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The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances
Amati, L.; O'Brien, P.; Götz, D. et al.
2018In Advances in Space Research, 62, p. 191-244
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Keywords :
Gamma-ray: bursts; Cosmology: observations; Dark ages; Re-ionization; First stars
Abstract :
[en] 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-domain astrophysics. These goals will be achieved through a unique combination of instruments allowing GRB and X-ray transient detection over a broad field of view (more than 1sr) with 0.5-1 arcmin localization, an energy band extending from several MeV down to 0.3 keV and high sensitivity to transient sources in the soft X-ray domain, as well as on-board prompt (few minutes) follow-up with a 0.7 m class IR telescope with both imaging and spectroscopic capabilities. THESEUS will be perfectly suited for addressing the main open issues in cosmology such as, e.g., star formation rate and metallicity evolution of the inter-stellar and intra-galactic medium up to redshift ∼ 10, signatures of Pop III stars, sources and physics of re-ionization, and the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function. In addition, it will provide unprecedented capability to monitor the X-ray variable sky, thus detecting, localizing, and identifying the electromagnetic counterparts to sources of gravitational radiation, which may be routinely detected in the late '20s/early '30s by next generation facilities like aLIGO/ aVirgo, eLISA, KAGRA, and Einstein Telescope. THESEUS will also provide powerful synergies with the next generation of multi-wavelength observatories (e.g., LSST, ELT, SKA, CTA, ATHENA).
Research center :
STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Amati, L.;  INAF-IASF Bologna, via P. Gobetti, 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
O'Brien, P.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Götz, D.;  IRFU/Département d'Astrophysique, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Bozzo, E.;  Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, ch. d'Écogia 16, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
Tenzer, C.;  Institut f"ur Astronomie und Astrophysik, Abteilung Hochenergieastrophysik, Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics, Eberhard Karls Universit"at, Sand 1, D 72076 T"ubingen, Germany
Frontera, F.;  Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy ; INAF-IASF, Via Gobetti, 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
Ghirlanda, G.;  INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Brera, Via E. Bianchi 46, Merate, LC, I-23807, Italy
Labanti, C.;  INAF-IASF Bologna, via P. Gobetti, 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
Osborne, J. P.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Stratta, G.;  Universit'a degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, I-61029 Urbino, Italy
Tanvir, N.;  University of Leicester, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Leicester Institute of Space & Earth Observation, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Willingale, R.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Attina, P.;  GP Advanced Projects, Italy
Campana, R.;  INAF/IASF-Bologna, via Piero Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
Castro-Tirado, A. J.;  IAA-CSIC, P.O. Box 03004, E-18080 Granada, Spain
Contini, C.;  OHB-Italia, Via Gallarate, 150 20151 Milano, Italy
Fuschino, F.;  INAF-IASF Bologna, via P. Gobetti, 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
Gomboc, A.;  Centre for Astrophysics and Cosmology, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 11c, 5270 Ajdov v sv cina, Slovenia
Hudec, R.;  Czech Technical University, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Prague 16627, Czech Republic ; Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russian Federation
Orleanski, P.;  Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Renotte, Etienne ;  Centre Spatial de Li'ege, Parc Scientifique du Sart Tilman Avenue du Pr'e-Aily, 4031 Angleur-Li'ege, Belgium
Rodic, T.;  SPACE-SI, Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bagoly, Z.;  E"otv"os University, Budapest, Hungary
Blain, A.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Callanan, P.;  Department of Physics, University College Cork, Ireland
Covino, S.;  INAF-Brera Astronomical Observatory, Via Bianchi 46, 23807, Merate (LC), Italy
Ferrara, A.
