Published January 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Complete set of detectors for studying cosmic gamma-ray bursts onboard the Lomonosov satellite

  • 1. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 4. Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The scientific instruments onboard the Lomonosov satellite include a complete set of detectors designed to study the gamma and optical emission of cosmic gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The BDRG gamma spectrometer ensures producing a trigger of a GRB and studying GRB properties in the energy range of 10–3000 keV as well as determining the GRB source coordinates by comparing readings of three differently directed detectors. The SHOK optical cameras (with a field of view of ~20 × 40 degrees) fix a set of images by the GRB trigger preceding the trigger and a post-trigger set at a frequency of about five frames per second. The UFFO instrument incorporates the UBAT telescope with a coding mask for measurements within a range of hard X rays and soft gamma rays and the SMT optical slewing mirror telescope, which can be directed at the GRB source in about 1 s to measure the GRB optical emission at early stages.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://link.springer.com/openurl/pdf?id=doi:10.1134/S1063779618010306

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Particles and Nuclei
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 109-112
ISSN
1063-7796

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