The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

L. Amati; P. O’Brien; D. Götz; E. Bozzo; C. Tenzer; F. Frontera; G. Ghirlanda; C. Labanti; J.P. Osborne; G. Stratta; N. Tanvir; R. Willingale; P. Attina; R. Campana; A.J. Castro-Tirado; C. Contini; F. Fuschino; A. Gomboc; R. Hudec; P. Orleanski; E. Renotte; T. Rodic; Z. Bagoly; A. Blain; P. Callanan; S. Covino; A. Ferrara; E. Le Floch; M. Marisaldi; S. Mereghetti; P. Rosati; A. Vacchi; P. D’Avanzo; P. Giommi; S. Piranomonte; L. Piro; V. Reglero; A. Rossi; A. Santangelo; R. Salvaterra; G. Tagliaferri; S. Vergani; S. Vinciguerra; M. Briggs; E. Campolongo; R. Ciolfi; V. Connaughton; B. Cordier; B. Morelli; M. Orlandini; C. Adami; A. Argan; J.-L. Atteia; N. Auricchio; L. Balazs; G. Baldazzi; S. Basa; R. Basak; P. Bellutti; M.G. Bernardini; G. Bertuccio; J. Braga; M. Branchesi; S. Brandt; E. Brocato; C. Budtz-Jørgensen; A. Bulgarelli; L. Burderi; J. Camp; S. Capozziello; J. Caruana; P. Casella; B. Cenko; P. Chardonnet; B. Ciardi; S. Colafrancesco; M.G. Dainotti; V. D’Elia; D. De Martino; M. De Pasquale; E. Del Monte; M. Della Valle; A. Drago; Y. Evangelista; M. Feroci; F. Finelli; M. Fiorini; J. Fynbo; A. Gal-Yam; B. Gendre; G. Ghisellini; A. Grado; C. Guidorzi; M. Hafizi; L. Hanlon; J. Hjorth; L. Izzo; L. Kiss; P. Kumar; I. Kuvvetli; M. Lavagna; T. Li; F. Longo; M. Lyutikov; U. Maio; E. Maiorano; P. Malcovati; D. Malesani; R. Margutti; A. Martin-Carrillo; N. Masetti; S. McBreen; R. Mignani; G. Morgante; C. Mundell; H. U. Nargaard-Nielsen; L. Nicastro; E. Palazzi; S. Paltani; F. Panessa; G. Pareschi; A. Pe’er; A.V. Penacchioni; E. Pian; E. Piedipalumbo; T. Piran; G. Rauw; M. Razzano; A. Read; L. Rezzolla; P. Romano; R. Ruffini; S. Savaglio; V. Sguera; P. Schady; W. Skidmore; L. Song; E. Stanway; R. Starling; M. Topinka; E. Troja; M. van Putten; E. Vanzella; S. Vercellone; C. Wilson-Hodge; D. Yonetoku; G. Zampa; N. Zampa; B.B. Zhang; B.B. Zhang; S. Zhang; S. Zhang; A. Antonelli; F. Bianco; S. Boci; M. Boer; M.T. Botticella; O. Boulade; C. Butler; S. Campana; F. Capitanio; A. Celotti; Y. Chen; M. Colpi; A. Comastri; J.-G. Cuby; M. Dadina; A. De Luca; Y.-W. Dong; S. Ettori; P. Gandhi; E. Geza; J. Greiner; S. Guiriec; J. Harms; M. Hernanz; A. Hornstrup; I. Hutchinson; G. Israel; P. Jonker; Y. Kaneko; N. Kawai; K. Wiersema; S. Korpela; V. Lebrun; F. Lu; A. MacFadyen; G. Malaguti; L. Maraschi; A. Melandri; M. Modjaz; D. Morris; N. Omodei; A. Paizis; P. Páta; V. Petrosian; A. Rachevski; J. Rhoads; F. Ryde; L. Sabau-Graziati; N. Shigehiro; M. Sims; J. Soomin; D. Szécsi; Y. Urata; M. Uslenghi; L. Valenziano; G. Vianello; S. Vojtech; D. Watson; J. Zicha

