EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

L Piro; J den Herder; T Ohashi; L Amati; J Atteia; S Barthelmy; M Barbera; D Barret; S Basso; M Boer; S Borgani; O Boyarskiy; E Branchini; G Branduardi-Raymont; M Briggs; G Brunetti; C Budtz-Jorgensen; D Burrows; S Campana; E Caroli; G Chincarini; F Christensen; M Cocchi; A Comastri; A Corsi; V Cotroneo; P Conconi; L Colasanti; G Cusumano; A de Rosa; M Del Santo; S Ettori; Y Ezoe; L Ferrari; M Feroci; M Finger; G Fishman; R Fujimoto; M Galeazzi; A Galli; F Gatti; N Gehrels; B Gendre; G Ghirlanda; G Ghisellini; P Giommi; M Girardi; L Guzzo; F Haardt; I Hepburn; W Hermsen; H Hoevers; A Holland; J in’t Zand; Y Ishisaki; H Kawahara; N Kawai; J Kaastra; M Kippen; P de Korte; C Kouveliotou; A Kusenko; C Labanti; R Lieu; C Macculi; K Makishima; G Matt; P Mazzotta; D McCammon; M Méndez; T Mineo; S Mitchell; K Mitsuda; S Molendi; L Moscardini; R Mushotzky; L Natalucci; F Nicastro; P O’Brien; J Osborne; F Paerels; M Page; S Paltani; G Pareschi; E Perinati; C Perola; T Ponman; A Rasmussen; M Roncarelli; P Rosati; O Ruchayskiy; E Quadrini; I Sakurai; R Salvaterra; S Sasaki; G Sato; J Schaye; J Schmitt; S Sciortino; M Shaposhnikov; K Shinozaki; D Spiga; Y Suto; G Tagliaferri; T Takahashi; Y Takei; Y Tawara; P Tozzi; H Tsunemi; T Tsuru; P Ubertini; E Ursino; M Viel; J Vink; N White; R Willingale; R Wijers; K Yoshikawa; N Yamasaki

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EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

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EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

L Piro, J den Herder, T Ohashi, L Amati, J Atteia, S Barthelmy, M Barbera, D Barret, S Basso, M Boer, …

Experimental astronomy, Vol.23(1), pp.67-89

2009-03

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-008-9092-y

Abstract

Clusters

Gamma-ray bursts

Missions

Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry & Geosciences

Warm–hot intergalactic medium

X-rays

Astronomy

Cosmology

Physics

How structures of various scales formed and evolved from the early Universe up to present time is a fundamental question of astrophysical cosmology. EDGE (Piro et al., 2007) will trace the cosmic history of the baryons from the early generations of massive stars by Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) explosions, through the period of galaxy cluster formation, down to the very low redshift Universe, when between a third and one half of the baryons are expected to reside in cosmic filaments undergoing gravitational collapse by dark matter (the so-called warm hot intragalactic medium). In addition EDGE, with its unprecedented capabilities, will provide key results in many important fields. These scientific goals are feasible with a medium class mission using existing technology combined with innovative instrumental and observational capabilities by: (a) observing with fast reaction Gamma-Ray Bursts with a high spectral resolution. This enables the study of their star-forming and host galaxy environments and the use of GRBs as back lights of large scale cosmological structures; (b) observing and surveying extended sources (galaxy clusters, WHIM) with high sensitivity using two wide field of view X-ray telescopes (one with a high angular resolution and the other with a high spectral resolution). The mission concept includes four main instruments: a Wide-field Spectrometer (0.1–2.2 eV) with excellent energy resolution (3 eV at 0.6 keV), a Wide-Field Imager (0.3–6 keV) with high angular resolution (HPD = 15”) constant over the full 1.4 degree field of view, and a Wide Field Monitor (8–200 keV) with a FOV of ¼ of the sky, which will trigger the fast repointing to the GRB. Extension of its energy response up to 1 MeV will be achieved with a GRB detector with no imaging capability. This mission is proposed to ESA as part of the Cosmic Vision call. We will outline the science drivers and describe in more detail the payload of this mission.

