Title: | The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances |
Authors: | AMATI, LORENZO O'Brien, P. Götz, D. Bozzo, E. Tenzer, C. Frontera, F. GHIRLANDA, Giancarlo LABANTI, CLAUDIO Osborne, J. P. Stratta, G. Tanvir, N. Lavagna, M. Li, T. Longo, F. Lyutikov, M. Maio, U. MAIORANO, Elisabetta Malcovati, P. Malesani, D. Margutti, R. Martin-Carrillo, A. Willingale, R. MASETTI, NICOLA McBreen, S. MIGNANI, Roberto MORGANTE, GIANLUCA Mundell, C. Nargaard-Nielsen, H. U. NICASTRO, LUCIANO PALAZZI, ELIANA Paltani, S. PANESSA, Francesca ATTINA', PRIMO PARESCHI, Giovanni Pe'er, A. Penacchioni, A. V. PIAN, Elena Piedipalumbo, E. Piran, T. Rauw, G. Razzano, M. Read, A. Rezzolla, L. CAMPANA, RICCARDO ROMANO, Patrizia Ruffini, R. Savaglio, S. SGUERA, VITO Schady, P. Skidmore, W. Song, L. Stanway, E. Starling, R. Topinka, M. Castro-Tirado, A. J. Troja, E. van Putten, M. VANZELLA, Eros VERCELLONE, STEFANO Wilson-Hodge, C. Yonetoku, D. Zampa, G. Zampa, N. Zhang, B. Zhang, B. B. Contini, C. Zhang, S. Zhang, S. -N. Antonelli, A. Bianco, F. Boci, S. Boer, M. BOTTICELLA, MARIA TERESA Boulade, O. Butler, C. CAMPANA, Sergio FUSCHINO, FABIO CAPITANIO, FIAMMA Celotti, A. Chen, Y. Colpi, M. COMASTRI, Andrea Cuby, J. -G. DADINA, MAURO DE LUCA, Andrea Dong, Y. -W. ETTORI, STEFANO Gomboc, A. Gandhi, P. Geza, E. Greiner, J. Guiriec, S. Harms, J. Hernanz, M. Hornstrup, A. Hutchinson, I. ISRAEL, Gian Luca Jonker, P. Hudec, R. Kaneko, Y. Kawai, N. Wiersema, K. Korpela, S. Lebrun, V. Lu, F. MacFadyen, A. MALAGUTI, GIUSEPPE Maraschi, L. MELANDRI, Andrea Orleanski, P. Modjaz, M. Morris, D. Omodei, N. PAIZIS, ADAMANTIA Páta, P. Petrosian, V. Rachevski, A. Rhoads, J. Ryde, F. Sabau-Graziati, L. Renotte, E. Shigehiro, N. Sims, M. Soomin, J. Szécsi, D. Urata, Y. USLENGHI, MICHELA VALENZIANO, LUCA Vianello, G. Vojtech, S. Watson, D. Rodic, T. Zicha, J. Bagoly, Z. Blain, A. Callanan, P. COVINO, Stefano Ferrara, A. Le Floch, E. Marisaldi, M. MEREGHETTI, Sandro Rosati, P. Vacchi, A. D'AVANZO, Paolo Giommi, P. PIRANOMONTE, Silvia PIRO, LUIGI Reglero, V. ROSSI, Andrea Santangelo, A. SALVATERRA, Ruben TAGLIAFERRI, Gianpiero Vergani, S. Vinciguerra, S. Briggs, M. Campolongo, E. CIOLFI, RICCARDO Connaughton, V. Cordier, B. Morelli, B. ORLANDINI, MAURO Adami, C. ARGAN, ANDREA Atteia, J. -L. AURICCHIO, NATALIA Balazs, L. Baldazzi, G. Basa, S. BASAK, RUPAL Bellutti, P. BERNARDINI, Maria Grazia Bertuccio, G. Braga, J. Branchesi, M. Brandt, S. BROCATO, Enzo Budtz-Jorgensen, C. BULGARELLI, ANDREA Burderi, L. Camp, J. Capozziello, S. Caruana, J. CASELLA, Piergiorgio Cenko, B. Chardonnet, P. Ciardi, B. Colafrancesco, S. Dainotti, M. G. D'Elia, V. DE MARTINO, Domitilla De Pasquale, M. DEL MONTE, Ettore DELLA VALLE, Massimo Drago, A. EVANGELISTA, YURI FEROCI, MARCO FINELLI, FABIO FIORINI, MAURO Fynbo, J. Gal-Yam, A. Gendre, B. GHISELLINI, Gabriele GRADO, ANIELLO Guidorzi, C. Hafizi, M. Hanlon, L. Hjorth, J. Izzo, L. Kiss, L. Kumar, P. Kuvvetli, I. |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Journal: | ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH |
Number: | 62 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 191 |
Abstract: | 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). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/28841 |
URL: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1710.04638v4 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117718302126?via%3Dihub |
ISSN: | 0273-1177 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.010 |
Bibcode ADS: | 2018AdSpR..62..191A |
Fulltext: | open |
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