The Compton Spectrometer and Imager
Abstract
COSI is a SMEX mission that provides a significant improvement in 0.2-5 MeV sensitivity along with high-resolution spectroscopy, enabling studies of 511 keV positron annihilation emission and measurements of radioactive elements. COSI measures polarization of GRBs, accreting black holes, and pulsars as well as localizing multimessenger sources.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1908.04334
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1908.04334
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51g..98T
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- 11 pages, submitted to the Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Astro2020) as an Activities, Projects, or State of the Profession Consideration (APC) White Paper