Quick Ultra-VIolet Kilonova surveyor (QUVIK)

0566574 - ASÚ 2023 RIV US eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Werner, N. - Řípa, J. - Münz, F. - Jelínek, Martin - Václavík, Jan - Steiger, Lukáš - Lédl, Vít - Karas, Vladimír - Kubát, Jiří - Kubátová, Brankica - Skarka, Marek - Thöne, Christina … Total 39 authors
Quick Ultra-VIolet Kilonova surveyor (QUVIK).
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Bellingham: SPIE, 2022 - (den Herder, J.), č. článku 121810B. Proceedings of SPIE, 12181. ISBN 9781510653443. E-ISSN 1996-756X.
[Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. Montréal (CA), 17.06.2022-23.06.2022]
Institutional support: RVO:67985815 ; RVO:61389021
Keywords : kilonovae * ultraviolet * space telescope * micro-satellite
OECD category: Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science); Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics) (UFP-V)

We present a proposal for a near-UV space telescope on a similar to 70kg micro-satellite with a moderately fast repointing capability and a near real-time alert communication system that has been proposed in response to a call for an ambitious Czech national mission. The mission, which has recently been approved for Phase 0, A, and B1 study shall measure the brightness evolution of kilonovae, resulting from mergers of neutron stars in the near-UV band and thus it shall distinguish between different explosion scenarios. Between the observations of transient sources, the satellite shall perform observations of other targets of interest, a large part of which will be chosen in open competition.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0337887