The wide field monitor and spectrometer instrument on board the ASTENA satellite mission concept

Date Issued
2018
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Virgilli, E.
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Rosati, P.
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Frontera, F.
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Abstract
The ASTENA mission concept under study in the framework of the H2020 AHEAD project includes a wide field monitor and spectrometer (WFM/S), mainly dedicated to GRBs. The instrument, composed by different units, is sensitive in the range 1 keV - 20 MeV. The total isotropic detection area will be 3.0 m2 with a FOV of about 1.35 sr. The WFM will allow the detection and spectroscopic and polarimetric characterization of all classes of GRBs. Each module is a coded mask telescope that will allow the source localization within few arcmin up to 50-100 keV. The detector core is based on the coupling of low-noise, solid-state Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) with CsI(Tl) scintillator bars. Low-energy and highenergy photons are discriminated using the on-board electronics. The instrument design and preliminary experimental characterizations are reported and discussed.
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Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
All editors
den Herder, Jan-Willem A.; Nikzad, Shouleh; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
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10699
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106995Z
Conferenece
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
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Austin, Texas, United States
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10-15 June, 2018
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0277-786X
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2018SPIE10699E..5ZF
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