Exploration of the high-redshift universe enabled by THESEUS
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Exploration of the high-redshift universe enabled by THESEUS. / Tanvir, N. R.; Le Floc'h, E.; Christensen, L.; Caruana, J.; Salvaterra, R.; Ghirlanda, G.; Ciardi, B.; Maio, U.; D'Odorico, V.; Piedipalumbo, E.; Campana, S.; Noterdaeme, P.; Graziani, L.; Amati, L.; Bagoly, Z.; Balazs, L. G.; Basa, S.; Behar, E.; De Cia, A.; Valle, M. Della; De Pasquale, M.; Frontera, F.; Gomboc, A.; Gotz, D.; Horvath, I.; Hudec, R.; Mereghetti, S.; O'Brien, P. T.; Osborne, J. P.; Paltani, S.; Rosati, P.; Sergijenko, O.; Stanway, E. R.; Szecsi, D.; Toth, L. V.; Urata, Y.; Vergani, S.; Zane, S.
I: Experimental Astronomy, Bind 52, Nr. 3, 29.07.2021, s. 219-244.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Exploration of the high-redshift universe enabled by THESEUS
AU - Tanvir, N. R.
AU - Le Floc'h, E.
AU - Christensen, L.
AU - Caruana, J.
AU - Salvaterra, R.
AU - Ghirlanda, G.
AU - Ciardi, B.
AU - Maio, U.
AU - D'Odorico, V.
AU - Piedipalumbo, E.
AU - Campana, S.
AU - Noterdaeme, P.
AU - Graziani, L.
AU - Amati, L.
AU - Bagoly, Z.
AU - Balazs, L. G.
AU - Basa, S.
AU - Behar, E.
AU - De Cia, A.
AU - Valle, M. Della
AU - De Pasquale, M.
AU - Frontera, F.
AU - Gomboc, A.
AU - Gotz, D.
AU - Horvath, I.
AU - Hudec, R.
AU - Mereghetti, S.
AU - O'Brien, P. T.
AU - Osborne, J. P.
AU - Paltani, S.
AU - Rosati, P.
AU - Sergijenko, O.
AU - Stanway, E. R.
AU - Szecsi, D.
AU - Toth, L. V.
AU - Urata, Y.
AU - Vergani, S.
AU - Zane, S.
PY - 2021/7/29
Y1 - 2021/7/29
N2 - At peak, long-duration gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous sources of electromagnetic radiation known. Since their progenitors are massive stars, they provide a tracer of star formation and star-forming galaxies over the whole of cosmic history. Their bright power-law afterglows provide ideal backlights for absorption studies of the interstellar and intergalactic medium back to the reionization era. The proposed THESEUS mission is designed to detect large samples of GRBs at z > 6 in the 2030s, at a time when supporting observations with major next generation facilities will be possible, thus enabling a range of transformative science. THESEUS will allow us to explore the faint end of the luminosity function of galaxies and the star formation rate density to high redshifts; constrain the progress of re-ionisation beyond z greater than or similar to 6; study in detail early chemical enrichment from stellar explosions, including signatures of Population III stars; and potentially characterize the dark energy equation of state at the highest redshifts.
AB - At peak, long-duration gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous sources of electromagnetic radiation known. Since their progenitors are massive stars, they provide a tracer of star formation and star-forming galaxies over the whole of cosmic history. Their bright power-law afterglows provide ideal backlights for absorption studies of the interstellar and intergalactic medium back to the reionization era. The proposed THESEUS mission is designed to detect large samples of GRBs at z > 6 in the 2030s, at a time when supporting observations with major next generation facilities will be possible, thus enabling a range of transformative science. THESEUS will allow us to explore the faint end of the luminosity function of galaxies and the star formation rate density to high redshifts; constrain the progress of re-ionisation beyond z greater than or similar to 6; study in detail early chemical enrichment from stellar explosions, including signatures of Population III stars; and potentially characterize the dark energy equation of state at the highest redshifts.
KW - Gamma-ray bursts
KW - Reionization
KW - Star forming galaxies
KW - Abundances
KW - GAMMA-RAY BURST
KW - MASS-METALLICITY RELATION
KW - LYMAN-ALPHA EMISSION
KW - POPULATION III
KW - COSMIC REIONIZATION
KW - NEUTRAL FRACTION
KW - DUST FORMATION
KW - PEAK ENERGY
KW - NO EVIDENCE
KW - LY-ALPHA
U2 - 10.1007/s10686-021-09778-w
DO - 10.1007/s10686-021-09778-w
M3 - Journal article
VL - 52
SP - 219
EP - 244
JO - Space Science Instrumentation
JF - Space Science Instrumentation
SN - 0004-640X
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 275998659