Quick Ultra-VIolet Kilonova surveyor (QUVIK)

• Authors: WERNER Norbert; ŘÍPA Jakub; MÜNZ Filip; HROCH Filip; JELÍNEK Martin; KRTIČKA Jiří; ZAJAČEK Michal; TOPINKA Martin; DÁNIEL Vladimír; GROMEŠ Jan; VÁCLAVÍK Jan; STEIGER Lukáš; LÉDL Vít; SEGINAK Ján; BENÁČEK Jan; BUDAJ Ján; FALTOVÁ Nikola; GÁLIS Rudolf; JADLOVSKÝ Daniel; JANÍK Jan; KAJAN Michal; KARAS Vladimír; KORČÁKOVÁ Daniela; KOSIBA Matej; KRTIČKOVÁ Iva; KUBÁT Jiří; KUBÁTOVÁ Brankica; KURFÜRST Petr; LABAJ Matúš; MIKULÁŠEK Zdeněk; PÁL András; PAUNZEN Ernst; PIECKA Martin; PRIŠEGEN Michal; RAMEZANI Tahereh; SKARKA Marek; SZÁSZ Gabriel; THÖNE Christina; ZEJDA Miloslav
• Year of publication: 2022
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 12181: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science

Web

• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2207.05485.pdf
• https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12181/2629531/Quick-Ultra-VIolet-Kilonova-surveyor-QUVIK/10.1117/12.2629531.short?SSO=1

• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2629531
• Keywords: kilonovae; ultraviolet; space telescope; micro-satellite
• Description: We present a proposal for a near-UV space telescope on a ~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.

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