GrailQuest & HERMES: Hunting for Gravitational Wave Electromagnetic Counterparts and Probing Space-Time Quantum Foam

Within Quantum Gravity theories, different models for space-time quantisation predict an energy dependent speed for photons. Although the predicted discrepancies are minuscule, GRB, occurring at cosmological distances, could be used to detect this signature of space-time granularity with a new concept of modular observatory of huge overall collecting area consisting in a fleet of small satellites in low orbits, with sub-microsecond time resolution and wide energy band (keV-MeV). The enormous number of collected photons will allow to effectively search these energy dependent delays. Moreover, GrailQuest will allow to perform temporal triangulation of high signal-to-noise impulsive events with arc-second positional accuracies: an extraordinary sensitive X-ray/Gamma all-sky monitor crucial for hunting the elusive electromagnetic counterparts of GW. A pathfinder of GrailQuest is already under development through the HERMES project: a fleet of six 3U cube-sats to be launched by 2021/22

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission – eXTP: an update on its scientific cases, mission profile and development status

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission (eXTP) is a flagship observatory for X-ray timing, spectroscopy and polarimetry developed by an International Consortium. Thanks to its very large collecting area, good spectral resolution and unprecedented polarimetry capabilities, eXTP will explore the properties of matter and the propagation of light in the most extreme conditions found in the Universe. eXTP will, in addition, be a powerful X-ray observatory. The mission will continuously monitor the X-ray sky, and will enable multiwavelength and multi-messenger studies. The mission is currently in phase B, which will be completed in the middle of 2022

Archeologia aerea. Studi di aerotopografia archeologica

Collana finalizzata alla raccolta di contributi miscellanei di carattere aerotopografic

Fotografia aerea per l'archeologia

Il contributo presenta una disamina sulla tecnica della fotografia aerea in campo archeologico, con particolare attenzione al rapporto tra fotografia aerea verticale e obliqua

Fotografia aerea per l’archeologia

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Archeologia Aerea. Studi di Aerotopografia Archeologica

Collana finalizzata alla raccolta di contributi miscellanei di carattere aerotopografic