Regina Caputo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Marco Ajello, Clemson University
Carolyn A. Kierans, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jeremy S. Perkins, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Judith L. Racusin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Luca Baldini, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Matthew G. Baring, Rice University
Elisabetta Bissaldi, Politecnico di Bari
Eric Burns, Louisiana State University
Nicholas Cannady, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Eric Charles, Stanford University
Rui M.Curado Da Silva, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Ke Fang, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Henrike Fleischhack, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Chris Fryer, Center for Theoretical Astrophysics
Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroshima University
J. Eric Grove, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Dieter Hartmann, Clemson University
Eric J. Howell, The University of Western Australia
Manoj Jadhav, Argonne National Laboratory
Christopher M. Karwin, Clemson University
Daniel Kocevski, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Naoko Kurahashi, Drexel University
Luca Latronico, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
Tiffany R. Lewis, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Richard Leys, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Amy Lien, The University of Tampa
Lea Marcotulli, Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science
Israel Martinez-Castellanos, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mario Nicola Mazziotta, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
Julie McEnery, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jessica Metcalfe, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Kohta Murase, Clemson University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2022

Abstract

The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer (AMEGO-X) is designed to identify and characterize gamma rays from extreme explosions and accelerators. The main science themes include supermassive black holes and their connections to neutrinos and cosmic rays; binary neutron star mergers and the relativistic jets they produce; cosmic ray particle acceleration sources including galactic supernovae; continuous monitoring of other astrophysical events and sources over the full sky in this important energy range. AMEGO-X will probe the medium energy gamma-ray band using a single instrument with sensitivity up to an order of magnitude greater than previous telescopes in the energy range 100 keV to 1 GeV that can be only realized in space. During its 3-year baseline mission, AMEGO-X will observe nearly the entire sky every two orbits, building up a sensitive all-sky map of gamma-ray sources and emissions. AMEGO-X was submitted in the recent 2021 NASA MIDEX announcement of opportunity.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems

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