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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 45: Gamma Astronomy 2

T 45.8: Vortrag

Dienstag, 22. März 2022, 18:00–18:15, T-H30

COMCUBE: Exploring the violent Universe with CubeSat Technology — •Jan Lommler for the COMCUBE collaboration — Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Gamma Ray Bursts are a window into some of the most energetic processes in the Universe. Due to the energy range of the emitted electro-magnetic radiation, measurements have to be performed in space by a network of either dedicated observatories like SWIFT and POLAR or secondary detectors mounted on larger observatories like Fermi GBM. Most detectors only allow the measurement of the burst's energy-spectrum and time evolution, missing out on polarization of the incident photons. Using Compton scattering as main detection channel, Cubesats offer the opportunity to setup a network of small-scale dedicated detectors at relatively low cost that are able to pinpoint GRBs, measure their spectra and temporal evolution while obtaining polarization information. In this talk, we want to present the detector concept of COMCUBE, performance estimates and the status of the balloon prototype.