Speaker
Dr
Kanbach Gottfried
(MPE, Garching)
Description
We describe a new generation gamma-ray observatory capable of
unprecedented spectroscopy over a wide range of gamma-ray energies (200
keV–50 MeV) and polarimetry (100–1000 keV). This mission was proposed to
ESA in the Cosmic Vision programme in 2008 and was presented to, but not
selected by ESA's Astronomy working group.
The primary scientific goal of the GRIPS mission is to revolutionize our
understanding of the early universe using gamma-ray bursts. Secondary
goals achievable by this mission include direct measurements of
supernova interiors through gamma-rays from radioactivity, nuclear
astrophysics with massive stars and novae, and studies of particle
acceleration near compact stars, interstellar shocks, and clusters of
galaxies.
Primary author
Dr
Kanbach Gottfried
(MPE, Garching)
Co-author
Dr
Greiner Jochen
(MPE, Garching)
