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Design, integration, and test of the scientific payloads on-board the HERMES constellation and the SpIRIT mission
Y. Evangelista, F. Fiore, R. Campana +41
HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) is a space-borne mission based on a constellation of nano-satellites flying in a low-Earth orbit (LEO). The six 3U CubeSat…
The XGIS instrument on-board THESEUS: the detection plane and on-board electronics
Fabio Fuschino, Riccardo Campana, Claudio Labanti +32
The X and Gamma Imaging Spectrometer instrument on-board the THESEUS mission (selected by ESA in the framework of the Cosmic Vision M5 launch opportunity, currently in phase A) is…
The scientific payload on-board the HERMES-TP and HERMES-SP CubeSat missions
Y. Evangelista, F. Fiore, F. Fuschino +22
HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on a LEO constellation of nano-satellites. The 3U C…
HERMES: An ultra-wide band X and gamma-ray transient monitor on board a nano-satellite constellation
F. Fuschino, R. Campana, C. Labanti +49
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 CubeSat bus. This…
The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP
ShuangNan Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Marco Feroci +146
In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of…
Characterization of a novel pixelated Silicon Drift Detector (PixDD) for high-throughput X-ray astrophysics
Y. Evangelista, F. Ambrosino, M. Feroci +23
Multi-pixel fast silicon detectors represent the enabling technology for the next generation of space-borne experiments devoted to high-resolution spectral-timing studies of low-fl…
The Large Area Detector onboard the eXTP mission
Marco Feroci, Mahdi Ahangarianabhari, Giovanni Ambrosi +68
The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and China National Space Administration (CNSA) currently perfor…
The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances
L. Amati, P. O'Brien, D. Goetz +208
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-…
Characterization of the VEGA ASIC coupled to large area position-sensitive Silicon Drift Detectors
R. Campana, Y. Evangelista, F. Fuschino +22
Low-noise, position-sensitive Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs) are particularly useful for experiments in which a good energy resolution combined with a large sensitive area is requi…
LOFT: the Large Observatory For X-ray Timing
M. Feroci, J. W. den Herder, E. Bozzo +245
The LOFT mission concept is one of four candidates selected by ESA for the M3 launch opportunity as Medium Size missions of the Cosmic Vision programme. The launch window is curren…
LOFT - a Large Observatory For x-ray Timing
M. Feroci, L. Stella, A. Vacchi +46
The high time resolution observations of the X-ray sky hold the key to a number of diagnostics of fundamental physics, some of which are unaccessible to other types of investigatio…