Le Floch, E.;  IRFU/D'epartement d'Astrophysique, CEA, Universit'e Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Mereghetti, S.;  INAF - IASF Milano, Via E. Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy
Rosati, P.;  Universita degli Studi di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, Ferrara, Italy
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Santangelo, A.;  Institut f"ur Astronomie und Astrophysik, Abteilung Hochenergieastrophysik, Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics, Eberhard Karls Universit"at, Sand 1, D 72076 T"ubingen, Germany
Salvaterra, R.;  INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica Milano, via E. Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy
Tagliaferri, G.;  INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Brera, Via E. Bianchi 46, Merate, LC, I-23807, Italy
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Vinciguerra, S.;  Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy & School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Briggs, M.;  Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
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Adami, C.;  Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS, LAM, Laboratoire dAstrophysique de Marseille, 13388 Marseille, France
Argan, A.;  INAF-IAPS-Roma via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
Atteia, J.-L.;  IRAP, Universit'e de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CNES, Toulouse, France
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Basa, S.;  Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS, LAM, Laboratoire dAstrophysique de Marseille, 13388 Marseille, France
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Braga, J.;  INPE, Av. dos Astronautas 1758, 12227-010 S.J. Campos, SP, Brazil
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Brandt, S.;  DTU Space - National Space Institute Elektrovej, Building 327, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Camp, J.;  Astrophysics Science Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
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Chardonnet, P.;  LAPTh, Univ.de Savoie, CNRS, B.P. 110, Annecy-le-Vieux F-74941, France ; National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, 31 Kashirskoe Sh., Moscow 115409, Russia
Ciardi, B.;  Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, 85741 Garching, Germany
Colafrancesco, S.;  School of Physics, University of Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits-2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
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De Martino, D.;  INAF - Capodimonte Astronomical observatory Naples, Via Moiariello 16, I-80131 Naples, Italy
De Pasquale, M.;  Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Istanbul University, Beyazit 34119 Istanbul, Turkey
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Della Valle, M.;  INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Salita Moiariello 16, 80131 Napoli, Italy ; International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Piazzale della Repubblica 2, 65122 Pescara, Italy
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Evangelista, Y.;  INAF-IAPS-Roma via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Finelli, F.;  INAF-IASF Bologna, via P. Gobetti, 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
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Fynbo, J.;  Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Gal-Yam, A.;  Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Gendre, B.;  University of the Virgin Islands, 2 John Brewer's Bay, 00802 St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands ; Etelman Observatory, Bonne Resolution, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Ghisellini, G.;  INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Brera, Via E. Bianchi 46, Merate, LC, I-23807, Italy
Grado, A.;  INAF - Capodimonte Astronomical observatory Naples, Via Moiariello 16, I-80131 Naples, Italy
Guidorzi, C.;  Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, I-44122 Ferrara, Italy
Hafizi, M.;  Department of Physics, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
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Kumar, P.;  Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Lavagna, M.;  Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, 20156 Milano, Italy
Li, T.;  Department of Engineering Physics and Center for Astrophysics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Maio, U.;  Leibniz Institut for Astrophysics, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany ; INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, via G. Tiepolo 11, 34131 Trieste, Italy
Maiorano, E.;  INAF-IASF Bologna, via Piero Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, Italy
Malcovati, P.;  Department of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Maraschi, L.;  INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Brera, Via E. Bianchi 46, Merate, LC, I-23807, Italy
Melandri, A.;  INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, via E. Bianchi 36, I-23807 Merate, LC, Italy
Modjaz, M.;  Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, New York University, 726 Broadway office 1044, New York, NY 10003, USA
Morris, D.;  Etelman Observatory, St. Thomas 00802, U.S. Virgin Islands ; College of Science and Math, University of Virgin Islands, St. Thomas 00802, U.S. Virgin Islands
Omodei, N.;  W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Physics and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Paizis, A.;  INAF - IASF Milano, Via E. Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy
Páta, P.;  Department of Radioelectronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technick'a 2, 166 27 Prague 6, Czech Republic
Petrosian, V.;  INAF - IASF Milano, Via E. Bassini 15, 20133 Milano, Italy
Rachevski, A.;  Dipartimento di Fisica G. Occhialini, Universit degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano, Italy
Rhoads, J.;  School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA ; Astrophysics Science Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Ryde, F.;  The Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics, AlbaNova, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden ; Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Sabau-Graziati, L.;  Division de Ciencias del Espacio (INTA), Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
Shigehiro, N.;  Astrophysical Big Bang Laboratory (ABBL), RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Sims, M.;  Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Soomin, J.;  Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomia s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain
Szécsi, D.;  Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Frivcova 298, 25165 Ondvrejov, Czech Republic ; School of Physics and Astronomy and Institute of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Urata, Y.;  Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Chung-Li 32054, Taiwan
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Watson, D.;  Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Language :
English
Title :
The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances
Publication date :
01 July 2018
Journal title :
Advances in Space Research
ISSN :
0273-1177
eISSN :
1879-1948
Publisher :
Pergamon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
62
Pages :
191-244
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