The e-ASTROGAM space mission: a major step forward for supernova physics

e-ASTROGAM is a gamma-ray observatory operating in a broad energy range, 0.15 MeV – 3 GeV, recently proposed as the M5 Medium-size mission of the European Space Agency. It has the potential to revolutionize the astronomy of medium-energy gamma-rays by increasing the number of known sources in this d...

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Published inProceedings of the International Astronomical Union Vol. 12; no. S331; pp. 351 - 356
Main Authors Tatischeff, Vincent, Diehl, Roland, De Angelis, Alessandro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.02.2017
Subjects
Astronomy
Contributed Papers
Cosmic rays
Energy
Gamma rays
Physics
Supernovae
cosmic rays
supernovae: general
telescopes
supernova remnants
Gamma rays: observations
radiation mechanisms: nonthermal
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Summary:e-ASTROGAM is a gamma-ray observatory operating in a broad energy range, 0.15 MeV – 3 GeV, recently proposed as the M5 Medium-size mission of the European Space Agency. It has the potential to revolutionize the astronomy of medium-energy gamma-rays by increasing the number of known sources in this domain by more than an order of magnitude and providing gamma-ray polarization information for many of these sources. In these proceedings, we discuss the expected capacity of the mission to study the physics of supernovae, both thermonuclear and core-collapse, as well as the origin of cosmic rays in SN shocks.
ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S1743921317004410