The Wide-Field X and Gamma-Ray Telescope ECLAIRs aboard the Gamma-Ray Burst Multi-Wavelength Space Mission SVOM
- CESR/CNRS/UPS, 9 Avenue Colonel Roche, BP 44346, 31028 Toulouse, Cedex 4 (France)
- CEA Saclay, DSM/IRFU (former DAPNIA), 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex (France)
- CNES, CST, 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9 (France)
The X and Gamma-ray telescope ECLAIRs is foreseen to be launched on a low Earth orbit (h = 630 km, i = 30 deg.) aboard the SVOM satellite (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor), a French-Chinese mission with Italian contribution. Observations are expected to start in 2013 (Wei, J., these proceedings). It has been designed to detect and localize Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) or persistent sources of the sky, thanks to its wide field of view ({approx_equal}2 sr) and its remarkable sensitivity in the 4-250 keV energy range, with enhanced imaging sensitivity in the 4-70 keV energy band. These characteristics are well suited to detect highly redshifted GRBs, and consequently to provide fast and accurate triggers to other onboard or ground-based instruments able to follow-up the detected events in a very short time from the optical wavelength bands up to the few MeV Gamma-Ray domain.
- OSTI ID:
- 21251616
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1065, Issue 1; Conference: 2008 Nanjing gamma-ray burst conference, Nanjing (China), 23-27 Jun 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3027942; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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