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Development of Dual-Gain SiPM Boards for Extending the Energy Dynamic Range
Daniel Shy, Richard S. Woolf, Eric A. Wulf +5
Astronomical observations with gamma rays in the range of several hundred keV to hundreds of MeV currently represent the least explored energy range. To address this so-called MeV…
Development of a CsI Calorimeter for the Compton-Pair (ComPair) Balloon-Borne Gamma-Ray Telescope
Daniel Shy, Richard S. Woolf, Clio C. Sleator +7
There is a growing interest in astrophysics to fill in the observational gamma-ray MeV gap. We, therefore, developed a CsI:Tl calorimeter prototype as a subsystem to a balloon-base…
Development of the ComPair gamma-ray telescope prototype
Daniel Shy, Carolyn Kierans, Nicolas Cannady +22
There is a growing interest in the science uniquely enabled by observations in the MeV range, particularly in light of multi-messenger astrophysics. The Compton Pair (ComPair) tele…
The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer (AMEGO-X) Mission Concept
Regina Caputo, Marco Ajello, Carolyn Kierans +52
The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer (AMEGO-X) is designed to identify and characterize gamma rays from extreme explosions and accelerators. The main science th…
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager Project for MeV Astronomy
John A. Tomsick, Steven E. Boggs, Andreas Zoglauer +33
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a 0.2-5 MeV Compton telescope capable of imaging, spectroscopy, and polarimetry of astrophysical sources. Such capabilities are made p…
Glowbug, a Low-Cost, High-Sensitivity Gamma-Ray Burst Telescope
J. E. Grove, C. C. Cheung, M. Kerr +8
We describe Glowbug, a gamma-ray telescope for bursts and other transients in the 30 keV to 2 MeV band. It was recently selected for funding by the NASA Astrophysics Research and A…
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager
John A. Tomsick, Andreas Zoglauer, Clio Sleator +21
In this Astro2020 APC White Paper, we describe a Small Explorer (SMEX) mission concept called the Compton Spectrometer and Imager. COSI is a Compton telescope that covers the bandp…
Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI) -- Early On-Orbit Results
Lee J. Mitchell, Bernard F. Phlips, J. Eric Grove +3
The Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI) is a single detector, gamma-ray spectrometer designed to space-qualify the new scintillation detector material europium-doped stron…
The MERger-event Gamma-Ray (MERGR) Telescope
L. J. Mitchell, J. E. Grove, B. F. Phlips +5
We describe the MERger-event Gamma-Ray (MERGR) Telescope intended for deployment by ~2021. MERGR will cover from 20 keV to 2 MeV with a wide field of view (6 sr) using nineteen gam…
The Advanced X-ray Timing Array (AXTAR): A US MIDEX Mission Concept
Paul S. Ray, Bernard F. Phlips, Kent S. Wood +3
AXTAR is a NASA MIDEX mission concept for X-ray timing of compact objects that combines very large collecting area, broadband spectral coverage, high time resolution, highly flexib…
AXTAR: Mission Design Concept
Paul S. Ray, Deepto Chakrabarty, Colleen A. Wilson-Hodge +18
The Advanced X-ray Timing Array (AXTAR) is a mission concept for X-ray timing of compact objects that combines very large collecting area, broadband spectral coverage, high time re…
DUAL Gamma-Ray Mission
S. Boggs, C. Wunderer, P. von Ballmoos +30
Gamma-ray astronomy presents an extraordinary scientific potential for the study of the most powerful sources and the most violent events in the Universe. In order to take full adv…