Design of a CZT gamma-camera for GRB and fast transient follow-up: a wide-field-monitor for the EDGE mission

Natalucci, L.; Feroci, M.; Quadrini, E.; Ubertini, P.; Piro, L.; Herder, J. W. den; Barret, D.; Amati, L.; Budtz-Jørgensen, Carl; Caroli, E.; Cosimo, Sergio Di; Frutti, M.; Labanti, C.; Monzani, Fabio; Poulsen, J. M.; Nicolini, L.; Stevoli, A.

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“…We will use a coded mask detector (Natalucci et al 2007) to monitor a large fraction of the sky for transient events. The energy band between 5-200 keV is optimal to identify GRBs: the currently operational mission Swift works in this regime but with a higher threshold of 15 keV.…”

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ORIGIN: metal creation and evolution from the cosmic dawn

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Ohashi³

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ORIGIN is a proposal for the M3 mission call of ESA aimed at the study of metal creation from the epoch of cosmic dawn. Using high-spectral resolution in the soft X-ray band, ORIGIN will be able to identify the physical conditions of all abundant elements between C and Ni to red-shifts of z = 10, and beyond. The mission will answer questions such as: When were the first metals created? How does the cosmic metal content evolve? Where do most of the metals reside in the Universe? What is the role of metals in structure formation and evolution? To reach out to the early Universe ORIGIN will use Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) to study their local environments in their host galaxies. This requires the capability to slew the satellite in less than a minute to the GRB location. By studying the chemical composition and properties of clusters of galaxies we can extend the range of exploration to lower redshifts (z ˜0.2). For this task we need a high-resolution spectral imaging instrument with a large field of view. Using the same instrument, we can also study the so far only partially detected baryons in the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM). The less dense part of the WHIM will be studied using absorption lines at low redshift in the spectra for GRBs. The ORIGIN mission includes a Transient Event Detector (coded mask with a sensitivity of 0.4 photon/cm2/s in 10 s in the 5-150 keV band) to identify and localize 2000 GRBs over a five year mission, of which ˜65 GRBs have a redshift >7. The Cryogenic Imaging Spectrometer, with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV, a field of view of 30 arcmin and large effective area below 1 keV has the sensitivity to study clusters up to a significant fraction of the virial radius and to map the denser parts of the WHIM (factor 30 higher than achievable with current instruments). The payload is complemented by a Burst InfraRed Telescope to enable onboard red-shift determination of GRBs (hence securing proper follow up of high-z bursts) and also probes the mildly ionized state of the gas. Fast repointing is achieved by a dedicated Controlled Momentum Gyro and a low background is achieved by the selected low Earth orbi

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ORIGIN: metal creation and evolution from the cosmic dawn

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Piro²,

Ohashi³

et al. 2011

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“…We will use a coded mask detector (Natalucci et al 2007) On top of the mask we put a thin optical blocking filter to suppress the thermal load from partial exposure to sunlight. The angular resolution of this system is 23.8', which allows for a location accuracy of 3' (90% confidence) at the detection limit of 12σ.…”

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ORIGIN: Metal Creation and Evolution From The Cosmic Dawn

Piro¹,

Herder²,

Ohashi³

et al. 2011

AIP Conference Proceedings

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ORIGIN is a proposal for the M3 mission call of ESA aimed at the study of metal creation from the epoch of cosmic dawn. Using high-spectral resolution in the soft X-ray band, ORIGIN will be able to identify the physical conditions of all abundant elements between C and Ni to red-shifts of z=10, and beyond. The mission will answer questions such as: When were the first metals created?How does the cosmic metal content evolve? Where do most of the metals reside in the Universe?What is the role of metals in structure formation and evolution? To reach out to the early Universe ORIGIN will use Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) to study their local environments in their host galaxies. This requires the capability to slew the satellite in less than a minute to the GRB location.By studying the chemical composition and properties of clusters of galaxies we can extend the range of exploration to lower redshifts (z~ 0.2). For this task we need a high-resolution spectral imaging instrument with a large field of view. Using the same instrument, we can also study the so far only partially detected baryons in the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM). The less dense part of the WHIM will be studied using absorption lines at low redshift in the spectra for GRBs.The ORIGIN mission includes a Transient Event Detector (coded mask with a sensitivity of 0.4 photon/cm 2 /s in 10 s in the 5-150 keV band) to identify and localize 2000 GRBs over a five year mission, of which ~65 GRBs have a redshift >7. The Cryogenic Imaging Spectrometer, with a spectral resolution of 2.5 eV, a field of view of 30 arcmin and large effective area below 1 keV has the sensitivity to study clusters up to a significant fraction of the virial radius and to map the denser parts of the WHIM (factor 30 higher than achievable with current instruments). The payload is complemented by a Burst InfraRed Telescope to enable onboard red-shift determination of GRBs (hence securing proper follow up of high-z bursts) and also probes the mildly ionized state of the gas. Fast repointing is achieved by a dedicated Controlled Momentum Gyro and a low background is achieved by the selected low Earth orbit.

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EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

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Ohashi

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How structures of various scales formed and evolved from the early Universe up to present time is a fundamental question of astrophysical cosmology. EDGE (Piro et al., 2007) will trace the cosmic history of the baryons from the early generations of massive stars by Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) explosions, through the period of galaxy cluster formation, down to the very low redshift Universe, when between a third and one half of the baryons are expected to reside in cosmic filaments undergoing gravitational collapse by dark matter (the so-called warm hot Spectrometer (0.1-2.2 eV) with excellent energy resolution (3 eV at 0.6 keV), a Wide-Field Imager (0.3-6 keV) with high angular resolution (HPD=15") constant over the full 1.4 degree field of view, and a Wide Field Monitor (8-200 keV) with a FOV of ¼ of the sky, which will trigger the fast repointing to the GRB. Extension of its energy response up to 1 MeV will be achieved with a GRB detector with no imaging capability. This mission is proposed to ESA as part of the Cosmic Vision call. We will outline the science drivers and describe in more detail the payload of this mission.

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Design of a CZT gamma-camera for GRB and fast transient follow-up: a wide-field-monitor for the EDGE mission

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ORIGIN: metal creation and evolution from the cosmic dawn

ORIGIN: metal creation and evolution from the cosmic dawn

ORIGIN: Metal Creation and Evolution From The Cosmic Dawn

EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

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