Science with e-ASTROGAM: A space mission for MeV–GeV gamma-ray astrophysics

e-ASTROGAM Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.jheap.2018.07.001

Science with e-ASTROGAM: A space mission for MeV–GeV gamma-ray astrophysics

e-ASTROGAM Collaboration

INFN
INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
and Physics University of Udine
Instituto Superior Técnico
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Universite Paris-Saclay
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS)
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Sezione di Roma
Johannes Gutenberg University
University College Dublin
University of Geneva
IRAP/CNRS
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna
Ioffe Institute
Campus UAB
Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik
Technical University of Denmark
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm University
INAF
Clemson University
University of Trieste
INFN Sezione di Trieste
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
University of São Paulo
INFN Sezione di Bari
University of Barcelona
University of Potsdam
University of Padova
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
University of Pisa
c/o DESY
Fudan University
Universidad de Salamanca
Parque Científico USAL
INFN Sezione di Perugia
Universidade de Aveiro
Inst. Telecomunicações
Science and Research Directorate
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
Middle East Technical University (METU)
University of Tübingen
Brazilian Center for Research in Physics
Complutense University
University of Amsterdam
Guangzhou University
University of Lodz
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
University of Perugia
ETH Zurich
Politecnico di Bari
North-West University
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
RWTH Aachen University
GSSI
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
University of Oslo
University of Turin
INFN Sezione di Torino
University of Western Cape
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Milan
conventionnée avec l'Université d'Orléans
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Naval Research Laboratory
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Space Research Institute (IKI)
CSIC-UV - Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC)
Laboratoire de Probabilités et Modèles Aléatoires
Yale University
Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo
Ev-K2-CNR Committee
Novosibirsk State University
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
University of Rijeka
University of Würzburg
Université Paris-Sud
Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Milano-Bicocca
University of Split
University of Tokyo
George Mason University
Universidad Politecnica de Catalunia
Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas
Astroparticule and Cosmol APC
CEA/UVSQ/CNRS
University of Turku
University of Chicago
Université Paris-Sud
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
University College London
Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC
University of Bergen
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik
University of Zielona Góra
University of Maryland, College Park
INAF-Trieste
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Polish Academy of Sciences
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
University of California at Santa Cruz
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Tel Aviv University
University of California, San Diego
ICRANET
University of Sheffield
University of Hong Kong
IDA Business Park
Federal University of Paraíba
Arizona State University
Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)
Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)
Universités Paris VI and VII
Argonne National Laboratory
University of Nova Gorica
UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
University of Innsbruck
University of California, Space Sciences Laboratory

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Abstract

e-ASTROGAM (‘enhanced ASTROGAM’) is a breakthrough Observatory space mission, with a detector composed by a Silicon tracker, a calorimeter, and an anticoincidence system, dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.3 MeV to 3 GeV – the lower energy limit can be pushed to energies as low as 150 keV for the tracker, and to 30 keV for calorimetric detection. The mission is based on an advanced space-proven detector technology, with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution, combined with polarimetric capability. Thanks to its performance in the MeV–GeV domain, substantially improving its predecessors, e-ASTROGAM will open a new window on the non-thermal Universe, making pioneering observations of the most powerful Galactic and extragalactic sources, elucidating the nature of their relativistic outflows and their effects on the surroundings. With a line sensitivity in the MeV energy range one to two orders of magnitude better than previous generation instruments, e-ASTROGAM will determine the origin of key isotopes fundamental for the understanding of supernova explosion and the chemical evolution of our Galaxy. The mission will provide unique data of significant interest to a broad astronomical community, complementary to powerful observatories such as LIGO-Virgo-GEO600-KAGRA, SKA, ALMA, E-ELT, TMT, LSST, JWST, Athena, CTA, IceCube, KM3NeT, and LISA.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-106
Number of pages	106
Journal	Journal of High Energy Astrophysics
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2018.07.001
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2018

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Science with e-ASTROGAM: A space mission for MeV–GeV gamma-ray astrophysics

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