma-ray telescopes. One of them is the coded-mask imaging gamma-ray telescope onboard the INTEGRAL satellite (IBIS) which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Goldwurm , P. David , L. Foschini , A. Gros , P. Laurent , A. Sauvageon , A. J. Bird , L. Lerusse , N. Produit

A deep all-sky imaging hard x-ray survey and wide-field monitor is needed to extend soft (ROSAT) and medium (ABRIXAS2) x-ray surveys into the 10-100 keV band (and beyond) at comparable sensitivity (~0.05 mCrab). This would enable discovery…

The Fermi Flare Advocate (also known as Gamma-ray Sky Watcher, FA-GSW) service provides for a quick look and review of the gamma-ray sky observed daily by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The FA-GSW service provides alerts and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Stefano Ciprini , David J. Thompson

The goal of the Laser Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is to detect and study gravitational waves of astrophysical origin. Direct detection of gravitational waves holds the promise of testing general relativity in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-29 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration , B. Abbott

This White Paper explores advances in the study of Active Galaxies which will be enabled by new observing capabilities at MeV energies (hard X-rays to gamma-rays; 0.1-1000 MeV), with a focus on multi-wavelength synergies. This spectral…

EAGLE is a Phase A study of a multi-IFU, near-IR spectrometer for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). The design employs wide-field adaptive optics to deliver excellent image quality across a large (38.5 arcmin sq.) field. When…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 C. J. Evans , M. D. Lehnert , J. -G. Cuby , S. L. Morris , M. Puech , N. Welikala , A. M. Swinbank , H. Schnetler

Sky survey is one of the most important motivations to improve the astrophysics development, especially when using new photometric bands. We are performing the SAGE (Stellar Abundance and Galactic Evolution) survey with a self-designed SAGE…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-30 Jie Zheng , Gang Zhao , Wei Wang , Zhou Fan , Ke-Feng Tan , Chun Li , Fang Zuo

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) will be installed on the International Space Station (ISS). The gamma rays can be measured through gamma conversion into e+e- pair, before reaching the Silicon Tracker or by measurement of a photon…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Simonetta Gentile

e-ASTROGAM is a gamma-ray observatory operating in a broad energy range, 0.15 MeV - 3 GeV, recently proposed as the M5 Medium-size mission of the European Space Agency. It has the potential to revolutionize the astronomy of medium-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Vincent Tatischeff , Roland Diehl , Alessandro De Angelis

Modern and future surveys effectively provide a panchromatic view for large numbers of extragalactic objects. Consistently modeling these multiwavelength survey data is a critical but challenging task for extragalactic studies. The Code…

A next-generation medium-energy gamma-ray telescope targeting the MeV range would address open questions in astrophysics regarding how extreme conditions accelerate cosmic-ray particles, produce relativistic jet outflows, and more. One…

This Astro2020 white paper summarizes the unknowns of active galactic nuclei (AGN) physics that could be unveiled thanks to a new, space-born, ultraviolet spectropolarimeter. The unique capabilities of high energy polarimetry would help us…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-14 F. Marin , S. Charlot , B. Agís González , D. Sluse , D. Hutsemékers , A. Labiano , L. Grosset , C. Neiner , J. -C. Bouret

The Space Interferometry Mission (SIM), with its launch date planned for 2005, has as its goal astrometry with ~ 1 micro-arcsecond accuracy for stars as faint as 20th mag. If the SIM lives to expectations it can be used to measure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Bohdan Paczynski

Scheduled to launch in late 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer Mission in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The mission will open a new window of investigation - imaging X-ray…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Martin C. Weisskopf , Paolo Soffitta , Luca Baldini , Brian D. Ramsey , Stephen L. O'Dell , Roger W. Romani , Giorgio Matt , William D. Deininger , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Enrico Costa , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Luca Latronico , Herman L. Marshall , Fabio Muleri , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Allyn Tennant , Niccolo Bucciantini , Michal Dovciak , Frederic Marin , Alan Marscher , Juri Poutanen , Pat Slane , Roberto Turolla , William Kalinowski , Alessandro Di Marco , Sergio Fabiani , Massimo Minuti , Fabio La Monaca , Michele Pinchera , John Rankin , Carmelo Sgro' , Alessio Trois , Fei Xie , Cheryl Alexander , D. Zachery Allen , Fabrizio Amici , Jason Andersen , Angelo Antonelli , Spencer Antoniak , Primo Attina' , Mattia Barbanera , Matteo Bachetti , Randy M. Baggett , Jeff Bladt , Alessandro Brez , Raffaella Bonino , Christopher Boree , Fabio Borotto , Shawn Breeding , Daniele Brienza , H. Kyle Bygott , Ciro Caporale , Claudia Cardelli , Rita Carpentiero , Simone Castellano , Marco Castronuovo , Luca Cavalli , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Marco Ceccanti , Mauro Centrone , Saverio Citraro , Fabio D' Amico , Elisa D'Alba , Laura Di Gesu , Ettore Del Monte , Kurtis L. Dietz , Niccolo' Di Lalla , Giuseppe Di Persio , David Dolan , Immacolata Donnarumma , Yuri Evangelista , Kevin Ferrant , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , MacKenzie Ferrie , Joseph Footdale , Brent Forsyth , Michelle Foster , Benjamin Garelick , Shuichi Gunji , Eli Gurnee , Michael Head , Grant Hibbard , Samantha Johnson , Erik Kelly , Kiranmayee Kilaru , Carlo Lefevre , Shelley Le Roy , Pasqualino Loffredo , Paolo Lorenzi , Leonardo Lucchesi , Tyler Maddox , Guido Magazzu , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , Elio Mangraviti , Marco Marengo , Alessandra Marrocchesi , Francesco Massaro , David Mauger , Jeffrey McCracken , Michael McEachen , Rondal Mize , Paolo Mereu , Scott Mitchell , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Alfredo Morbidini , Federico Mosti , Hikmat Nasimi , Barbara Negri , Michela Negro , Toan Nguyen , Isaac Nitschke , Alessio Nuti , Mitch Onizuka , Chiara Oppedisano , Leonardo Orsini , Darren Osborne , Richard Pacheco , Alessandro Paggi , Will Painter , Steven D. Pavelitz , Christina Pentz , Raffaele Piazzolla , Matteo Perri , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Colin Peterson , Maura Pilia , Alessandro Profeti , Simonetta Puccetti , Jaganathan Ranganathan , Ajay Ratheesh , Lee Reedy , Noah Root , Alda Rubini , Stephanie Ruswick , Javier Sanchez , Paolo Sarra , Francesco Santoli , Emanuele Scalise , Andrea Sciortino , Christopher Schroeder , Tim Seek , Kalie Sosdian , Gloria Spandre , Chet O. Speegle , Toru Tamagawa , Marcello Tardiola , Antonino Tobia , Nicholas E. Thomas , Robert Valerie , Marco Vimercati , Amy L. Walden , Bruce Weddendorf , Jeffrey Wedmore , David Welch , Davide Zanetti , Francesco Zanetti

As a critical part of the Tracking Active Galactic Nuclei with Austral Milliarcsecond Interferometry (TANAMI) program, in November 2007 the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) started monitoring the radio spectra of a sample of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-05-14 J. Stevens , P. G. Edwards , R. Ojha , M. Kadler , F. Hungwe , M. Dutka , S. Tingay , J. P. Macquart , A. Moin , J. Lovell , J. Blanchard