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Time domain astronomy with the THESEUS satellite
Rudy WijnandsEnrico BozzoR. D. SaxtonA. A. NucitaMauro OrlandiniPeter G. JonkerPeter G. JonkerM. Della ValleSandro MereghettiAntonino D'aiP. HoeflichR. IariaHolger StieleMarina OrioMarina OrioC. GuidorziElena PianLuca IzzoRoberto MignaniAndrew BlainN. A. WebbA. SannaBing ZhangAlessandro PapittoRene HudecRene HudecRene HudecM. H. ErkutVictoria GrinbergF. PintoreSilvia PiranomonteA. MarinoSilvia ZaneS. TurrizianiAlex MarkowitzKoji MukaiKoji MukaiMaeve DoylePoshak GandhiPiergiorgio CasellaP. T. O'brienEliana PalazziM. KrumpeMichela RigoselliFabrizio TavecchioAndrea TiengoClaudio RicciLorenzo AmatiDiego GötzAlbert K. H. KongA. P. BeardmoreM. Del SantoT. Di SalvoAntonio Martin-carrilloJ. RodriguezAntonios ManousakisVictor DoroshenkoGaurava K. JaisawalLorraine HanlonL.e. Rivera SandovalAndrea SantangeloLuciano BurderiF. De ColleSteven E. CampanaGabriele GhiselliniSergey S. TsygankovSergey S. TsygankovJ. P. OsborneD. PorquetSolen BalmanPaolo EspositoM. D. Caballero-garciaE. AmbrosiT. SahaL. SidoliC. G. MundellGiovanni MiniuttiFilippo D'ammandoF. FronteraPawan KumarGianpiero TagliaferriD. De MartinoA. Riggiosubject
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 Astrophysicsdescription
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 simultaneous multiwavelegth studies. Here we present the THESEUS capabilities for studying the time variability of different classes of sources in parallel to, and without affecting, the gamma-ray bursts hunt. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-01 | Experimental Astronomy |