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The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

Martino MarisaldiEnrico BozzoValerie ConnaughtonDorottya SzécsiDorottya SzécsiD. MalesaniL. MaraschiB. CordierP. D'avanzoSalvatore CapozzielloDarach WatsonC. ContiniMaryam ModjazPierluigi BelluttiM. De PasqualeC. GuidorziColleen A. Wilson-hodgeO. BouladeC. AdamiY. EvangelistaA. ArganJohan P. U. FynboY.-w. DongPoshak GandhiAllan HornstrupEliana PalazziAndrea BulgarelliAndrea ComastriE. GezaLuciano BurderiGiuseppe MalagutiD. De MartinoIrfan KuvvetliS.-n. ZhangClaudio LabantiFiamma CapitanioLuca IzzoBradley CenkoBradley CenkoA. MelandriUmberto MaioNicola OmodeiStefano EttoriC. ButlerS. D. VerganiS. D. VerganiS. ZhangLajos G. BalázsPatricia SchadyFederica B. BiancoM. BranchesiJens HjorthJochen GreinerFelix RydeFelix RydeJean-gabriel CubyPiero MalcovatiLorraine HanlonPeter G. JonkerPeter G. JonkerM. Della ValleElena PianPiotr OrleanskiEtienne RenotteW. SkidmoreL. Sabau-graziatiMauro DadinaCarl Budtz-jørgensenTomaz RodicGiancarlo GhirlandaLuigi PiroSheila McbreenM. FioriniM. TopinkaJan HarmsRiccardo CiolfiYi ChenGiacomo VianelloEster PiedipalumboZsolt BagolyAniello GradoYuki KanekoVito SgueraB. MorelliE. Le Floc'hLuciano RezzollaK. WiersemaRemo RuffiniE. Del MonteJ. P. OsborneM. G. BernardiniA. GombocA. De LucaStefano CovinoIan HutchinsonA. AntonelliEnzo BrocatoMark R. SimsM. RazzanoElisabetta MaioranoJean-luc AtteiaJ. ZichaS. KorpelaEros VanzellaV. D'eliaM. H. P. M. Van PuttenMarco FerociCarole MundellA. V. PenacchioniA. V. PenacchioniJ. SoominGabriele GhiselliniSandra SavaglioN. ShigehiroAndrea SantangeloAntonio Martin-carrilloAvishay Gal-yamA. M. ReadPiergiorgio CasellaGiuseppe BaldazziB. CiardiPawan KumarLi SongV. LebrunG. ZampaDaisuke YonetokuS. VojtechGregor RauwPiero RosatiA. J. Castro-tiradoBruce GendreTsvi PiranA. RachevskiS. BasaT. LiMichela UslenghiGianluca MorganteMichèle LavagnaPascal ChardonnetPascal ChardonnetAndrew MacfadyenAsaf Pe'erSandro MereghettiAlessandro DragoM. HafiziRichard WillingaleD. MorrisBing ZhangPaolo GiommiAndrea FerraraAndrea FerraraMauro OrlandiniMaria Giovanna DainottiMaria Giovanna DainottiMaria Giovanna DainottiN. MasettiYuji UrataMaxim LyutikovMaxim LyutikovA. VacchiLászló L. KissE. CampolongoM. BoerLorenzo AmatiDiego GötzAndrew BlainM. T. BotticellaC. TenzerMonica ColpiVictor RegleroRoberto MignaniMichael S. BriggsJoseph CaruanaElizabeth R. StanwayS. ColafrancescoFrancesca PanessaH. U. Nargaard-nielsenF. LuGiuseppe BertuccioA. PaizisP. RomanoS. VercelloneLuciano NicastroS. PaltaniG. PareschiG. StrattaV. PetrosianJoão BragaN. ZampaNial TanvirJames E. RhoadsJames E. RhoadsRaffaella MarguttiLuca ValenzianoSøren BrandtS. BociAndrea RossiPaul J. CallananAnnalisa CelottiN. KawaiRené HudecRené HudecFrancesco LongoPrimo AttinaG. L. IsraelF. FuschinoFabio FinelliM. HernanzRuben SalvaterraF. FronteraF. FronteraP. T. O'brienSergio CampanaRupal BasakRupal BasakRiccardo CampanaEleonora TrojaEleonora TrojaJordan CampPetr PátaS. PiranomonteG. TagliaferriSylvain GuiriecR. L. C. StarlingB. B. ZhangNatalia AuricchioSerena Vinciguerra

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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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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 the main open issues in cosmology such as, e.g., star formation rate and metallicity evolution of the inter-stellar and intra-galactic medium up to redshift 10, signatures of Pop III stars, sources and physics of re-ionization, and the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function. In addition, it will provide unprecedented capability to monitor the X-ray variable sky, thus detecting, localizing, and identifying the electromagnetic counterparts to sources of gravitational radiation, which may be routinely detected in the late ¿20s/early ¿30s by next generation facilities like aLIGO/ aVirgo, eLISA, KAGRA, and Einstein Telescope. THESEUS will also provide powerful synergies with the next generation of multi-wavelength observatories (e.g., LSST, ELT, SKA, CTA, ATHENA).© 2018 COSPAR

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2018-07-01
10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.010https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01815180