Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21330105w&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #301.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.269
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The spectacular astrophysical discoveries made by the present generation of ground-based gamma-ray observatories have opened a new era in the exploration of the highest energy Universe and have conclusively established the field of very-high-energy (VHE) astronomy, covering the energy regime above about 50 GeV. The detection of nearly 100 galactic and extragalactic sources has generated considerable interest in the astronomy, astrophysics and particle physics communities and has stimulated ambitious ideas and plans for future gamma-ray observatories. AGIS is a concept for a next generation VHE observatory with a collecting area on the scale of a square kilometer being developed by an international collaboration. It would have significantly improved angular and energy resolution, increased field of view, and an order of magnitude increase in sensitivity over existing space or ground-based instruments in the energy range 40 GeV to 100 TeV. The scientific motivations and R&D roadmap for AGIS will be discussed.
AGIS Collaboration
Williams David. A.
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