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.010

The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

L. Amati^*, P. O’Brien, D. Götz, E. Bozzo, C. Tenzer, F. Frontera, G. Ghirlanda, C. Labanti, J.P. Osborne, G. Stratta, N. Tanvir, R. Willingale, P. Attina, R. Campana, A.J. Castro-Tirado, C. Contini, F. Fuschino, A. Gomboc, R. Hudec, P. OrleanskiE. Renotte, T. Rodic, Z. Bagoly, A. Blain, P. Callanan, S. Covino, A. Ferrara, E. Le Floch, M. Marisaldi, S. Mereghetti, P. Rosati, A. Vacchi, P. D’Avanzo, P. Giommi, S. Piranomonte, L. Piro, V. Reglero, A. Rossi, A. Santangelo, R. Salvaterra, G. Tagliaferri, S. Vergani, S. Vinciguerra, M. Briggs, E. Campolongo, R. Ciolfi, V. Connaughton, B. Cordier, B. Morelli, M. Orlandini, C. Adami, A. Argan, J.-L. Atteia, N. Auricchio, L. Balazs, G. Baldazzi, S. Basa, R. Basak, P. Bellutti, M.G. Bernardini, G. Bertuccio, J. Braga, M. Branchesi, S. Brandt, E. Brocato, C. Budtz-Jørgensen, A. Bulgarelli, L. Burderi, J. Camp, S. Capozziello, J. Caruana, P. Casella, B. Cenko, P. Chardonnet, B. Ciardi, S. Colafrancesco, M.G. Dainotti, V. D’Elia, D. De Martino, M. De Pasquale, E. Del Monte, M. Della Valle, A. Drago, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, F. Finelli, M. Fiorini, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, B. Gendre, G. Ghisellini, A. Grado, C. Guidorzi, M. Hafizi, L. Hanlon, J. Hjorth, L. Izzo, L. Kiss, P. Kumar, I. Kuvvetli, M. Lavagna, T. Li, F. Longo, M. Lyutikov, U. Maio, E. Maiorano, P. Malcovati, D. Malesani, R. Margutti, A. Martin-Carrillo, N. Masetti, S. McBreen, R. Mignani, G. Morgante, C. Mundell, H. U. Nargaard-Nielsen, L. Nicastro, E. Palazzi, S. Paltani, F. Panessa, G. Pareschi, A. Pe’er, A.V. Penacchioni, E. Pian, E. Piedipalumbo, T. Piran, G. Rauw, M. Razzano, A. Read, L. Rezzolla, P. Romano, R. Ruffini, S. Savaglio, V. Sguera, P. Schady, W. Skidmore, L. Song, E. Stanway, R. Starling, M. Topinka, E. Troja, M. van Putten, E. Vanzella, S. Vercellone, C. Wilson-Hodge, D. Yonetoku, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, B.B. Zhang, B.B. Zhang, S. Zhang, S. Zhang, A. Antonelli, F. Bianco, S. Boci, M. Boer, M.T. Botticella, O. Boulade, C. Butler, S. Campana, F. Capitanio, A. Celotti, Y. Chen, M. Colpi, A. Comastri, J.-G. Cuby, M. Dadina, A. De Luca, Y.-W. Dong, S. Ettori, P. Gandhi, E. Geza, J. Greiner, S. Guiriec, J. Harms, M. Hernanz, A. Hornstrup, I. Hutchinson, G. Israel, P. Jonker, Y. Kaneko, N. Kawai, K. Wiersema, S. Korpela, V. Lebrun, F. Lu, A. MacFadyen, G. Malaguti, L. Maraschi, A. Melandri, M. Modjaz, D. Morris, N. Omodei, A. Paizis, P. Páta, V. Petrosian, A. Rachevski, J. Rhoads, F. Ryde, L. Sabau-Graziati, N. Shigehiro, M. Sims, J. Soomin, D. Szécsi, Y. Urata, M. Uslenghi, L. Valenziano, G. Vianello, S. Vojtech, D. Watson, J. Zicha

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Abstract

THESEUS is a space mission concept aimed at exploiting Gamma-Ray Bursts for investigating the early Universe and at providing a substantial advancement of multi-messenger and time-domain astrophysics. These goals will be achieved through a unique combination of instruments allowing GRB and X-ray transient detection over a broad field of view (more than 1sr) with 0.5–1 arcmin localization, an energy band extending from several MeV down to 0.3 keV and high sensitivity to transient sources in the soft X-ray domain, as well as on-board prompt (few minutes) follow-up with a 0.7 m class IR telescope with both imaging and spectroscopic capabilities. THESEUS will be perfectly suited for addressing the main open issues in cosmology such as, e.g., star formation rate and metallicity evolution of the inter-stellar and intra-galactic medium up to redshift 10, signatures of Pop III stars, sources and physics of re-ionization, and the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function. In addition, it will provide unprecedented capability to monitor the X-ray variable sky, thus detecting, localizing, and identifying the electromagnetic counterparts to sources of gravitational radiation, which may be routinely detected in the late ’20s/early ’30s by next generation facilities like aLIGO/ aVirgo, eLISA, KAGRA, and Einstein Telescope. THESEUS will also provide powerful synergies with the next generation of multi-wavelength observatories (e.g., LSST, ELT, SKA, CTA, ATHENA).

