HE7 - Future missions for high-energy astrophysics |
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Frontera, Filippo |
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Rosati, Piero; Virgilli, Enrico; Caroli, Ezio; Auricchio, Natalia; Labanti, Claudio; Campana, Riccardo; Fuschino, Fabio; et al. |
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The High-Energy Mission Concept “Advanced Surveyor of Transient Events and Nuclear Astrophysics (ASTENA)” |
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Abstract |
Within the context of the European project AHEAD, a new concept of high energy mission named ASTENA (Advanced Surveyor of Transient Events and Nuclear Astrophysics) is being performed. The mission includes a large array of broad band (1-20 MeV) Wide Field Monitors with imaging and spectroscopy capabilities (WFM-IS), and a large effective area broad-band (50-700 keV) Narrow Field Telescope (NFT) with focusing capabilities based on the use of an advanced Laue lens with unprecedented sensitivity. ASTENA is expected to be a real breakthrough in the gamma-ray energy band, opening a new window in high energy astrophysics. The development status of the mission concept and of the instrumentation on board will be reported. |
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