COSI
(Compton Spectrometer and Imager, NCT, Nuclear Compton Telescope)
(2000s balloon-based gamma ray telescope)
COSI (for Compton Spectrometer and Imager, formerly
NCT for Nuclear Compton Telescope) is a balloon-based
gamma-ray telescope that has made several
flights since 2005. It has science goals, including
GRB polarimetry, but also serves as a pilot
for technologies that will be used in future space-based
gamma-ray observatories.
NASA is planning a space mission with the
same name, i.e., COSI for Compton Spectrometer and Imager.
It uses the instrument-technology tested in the balloon flights.
It is to be NASA's SMEX-17, launched in 2027.
(telescope,airborne,gamma rays)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Compton_Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton_Spectrometer_and_Imager
http://cosi.ssl.berkeley.edu/
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/conferences/future_gamma_obs/program/COSI_final.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AIPC..587..877B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...738....8B/abstract
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/explorer_cosi.htm
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.12362
| WaveL | Freq | Photon
Energy | | |
| 248×10-15m | 1.3ZHz | 5MeV | begin | COSI |
| 6.2pm | 48EHz | 0.2MeV | end | COSI |
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