The advanced compton telescope mission

C. B. Wunderer; S. E. Boggs; J. Kurfess; J. M. Ryan; E. Aprile; N. Gehrels; R. M. Kippen; M. Leising; U. Oberlack; A. Zych; M. Baring; J. Beacom; L. Bildsten; P. F. Bloser; C. Dermer; M. Harris; D. H. Hartmann; M. Hernanz; A. Hoover; A. Klimenko; D. Kocevski; M. L. McConnell; P. Milne; E. I. Novikova; B. Phlips; M. Polsen; D. M. Smith; S. Starrfield; S. Sturner; D. Tournear; G. Weidenspointner; E. Wulf; A. Zoglauer

The advanced compton telescope mission

C. B. Wunderer, S. E. Boggs, J. Kurfess, J. M. Ryan, E. Aprile, N. Gehrels, R. M. Kippen, M. Leising, U. Oberlack, A. Zych, M. Baring, J. Beacom, L. Bildsten, P. F. Bloser, C. Dermer, M. Harris, D. H. Hartmann, M. Hernanz, A. Hoover, A. KlimenkoD. Kocevski, M. L. McConnell, P. Milne, E. I. Novikova, B. Phlips, M. Polsen, D. M. Smith, S. Starrfield, S. Sturner, D. Tournear, G. Weidenspointner, E. Wulf, A. Zoglauer

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Abstract

The Advanced Compton Telescope (ACT) has been identified as the next major step in gamma-ray astronomy. It will probe the nuclear fires creating the chemical elements by enabling high resolution spectroscopy of nuclear emission from supernova explosions. During me past two years, our collaboration has been undertaking a NASA mission concept study for ACT¹. This study was designed to (1 ) transform the key scientific objectives into specific instrument requirements, (2) to identify the most promising technologies to meet those requirements, and (3) to design a viable mission concept for this instrument. We present the results of this study, including scientific goals and expected performance, mission design, and technology recommendations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	649-652
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Issue number	622 SP
State	Published - Jul 2006
Event	6th Integral Workshop - The Obscured Universe - Moscow, Russian Federation Duration: Jul 2 2006 → Jul 8 2006

Keywords

ACT
Compton telescope
Nucleosynthesis
Supernova Ia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Aerospace Engineering
Space and Planetary Science

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Wunderer, C. B., Boggs, S. E., Kurfess, J., Ryan, J. M., Aprile, E., Gehrels, N., Kippen, R. M., Leising, M., Oberlack, U., Zych, A., Baring, M., Beacom, J., Bildsten, L., Bloser, P. F., Dermer, C., Harris, M., Hartmann, D. H., Hernanz, M., Hoover, A., ... Zoglauer, A. (2006). The advanced compton telescope mission. European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP, (622 SP), 649-652.

Wunderer, CB, Boggs, SE, Kurfess, J, Ryan, JM, Aprile, E, Gehrels, N, Kippen, RM, Leising, M, Oberlack, U, Zych, A, Baring, M, Beacom, J, Bildsten, L, Bloser, PF, Dermer, C, Harris, M, Hartmann, DH, Hernanz, M, Hoover, A, Klimenko, A, Kocevski, D, McConnell, ML, Milne, P, Novikova, EI, Phlips, B, Polsen, M, Smith, DM, Starrfield, S, Sturner, S, Tournear, D, Weidenspointner, G, Wulf, E & Zoglauer, A 2006, 'The advanced compton telescope mission', European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP, no. 622 SP, pp. 649-652.

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