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MoonBEAM: A Beyond Earth-Orbit Gamma-Ray Burst Detector for Gravitational-Wave AstronomyMoon Burst Energetics All-sky Monitor (MoonBEAM) is a CubeSat concept of deploying gamma-ray detectors in cislunar space to improve localization precision for gamma-ray bursts by utilizing the light travel time difference between different orbits. We present here a gamma-ray SmallSat concept in Earth-Moon L3 halo orbit that is capable of rapid response and provide a timing baseline for localization improvement when partnered with an Earth-orbit instrument. Such an instrument would probe the extreme processes in cosmic collision of compact objects and facilitate multi-messenger time-domain astronomy to explore the end of stellar life cycles and black hole formations.
Document ID
20180002087
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
Hui, C. M. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Briggs, M. S. (Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Goldstein, A. M. (Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, AL, United States)
Jenke, P. A. (Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, AL, United States)
Kocevski, D. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Wilson-Hodge, C. A. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
March 23, 2018
Publication Date
March 18, 2018
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
MSFC-E-DAA-TN54031
Meeting Information
Meeting: High Energy Astrophsics in the 2020''s and Beyond
Location: Rosemont, IL
Country: United States
Start Date: March 18, 2018
End Date: March 21, 2018
Sponsors: American Astronomical Society
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNM11AA01A
CONTRACT_GRANT: 80MSFC17M0022
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Portions of document may include copyright protected material.
Keywords
gamma-ray burst cubesat

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