Localisation of gamma-ray bursts from the combined SpIRIT plus
HERMES-TP/SP nano-satellite constellation

J 2023

Localisation of gamma-ray bursts from the combined SpIRIT plus HERMES-TP/SP nano-satellite constellation

THOMAS, M., M. TRENTI, A. SANNA, R. CAMPANA, G. GHIRLANDA et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Localisation of gamma-ray bursts from the combined SpIRIT plus HERMES-TP/SP nano-satellite constellation

Autoři

THOMAS, M. (garant), M. TRENTI, A. SANNA, R. CAMPANA, G. GHIRLANDA, Jakub ŘÍPA (203 Česká republika, domácí), L. BURDERI, F. FIORE, Y. EVANGELISTA, L. AMATI, S. BARRACLOUGH, K. AUCHETTL, M. O. DEL CASTILLO, A. CHAPMAN, M. CITOSSI, A. COLAGROSSI, G. DILILLO, N. DEIOSSO, E. DEMENEV, F. LONGO, A. MARINO, J. MCROBBIE, R. MEARNS, A. MELANDRI, A. RIGGIO, T. DI SALVO, S. PUCCETTI a M. TOPINKA

Vydání

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 1323-3580

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10308 Astronomy

Stát vydavatele

Austrálie

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 6.300 v roce 2022

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131592

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2023.4

UT WoS

000956078700001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Time domain astronomy; X-ray transient sources; Gamma ray transient sources; Space telescopes

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 5. 9. 2023 10:01, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Multi-messenger observations of the transient sky to detect cosmic explosions and counterparts of gravitational wave mergers critically rely on orbiting wide-FoV telescopes to cover the wide range of wavelengths where atmospheric absorption and emission limit the use of ground facilities. Thanks to continuing technological improvements, miniaturised space instruments operating as distributed-aperture constellations are offering new capabilities for the study of high-energy transients to complement ageing existing satellites. In this paper we characterise the performance of the upcoming joint SpIRIT and HERMES-TP/SP constellation for the localisation of high-energy transients through triangulation of signal arrival times. SpIRIT is an Australian technology and science demonstrator satellite designed to operate in a low-Earth Sun-synchronous Polar orbit that will augment the science operations for the equatorial HERMES-TP/SP constellation. In this work we simulate the improvement to the localisation capabilities of the HERMES-TP/SP constellation when SpIRIT is included in an orbital plane nearly perpendicular (inclination = 97.6 degrees) to the HERMES-TP/SP orbits. For the fraction of GRBs detected by three of the HERMES satellites plus SpIRIT, we find that the combined constellation is capable of localising 60% of long GRBs to within similar to 30 deg(2) on the sky, and 60% of short GRBs within similar to 1850 deg(2) (1s confidence regions), though it is beyond the scope of this work to characterise or rule out systematic uncertainty of the same order of magnitude. Based purely on statistical GRB localisation capabilities (i.e., excluding systematic uncertainties and sky coverage), these figures for long GRBs are comparable to those reported by the Fermi Gamma Burst Monitor instrument. These localisation statistics represents a reduction of the uncertainty for the burst localisation region for both long and short GRBs by a factor of similar to 5 compared to the HERMES-TP/SP alone. Further improvements by an additional factor of 2 (or 4) can be achieved by launching an additional 4 (or 6) SpIRIT-like satellites into a Polar orbit, respectively, which would both increase the fraction of sky covered by multiple satellite elements, and also enable localisation of =60% of long GRBs to within a radius of similar to 1.5 degrees (statistical uncertainty) on the sky, clearly demonstrating the value of a distributed all-sky high-energy transient monitor composed of nano-satellites.

Návaznosti

MUNI/I/0003/2020, interní kód MU

Název: MUNI Award in Science and Humanities 3 (Akronym: Space-Based High-Energy Astrophysics)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, MUNI Award in Science and Humanities 3, MASH - MUNI Award in Science and Humanities

Citovat

THOMAS, M., M. TRENTI, A. SANNA, R. CAMPANA, G. GHIRLANDA, Jakub ŘÍPA, L. BURDERI, F. FIORE, Y. EVANGELISTA, L. AMATI, S. BARRACLOUGH, K. AUCHETTL, M. O. DEL CASTILLO, A. CHAPMAN, M. CITOSSI, A. COLAGROSSI, G. DILILLO, N. DEIOSSO, E. DEMENEV, F. LONGO, A. MARINO, J. MCROBBIE, R. MEARNS, A. MELANDRI, A. RIGGIO, T. DI SALVO, S. PUCCETTI a M. TOPINKA. Localisation of gamma-ray bursts from the combined SpIRIT plus HERMES-TP/SP nano-satellite constellation. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. Cambridge University Press, 2023, roč. 40, February, s. 1-16. ISSN 1323-3580. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2023.4.

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THOMAS, M., M. TRENTI, A. SANNA, R. CAMPANA, G. GHIRLANDA, Jakub ŘÍPA, L. BURDERI, F. FIORE, Y. EVANGELISTA, L. AMATI, S. BARRACLOUGH, K. AUCHETTL, M. O. DEL CASTILLO, A. CHAPMAN, M. CITOSSI, A. COLAGROSSI, G. DILILLO, N. DEIOSSO, E. DEMENEV, F. LONGO, A. MARINO, J. MCROBBIE, R. MEARNS, A. MELANDRI, A. RIGGIO, T. DI SALVO, S. PUCCETTI a M. TOPINKA. Localisation of gamma-ray bursts from the combined SpIRIT plus HERMES-TP/SP nano-satellite constellation. \textit{Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia}. Cambridge University Press, 2023, roč.~40, February, s.~1-16. ISSN~1323-3580. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2023.4.

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