Status of the GAMMA-400 Project

The preliminary design of the new space gamma-ray telescope GAMMA-400 for the energy range 100 MeV - 3 TeV is presented. The angular resolution of the instrument, 1-2{\deg} at E{\gamma} ~100 MeV and ~0.01^{\circ} at E{\gamma} > 100 GeV, its energy resolution ~1% at E{\gamma} > 100 GeV, and the proton rejection factor ~10E6 are optimized to address a broad range of science topics, such as search for signatures of dark matter, studies of Galactic and extragalactic gamma-ray sources, Galactic and extragalactic diffuse emission, gamma-ray bursts, as well as high-precision measurements of spectra of cosmic-ray electrons, positrons, and nuclei.Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, 1 table, submitted to Advances in Space Researc

Ioffe Institute GRB experiments: past, present and future

The short review of GRB studies performed for many years by Ioffe Institute is presented. An important breakthrough in GRB studies became possible owing to four Konus experiments carried out by the Ioffe Institute onboard the Venera 11 to 14 interplanetary missions from 1978 to 1983. The joint Russian-American Konus-Wind experiment, which has already been operating for more than 18 years, provides important and often unique data regarding GRB characteristics in 20 keV – 15 MeV energy range. These investigations were complemented by several Konus and Helicon experiments onboard Russian near-Earth spacecraft. A short description of future Konus-UF and Konus-M experiments are also given

The Subjective Well-Being of the Homeless, and Lessons for Happiness

homeless, quality of life, subjective well-being, well-being,