HERMES: An ultra-wide band X and gamma-ray transient monitor on board a nano-satellite constellation

被引：47

作者：

Fuschino, F. ^{[1
,2
]}

Campana, R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Labanti, C. ^{[1
,2
]}

Evangelista, Y. ^{[3
,4
]}

Feroci, M. ^{[3
,4
]}

Burderi, L. ^{[7
]}

Fiore, F. ^{[8
]}

Ambrosino, F. ^{[3
]}

Baldazzi, G. ^{[2
,5
]}

Bellutti, P. ^{[18
]}

Bertacin, R. ^{[19
]}

Bertuccio, G. ^{[13
,14
]}

Borghi, G. ^{[18
]}

Cirrincione, D. ^{[9
,11
]}

Cauz, D. ^{[9
,10
]}

Ficorella, F. ^{[18
]}

Fiorini, M. ^{[6
]}

Gandola, M. ^{[13
,14
]}

Grassi, M. ^{[15
,16
]}

Guzman, A. ^{[21
]}

La Rosa, G. ^{[20
]}

Lavagna, M. ^{[17
]}

Lunghi, P. ^{[17
]}

Malcovati, P. ^{[15
,16
]}

Morgante, G. ^{[1
]}

Negri, B. ^{[19
]}

Pauletta, G. ^{[10
]}

Piazzolla, R. ^{[3
]}

Picciotto, A. ^{[18
]}

Pirrotta, S. ^{[19
]}

Pliego-Caballero, S. ^{[21
]}

Puccetti, S. ^{[19
]}

Rachevski, A. ^{[11
]}

Rignanese, L. ^{[12
]}

Rashevskaya, I ^{[2
,5
]}

Salatti, M. ^{[21
]}

Santangelo, A. ^{[21
]}

Silvestrini, S. ^{[17
]}

Sottiles, G. ^{[20
]}

Tenzer, C. ^{[21
]}

Vacchi, A. ^{[21
]}

Zampa, G. ^{[11
]}

Zampa, N. ^{[11
]}

Zorzi, N. ^{[18
]}

机构：

[1] INAF, OAS Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6-2, I-40127 Bologna, Italy

[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, IAPS, Via Fosso Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy

[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma 2, Via Ric Sci 1, I-00133 Rome, Italy

[5] Univ Bologna, Dept Phys & Astron, DIFA, Viale Berti Pichat 6-2, I-40127 Bologna, Italy

[6] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, IASF Milano, Via Bassini 15, I-20100 Milan, Italy

[7] Univ Cagliari, Dept Phys, SP Monserrato Sestu Km 0,700, I-09042 Monserrato, CA, Italy

[8] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, OATs, Via GB Tiepolo 11, I-34143 Trieste, Italy

[9] Univ Udine, Via Sci 206, I-33100 Udine, Italy

[10] INFN Udine, Via Sci 206, I-33100 Udine, Italy

[11] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Trieste, Padriciano 99, I-34127 Trieste, Italy

[12] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, TIFPA, Via Sornmarive 14, I-38123 Trento, Italy

[13] Politecn Milan, Dept Elect Informat & Bioengn, Via Anzani 42, I-22100 Como 22100, Italy

[14] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[15] Univ Pavia, Dept Elect Comp & Biomed Engn, Via Ferrara 3, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pavia, Via Ferrara 3, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[17] Politecn Milan, Bovisa Campus,Via La Masa 34, I-20156 Milan, Italy

[18] FBK, Via Sommarive 18, I-38123 Trento, Italy

[19] Italian Space Agcy ASI, Via Politecn Snc, I-00133 Rome, Italy

[20] IASF Palermo, INAF, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, I-90146 Palermo, Italy

[21] Univ Tubingen, IAAT, Sand 1, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2019年 / 936卷

关键词：

Nanosatellites; Gamma-ray burst; Silicon Drift Detectors; Scintillator detectors; DRIFT CHAMBER;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2018.11.072

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

The High Energy Modular Ensemble of Satellites (HERMES) project is aimed to realize a modular X/gamma-ray monitor for transient events, to be placed on-board of a nano-satellite bus (e.g. CubeSat). This expandable platform will achieve a significant impact on Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) science and on the detection of Gravitational Wave (GW) electromagnetic counterparts: the recent LIGO/VIRGO discoveries demonstrated that the high-energy transient sky is still a field of extreme interest. The very complex temporal variability of GRBs (experimentally verified up to the millisecond scale) combined with the spatial and temporal coincidence between GWs and their electromagnetic counterparts suggest that upcoming instruments require sub-microsecond time resolution combined with a transient localization accuracy lower than a degree. The current phase of the ongoing HERMES project is focused on the realization of a technological pathfinder with a small network (3 units) of nano-satellites to be launched in mid 2020. We will show the potential and prospects for short and medium-term development of the project, demonstrating the disrupting possibilities for scientific investigations provided by the innovative concept of a new "modular astronomy" with nano-satellites (e.g. low developing costs, very short realization time). Finally, we will illustrate the characteristics of the HERMES Technological Pathfinder project, demonstrating how the scientific goals discussed are actually already reachable with the first nano-satellites of this constellation. The detector architecture will be described in detail, showing that the new generation of scintillators (e.g. GAGG:Ce) coupled with very performing Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD) and low noise FrontEnd-Electronics (FEE) are able to extend down to few keV the sensitivity band of the detector. The technical solutions for FEE, Back-End-Electronics (BEE) and Data Handling will be also described.

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页码：199 / 203

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