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Time domain astronomy with the THESEUS satellite

Mukai, K.; Campana, S.; Della Valle, M. +74 more

THESEUS is a medium size space mission of the European Space Agency, currently under evaluation for a possible launch in 2032. Its main objectives are to investigate the early Universe through the observation of gamma-ray bursts and to study the gravitational waves electromagnetic counterparts and neutrino events. On the other hand, its instrument…

Wide band, tunable gamma-ray lenses

Lund, Niels

A new concept for an astronomical telescope in the MeV energy band is presented. The concept builds on Bragg diffraction in crystals, which has been discussed in the past, but so far a design with good sensitivity over a wide energy range has seemed out of reach. In this paper we point out that if we find ways to adjust, in orbit, the individual t…

MVN experiment - All sky monitor for measuring cosmic X-ray background of the universe onboard the ISS

Lutovinov, A. A.; Molkov, S. V.; Pavlinsky, M. N. +6 more

The article describes the MVN experiment (MVN - Monitor Vsego Neba in Russian transliteration) - All Sky Monitor onboard the ISS, which will start in 2021. The main scientific task of the experiment is to measure the cosmic X-ray background in energy range of 6 - 70 keV with unprecedented high absolute and spectral accuracy (about 1%). To reach th…