Universe (Apr 2024)
Future Perspectives for Gamma-ray Burst Detection from Space
- Enrico Bozzo,
- Lorenzo Amati,
- Wayne Baumgartner,
- Tzu-Ching Chang,
- Bertrand Cordier,
- Nicolas De Angelis,
- Akihiro Doi,
- Marco Feroci,
- Cynthia Froning,
- Jessica Gaskin,
- Adam Goldstein,
- Diego Götz,
- Jon E. Grove,
- Sylvain Guiriec,
- Margarita Hernanz,
- C. Michelle Hui,
- Peter Jenke,
- Daniel Kocevski,
- Merlin Kole,
- Chryssa Kouveliotou,
- Thomas Maccarone,
- Mark L. McConnell,
- Hideo Matsuhara,
- Paul O’Brien,
- Nicolas Produit,
- Paul S. Ray,
- Peter Roming,
- Andrea Santangelo,
- Michael Seiffert,
- Hui Sun,
- Alexander van der Horst,
- Peter Veres,
- Jianyan Wei,
- Nicholas White,
- Colleen Wilson-Hodge,
- Daisuke Yonetoku,
- Weimin Yuan,
- Shuang-Nan Zhang
Affiliations
- Enrico Bozzo
- Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, Chemin d’Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
- Lorenzo Amati
- INAF-OAS Bologna, via P. Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy
- Wayne Baumgartner
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
- Tzu-Ching Chang
- Jet Propulsion Lab, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Bertrand Cordier
- IRFU/Département d’Astrophysique, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Nicolas De Angelis
- DPNC, University of Geneva, quai Ernest-Ansermet 24, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- Akihiro Doi
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan
- Marco Feroci
- INAF-IAPS Roma, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, I-00133 Rome, Italy
- Cynthia Froning
- Southwest Research Institute Space Science and Engineering Division, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, USA
- Jessica Gaskin
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
- Adam Goldstein
- Science and Technology Institute, Universities Space Research Association, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
- Diego Götz
- IRFU/Département d’Astrophysique, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Jon E. Grove
- Space Science Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
- Sylvain Guiriec
- Department of Physics, George Washington University, Corcoran Hall, 725 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Margarita Hernanz
- Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC), Carrer de can Magrans, s/n, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
- C. Michelle Hui
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
- Peter Jenke
- University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
- Daniel Kocevski
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
- Merlin Kole
- DPNC, University of Geneva, quai Ernest-Ansermet 24, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- Chryssa Kouveliotou
- Department of Physics, George Washington University, Corcoran Hall, 725 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Thomas Maccarone
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas Tech University Box 41051, Lubbock, TX 79409-1051, USA
- Mark L. McConnell
- Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
- Hideo Matsuhara
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan
- Paul O’Brien
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
- Nicolas Produit
- Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, Chemin d’Ecogia 16, 1290 Versoix, Switzerland
- Paul S. Ray
- Space Science Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
- Peter Roming
- Southwest Research Institute Space Science and Engineering Division, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238, USA
- Andrea Santangelo
- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics, Eberhard Karls, Universität, Sand 1, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
- Michael Seiffert
- Jet Propulsion Lab, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Hui Sun
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Alexander van der Horst
- Department of Physics, George Washington University, Corcoran Hall, 725 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Peter Veres
- University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA
- Jianyan Wei
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Nicholas White
- Department of Physics, George Washington University, Corcoran Hall, 725 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
- Colleen Wilson-Hodge
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
- Daisuke Yonetoku
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan
- Weimin Yuan
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Shuang-Nan Zhang
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10040187
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 4
p. 187
Abstract
Since their first discovery in the late 1960s, gamma-ray bursts have attracted an exponentially growing interest from the international community due to their central role in the most highly debated open questions of the modern research of astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, and fundamental physics. These range from the intimate nuclear composition of high-density material within the core of ultra-dense neuron stars, to stellar evolution via the collapse of massive stars, the production and propagation of gravitational waves, as well as the exploration of the early universe by unveiling the first stars and galaxies (assessing also their evolution and cosmic re-ionization). GRBs in the past ∼50 years have stimulated the development of cutting-edge technological instruments for observations of high-energy celestial sources from space, leading to the launch and successful operations of many different scientific missions (several of them still in data-taking mode currently). In this review, we provide a brief description of the GRB-dedicated missions from space being designed and developed for the future. The list of these projects, not meant to be exhaustive, shall serve as a reference to interested readers to understand what is likely to come next to lead the further development of GRB research and the associated phenomenology.
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