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Title: EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions
Creators: L Piro - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
J den Herder - SRON the Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 3854 CA Utrecht The Netherlands
T Ohashi - Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo Japan
L Amati - INAF Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Bologna Italy
J Atteia - LAT Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées Toulouse France
S Barthelmy - NASA GSFC Greenbelt Maryland USA
M Barbera - Dipartimento Scienze Fisiche e Astronomiche Universita’ di Palermo Palermo Italy
D Barret - CESR Centre d’Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements Toulouse France
S Basso - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
M Boer - Observatoire de Haute Provence Haute Provence France
S Borgani - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Trieste Italy
O Boyarskiy - CERN Geneva Switzerland
E Branchini - Università Roma III Rome Italy
G Branduardi-Raymont - Mullard Space Science Lab/UCL London UK
M Briggs - University of Alabama in Huntsville Hunstville AL USA
G Brunetti - INAF-IRA Bologna Bologna Italy
C Budtz-Jorgensen - DNSC/Technical University of Denmark Copenhagen Denmark
D Burrows - Penn State University University Park Philadelphia PA USA
S Campana - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
E Caroli - INAF Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Bologna Italy
G Chincarini - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
F Christensen - DNSC/Technical University of Denmark Copenhagen Denmark
M Cocchi - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
A Comastri - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Bologna Bologna Italy
A Corsi - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
V Cotroneo - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
P Conconi - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
L Colasanti - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
G Cusumano - INAF Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Palermo Italy
A de Rosa - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
M Del Santo - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
S Ettori - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Bologna Bologna Italy
Y Ezoe - Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science JAXA Tokyo Japan
L Ferrari - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Genova Italy
M Feroci - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
M Finger - University Space Research Association Huntsville AL USA
G Fishman - Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville AL USA
R Fujimoto - Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science JAXA Tokyo Japan
M Galeazzi - University of Miami Miami FL USA
A Galli - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
F Gatti - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Genova Italy
N Gehrels - NASA GSFC Greenbelt Maryland USA
B Gendre - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
G Ghirlanda - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
G Ghisellini - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
P Giommi - ASI Data Center Rome Italy
M Girardi - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Trieste Italy
L Guzzo - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
F Haardt - Universitá di Insubria (Como) Como Italy
I Hepburn - Mullard Space Science Lab/UCL London UK
W Hermsen - SRON the Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 3854 CA Utrecht The Netherlands
H Hoevers - SRON the Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 3854 CA Utrecht The Netherlands
A Holland - University of Brunel London UK
J in’t Zand - SRON the Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 3854 CA Utrecht The Netherlands
Y Ishisaki - Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
H Kawahara - University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
N Kawai - Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Japan
J Kaastra - SRON the Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 3854 CA Utrecht The Netherlands
M Kippen - Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos NM USA
P de Korte - SRON the Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 3854 CA Utrecht The Netherlands
C Kouveliotou - Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville AL USA
A Kusenko - UCLA Los Angeles CA USA
C Labanti - INAF Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Bologna Italy
R Lieu - University of Alabama in Huntsville Hunstville AL USA
C Macculi - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
K Makishima - Tokyo University of Science Tokyo Japan
G Matt - Università Roma III Rome Italy
P Mazzotta - Universitá di Roma Tor Vergata Rome Italy
D McCammon - University of Wisconsin Madison WI USA
M Méndez - SRON the Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 3854 CA Utrecht The Netherlands
T Mineo - INAF Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Palermo Italy
S Mitchell - Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville AL USA
K Mitsuda - Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science JAXA Tokyo Japan
S Molendi - INAF Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica Milano Italy
L Moscardini - Universita’ di Bologna Bologna Italy
R Mushotzky - NASA GSFC Greenbelt Maryland USA
L Natalucci - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
F Nicastro - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Roma Rome Italy
P O’Brien - Leicester University Leicester UK
J Osborne - Leicester University Leicester UK
F Paerels - Columbia University New York NY USA
M Page - Mullard Space Science Lab/UCL London UK
S Paltani - Integral Science Data Center Versoix Switzerland
G Pareschi - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
E Perinati - INAF Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Palermo Italy
C Perola - Università Roma III Rome Italy
T Ponman - University of Birmingham Birmingham UK
A Rasmussen - KIPAC/Standord Palo Alto California USA
M Roncarelli - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Bologna Bologna Italy
P Rosati - ESO Garching Germany
O Ruchayskiy - Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques Bures-sur-Yvette France
E Quadrini - INAF Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica Milano Italy
I Sakurai - Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
R Salvaterra - Universitá di Insubria (Como) Como Italy
S Sasaki - Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo Japan
G Sato - NASA GSFC Greenbelt Maryland USA
J Schaye - University of Leiden Leiden The Netherlands
J Schmitt - University of Hamburg Hamburg FRG
S Sciortino - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Palermo Palermo Italy
M Shaposhnikov - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
K Shinozaki - Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo Japan
D Spiga - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
Y Suto - University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
G Tagliaferri - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Brera Milano Italy
T Takahashi - Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science JAXA Tokyo Japan
Y Takei - SRON the Netherlands Institute for Space Research Sorbonnelaan 2 3854 CA Utrecht The Netherlands
Y Tawara - Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
P Tozzi - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Trieste Italy
H Tsunemi - Osaka University Osaka Japan
T Tsuru - Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
P Ubertini - INAF, Istituto Astrofisica Spaziale Fisica Cosmica Rome Italy
E Ursino - University of Miami Miami FL USA
M Viel - INAF Osservatorio Astronomico Trieste Italy
J Vink - University of Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
N White - NASA GSFC Greenbelt Maryland USA
R Willingale - Leicester University Leicester UK
R Wijers - University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands
K Yoshikawa - University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
N Yamasaki - Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science JAXA Tokyo Japan
Contributors: Giovanni F Bignami (Editor)
Publication Details: Experimental astronomy, Vol.23(1), pp.67-89
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Academic Unit: College of A&S; A&S - Physics
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Record Identifier: 991031619927302976