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Andrew Blain

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The Chandra COSMOS Survey, I: Overview and Point Source Catalog

2009

The Chandra COSMOS Survey (C-COSMOS) is a large, 1.8 Ms, Chandra} program that has imaged the central 0.5 sq.deg of the COSMOS field (centered at 10h, +02deg) with an effective exposure of ~160ksec, and an outer 0.4sq.deg. area with an effective exposure of ~80ksec. The limiting source detection depths are 1.9e-16 erg cm(-2) s(-1) in the Soft (0.5-2 keV) band, 7.3e(-16) erg cm^-2 s^-1 in the Hard (2-10 keV) band, and 5.7e(-16) erg cm(-2) s(-1) in the Full (0.5-10 keV) band. Here we describe the strategy, design and execution of the C-COSMOS survey, and present the catalog of 1761 point sources detected at a probability of being spurious of <2e(-5) (1655 in the Full, 1340 in the Soft, and…

PhysicsHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)Field (physics)biologyInfraredPoint sourceFluxFOS: Physical sciencesAstronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysicsLimitingbiology.organism_classificationAcisSpace and Planetary SciencePoint (geometry)Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomenacatalogs – cosmology: observations – galaxies: evolution – quasars: general – surveys – X-rays: generalCosmosAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
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Time domain astronomy with the THESEUS satellite

2021

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 instruments, which include a wide field of view X-ray (0.3-5 keV) telescope based on lobster-eye focussing optics and a gamma-ray spectrometer with imaging capabilities in the 2-150 keV range, are also ideal for carrying out unprecedented studies in time domain astrophysics. In addition, the presence onboard of a 70 cm near infrared telescope will allow simu…

010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesmedia_common.quotation_subjectAstronomyAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaSocio-culturaleFOS: Physical sciencesX-ray sources01 natural scienceslaw.inventionTelescopeX-ray sourceSettore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisicalaw0103 physical sciencesTime domain[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]Variability010303 astronomy & astrophysicsInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)0105 earth and related environmental sciencesmedia_commonTime domain astronomyPhysicsSpectrometerGravitational waveX-rays surveysAstronomyAstronomy and AstrophysicsUniverseSpace and Planetary ScienceSatelliteNeutrinoAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsExperimental Astronomy
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The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

2018

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 unique combination of instruments allowing GRB and X-ray transient detection over a broad field of view (more than 1sr) with 0.5¿1 arcmin localization, an energy band extending from several MeV down to 0.3¿keV and high sensitivity to transient sources in the soft X-ray domain, as well as on-board prompt (few minutes) follow-up with a 0.7¿m class IR telescope with both imaging and spectroscopic capabilities. THESEUS will be perfectly suited for addressing …

IonizationAtmospheric Sciencecosmological modelCherenkov Telescope Array[ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]AstronomyDark ageMASSIVE SINGLE STARSStar formation rates Gamma ray01 natural sciencesCosmology: observationlocalizationlaw.inventionAstrophysicEinstein Telescopeobservational cosmologylawObservational cosmologyRe-ionizationCosmology: observations; Dark ages; First stars; Gamma-ray: bursts; Re-ionizationLIGOobservations [Cosmology]Telescope010303 astronomy & astrophysicsHigh sensitivityHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)PhysicsMulti-wavelengthenergy: highsezelegamma-ray burstsCosmology: observationsCosmology: observations; Dark ages; First stars; Gamma-ray: bursts; Re-ionization; Aerospace Engineering; Space and Planetary ScienceAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysicsimagingstar: formationburst [Gamma-ray]observatoryGeophysicsDark agesX rays Cosmology: observationAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenasignatureStarTIDAL DISRUPTIONGamma-ray: burstAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaSIMILAR-TO 6Socio-culturaleFOS: Physical sciencesAerospace EngineeringGamma-ray: burstsobservation [Cosmology]galaxy: luminosityX-ray astronomy: instrumentation7 CANDIDATE GALAXIESAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysicsgamma ray: burst114 Physical sciencesSettore FIS/03 - Fisica della MateriaTelescopeX-raybursts [Gamma-ray]FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICASettore FIS/05 - Astronomia e AstrofisicaFirst star0103 physical sciences[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]KAGRAInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Astrophysics::Galaxy AstrophysicsFirst starsLIGHT CURVESEinstein Telescope010308 nuclear & particles physicsGravitational wavegravitational radiationAstronomyAstronomy and Astrophysics115 Astronomy Space scienceCherenkov Telescope ArrayredshiftsensitivityRedshiftNEUTRON-STAR MERGERmessengerVIRGOelectromagneticLUMINOSITY FUNCTIONSpace and Planetary ScienceBLACK-HOLEGeneral Earth and Planetary SciencesGamma-ray burst[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
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