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25-05-2018
e-ASTROGAM: A space mission for MeV-GeV gamma-ray astrophysics
| Submitter: | Benito Marcote |
| Description: | e-ASTROGAM is a breakthrough Observatory space mission dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.3 MeV to 3 GeV. 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 and covering the energy gap between INTEGRAL and Fermi, 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. e-ASTROGAM will exhibit unique polarization capabilities and a line sensitivity one to two orders of magnitude better than previous generation instruments. 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. e-ASTROGAM was submitted as a M5 mission to the recent ESA call for proposals to be launch in 2018. Unfortunately, it has not been selected for the short list published these weeks for further study in this call (the three chosen ones are SPICA, THESEUS, and EnVision). But this will not be the end of the project! For further information about e-ASTROGAM, see the White Book about the mission and the science cases in de Angelis et al. (2017, arXiv:1711.01265). |
| Copyright: | Benito Marcote |
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