Published 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Grips-The potential of a future MeV survey

  • 1. Max-Planck Inst. fur extraterrestrische Physik, Garching (Germany)
  • 2. Wurzburg Univ., Wurzburg (Germany)

Description

We describe the potential of Grips, a future MeV mission. The Gamma-Ray Imaging, Polarimetry and Spectroscopy (Grips) concept combines a Compton and pair telescope, and will be a very sensitive polarimeter. Grips would perform a continuously scanning all-sky survey from 200 keV to 80 MeV achieving a sensitivity which is better by a factor of 40 compared to the previous missions in this energy range.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuovo Cimento. C (Print)
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 35-40
ISSN
2037-4909

Conference

Title
Gamma Ray Astrophysics in the Multi messenger context
Acronym
SciNeGHE 2010
Dates
Sep 2010
Place
Trieste (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
Italy
INIS RN
43013407
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; POLARIMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERNOVAE; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
Descriptors DEC
BINARY STARS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; PROCESSING; RADIATIONS; STARS; VARIABLE STARS