Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-05-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
6 pages, 5 figures, Proc. of the conference "The Extreme sky: Sampling the Universe above 10 keV", October 13-17, 2009, Otrant
Scientific paper
We present the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Object Monitor (SVOM), a future satellite mission for Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) studies, developed in cooperation between the Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA), the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), the French Space Agency (CNES) and French research institutes. The scientific objectives of the SVOM GRB studies cover their classification (GRB diversity and unity of the model), their physics (particle acceleration and radiation mechanisms), their progenitors, cosmological studies (host galaxies, star formation history, re-ionization, cosmological parameters), and fundamental physics (origin of cosmic rays, Lorentz invariance, gravitational wave sources). From 2015 on, SVOM will provide fast and accurate localizations of all known types of GRB, and determine the temporal and spectral properties of the GRB emission, thanks to a set of four onboard instruments. The trigger system of the coded-mask telescope ECLAIRs onboard SVOM images the sky in the 4-120 keV energy range, in order to detect and localize GRB in its 2 sr-wide field of view. The low-energy threshold of ECLAIRs is well suited for the detection of highly red-shifted GRB. The high-energy coverage is extended up to 5 MeV thanks to a non-imaging gamma-ray spectrometer. GRB alerts are sent in real-time to the ground observers community, and a spacecraft slew is performed in order to place the GRB within the narrow fields of view of a soft X-ray telescope and a visible-band telescope, to refine the GRB position and study its early afterglow. Ground-based robotic telescopes and wide-angle cameras complement the onboard instruments. A large fraction of GRB will have redshift determinations, thanks to an observing strategy optimized to facilitate follow-up observations by large ground-based spectroscopic telescopes.
Atteia Jean-Luc
Barret Dider
Basa Stephane
Claret Antonio
Cordier Bertand
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