1. Gamma-ray burst investigation via polarimetry and spectroscopy (GRIPS)
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R. Bellazini, Andreas Zoglauer, M. I. Panasyuk, René Hudec, L. G. Balasz, R. Marcinkowski, V. M. Lipunov, Mark Pearce, Felix Ryde, Andrei M. Bykov, Elena Pian, D. Hartmann, Guido Barbiellini, Andrew W. Strong, A. Majczyna, Zsolt Bagoly, Sandra Savaglio, J. Kiener, István T. Horváth, B. K. Lubsandorgiev, R. V. Poleschuk, Sheila McBreen, Vincent Tatischeff, Karl Mannheim, G. Wrochna, A. M. Chernenko, Martino Marisaldi, G. Bisnovaty-Kogan, A. Pollo, Attila Mészáros, A. F. Iyudin, A. G. Zabrodskij, J. Uvarov, S. Larsson, W. Dröge, S. E. Boggs, A. M. Cherepashuk, Gottfried Kanbach, Andreas von Kienlin, Norbert Langer, S. I. Svertilov, Dmitry Bisikalo, L. M. Zeleny, G. Dicocco, Jochen Greiner, Werner Collmar, Roland Diehl, B. McBreen, Lorraine Hanlon, Claudio Labanti, Cornelia B. Wunderer, Boris Shustov, E. Orlando, Marco Ajello, M. Gierlik, D. A. Varshalovich, Alexei Pozanenko, G. G. Lichti, L. B. Bezrukov, Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Greiner, J., Iyudin, A., Kanbach, G., Zoglauer, A., Diehl, R., Ryde, F., Hartmann, D., v. Kienlin, A., Mcbreen, S., Ajello, M., Bagoly, Z., Balasz, L. G., Barbiellini, G., Bellazini, R., Bezrukov, L., Bisikalo, D. V., Bisnovaty-Kogan, G., Boggs, S., Bykov, A., Cherepashuk, A. M., Chernenko, A., Collmar, W., Dicocco, G., Droege, W., Gierlik, M., Hanlon, L., Horvath, I., Hudec, R., Kiener, J., Labanti, C., Langer, N., Larsson, S., Lichti, G., Lipunov, V. M., Lubsandorgiev, B. K., Majczyna, A., Mannheim, K., Marcinkowski, R., Marisaldi, M., Mcbreen, B., Meszaros, A., Orlando, E, Panasyuk, M. I., Pearce, M., Pian, E., Poleschuk, R. V., Pollo, A., Pozanenko, A., Savaglio, S., Shustov, B., Strong, A., Svertilov, S., Tatischeff, V., Uvarov, J., Varshalovich, D. A., Wunderer, C. B., Wrochna, G., Zabrodskij, A. G., and Zeleny, L. M.
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[PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,media_common.quotation_subject ,education ,Early universe ,ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION ,Polarimetry ,Astrophysics ,Compton and pair creation telescope ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Primary (astronomy) ,Nucleosynthesis ,Observatory ,0103 physical sciences ,Nuclear astrophysics ,Hardware_ARITHMETICANDLOGICSTRUCTURES ,Spectroscopy ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,health care economics and organizations ,ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS ,media_common ,Physics ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,gamma-ray bursts ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,nucleosynthesis ,Astronomy ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,social sciences ,early universe ,Universe ,[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,95.55.Ka * 98.70.Rz * 26.30.-k ,Space and Planetary Science ,Compton and Pair creation telescope ,Gamma-ray bursts ,Gamma-ray burst - Abstract
The primary scientific goal of the GRIPS mission is to revolutionize our understanding of the early universe using gamma-ray bursts. We propose a new generation gamma-ray observatory capable of unprecedented spectroscopy over a wide range of gamma-ray energies (200 keV-50 MeV) and of polarimetry (200-1000 keV). The gamma-ray sensitivity to nuclear absorption features enables the measurement of column densities as high as 10(28)cm (-aEuro parts per thousand 2). Secondary goals achievable by this mission include direct measurements of all types of supernova interiors through gamma-rays from radioactive decays, nuclear astrophysics with massive stars and novae, and studies of particle acceleration near compact stars, interstellar shocks, and clusters of galaxies.
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- 2009
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