MoonBEAM: A Beyond Earth-Orbit Gamma-Ray Burst Detector for Multi-Messenger Astronomy

Hui, C M ; Briggs, M S ; Goldstein, A M ; Jenke, P A ; Kocevski, D ; Wilson-Hodge, C A ; Burns, E

关键词: CISLUNAR SPACE;    GAMMA RAY BURSTS;    EARTH ORBITS;    CUBESATS;    BLACK HOLES (ASTRONOMY);    STARS;   

RP-ID  :  MSFC-E-DAA-TN62111

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

MoonBEAM is a 12U CubeSat concept of deploying gamma-ray detectors in cislunar space to increase gamma-ray burst detections and improve localization precision with the timing triangulation technique. Such an instrument would probe the extreme processes in cosmic collision of compact objects and facilitate multi-messenger time-domain astronomy to explore the end of explore the end of stellar life cycles and black hole formation.