5 papers
Insights on the Gamma-Ray Bursts variability in their cosmological rest frame
Giovanni Della Casa, Fabrizio Fiore, Giuseppe Dilillo +2
Gamma-ray bursts temporal profile can be extremely variable, going from a single pulse of a few seconds duration to multiple superimposed pulses occurring over tens or even hundred…
Design and performance of the coded mask for the Lunar Electromagnetic Monitor in X-rays (LEM-X)
Yuri Evangelista, Alessio Nuti, Francesco Ceraudo +16
The Lunar Electromagnetic Monitor in X-rays (LEM-X) is a proposed wide-field X-ray observatory designed for deployment on the Moon's surface. Its primary scientific goal is to enha…
CubeSats Reach the Millisecond X-Ray Domain: Crab Pulsar Timing with SpIRIT/HERMES
Wladimiro Leone, R. Mearns, T. Di Salvo +70
The High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites (HERMES) instrument is a compact X/-ray spectrometer operating on board the 6U (11 kg) SpIRIT CubeSat. The payload is parti…
HERMES Pathfinder & SpIRIT: a progress report
F. Fiore, M. Trenti, Y. Evangelista +87
HERMES Pathfinder is an in-orbit demonstration consisting of a constellation of six 3U cubesats hosting simple but innovative X-ray/gamma-ray detectors for the monitoring of cosmic…
STROBE-X High Energy Modular Array (HEMA)
Anthony L. Hutcheson, Marco Feroci, Andrea Argan +64
The High Energy Modular Array (HEMA) is one of three instruments that compose the STROBE-X mission concept. The HEMA is a large-area, high-throughput non-imaging pointed instrument…