Original language	English
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	62
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	191-244
ISSN	0273-1177
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.010
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Gamma-ray: bursts
Cosmology: observations
Dark ages
Re-ionization
First stars

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Amati, L., O’Brien, P., Götz, D., Bozzo, E., Tenzer, C., Frontera, F., Ghirlanda, G., Labanti, C., Osborne, J. P., Stratta, G., Tanvir, N., Willingale, R., Attina, P., Campana, R., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Contini, C., Fuschino, F., Gomboc, A., Hudec, R., ... Zicha, J. (2018). The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances. Advances in Space Research, 62(1), 191-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.010

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AU - Morris, D.

AU - Omodei, N.

AU - Paizis, A.

AU - Páta, P.

AU - Petrosian, V.

AU - Rachevski, A.

AU - Rhoads, J.

AU - Ryde, F.

AU - Sabau-Graziati, L.

AU - Shigehiro, N.

AU - Sims, M.

AU - Soomin, J.

AU - Szécsi, D.

AU - Urata, Y.

AU - Uslenghi, M.

AU - Valenziano, L.

AU - Vianello, G.

AU - Vojtech, S.

AU - Watson, D.

AU - Zicha, J.

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - THESEUS is a space mission concept aimed at exploiting Gamma-Ray Bursts for investigating the early Universe and at providing a substantial advancement of multi-messenger and time-domain astrophysics. These goals will be achieved through a unique combination of instruments allowing GRB and X-ray transient detection over a broad field of view (more than 1sr) with 0.5–1 arcmin localization, an energy band extending from several MeV down to 0.3 keV and high sensitivity to transient sources in the soft X-ray domain, as well as on-board prompt (few minutes) follow-up with a 0.7 m class IR telescope with both imaging and spectroscopic capabilities. THESEUS will be perfectly suited for addressing the main open issues in cosmology such as, e.g., star formation rate and metallicity evolution of the inter-stellar and intra-galactic medium up to redshift 10, signatures of Pop III stars, sources and physics of re-ionization, and the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function. In addition, it will provide unprecedented capability to monitor the X-ray variable sky, thus detecting, localizing, and identifying the electromagnetic counterparts to sources of gravitational radiation, which may be routinely detected in the late ’20s/early ’30s by next generation facilities like aLIGO/ aVirgo, eLISA, KAGRA, and Einstein Telescope. THESEUS will also provide powerful synergies with the next generation of multi-wavelength observatories (e.g., LSST, ELT, SKA, CTA, ATHENA).

AB - THESEUS is a space mission concept aimed at exploiting Gamma-Ray Bursts for investigating the early Universe and at providing a substantial advancement of multi-messenger and time-domain astrophysics. These goals will be achieved through a unique combination of instruments allowing GRB and X-ray transient detection over a broad field of view (more than 1sr) with 0.5–1 arcmin localization, an energy band extending from several MeV down to 0.3 keV and high sensitivity to transient sources in the soft X-ray domain, as well as on-board prompt (few minutes) follow-up with a 0.7 m class IR telescope with both imaging and spectroscopic capabilities. THESEUS will be perfectly suited for addressing the main open issues in cosmology such as, e.g., star formation rate and metallicity evolution of the inter-stellar and intra-galactic medium up to redshift 10, signatures of Pop III stars, sources and physics of re-ionization, and the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function. In addition, it will provide unprecedented capability to monitor the X-ray variable sky, thus detecting, localizing, and identifying the electromagnetic counterparts to sources of gravitational radiation, which may be routinely detected in the late ’20s/early ’30s by next generation facilities like aLIGO/ aVirgo, eLISA, KAGRA, and Einstein Telescope. THESEUS will also provide powerful synergies with the next generation of multi-wavelength observatories (e.g., LSST, ELT, SKA, CTA, ATHENA).

KW - Gamma-ray: bursts

KW - Cosmology: observations

KW - Dark ages

KW - Re-ionization

KW - First stars

U2 - 10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.010

DO - 10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.010

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0273-1177

VL - 62

SP - 191

EP - 244

JO - Advances in Space Research

JF - Advances in Space Research

IS - 1

ER -

The THESEUS space mission concept: science case, design and expected performances

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