5-10 October 2015
Milan Hotel 4*
Europe/Moscow timezone

Perspectives of the GAMMA-400 space observatory for high-energy gamma rays and cosmic rays measurements.

9 Oct 2015, 15:30
15m
Verdi (Milan Hotel 4*)

Verdi

Milan Hotel 4*

Milan Hotel 4*, Shipilovskaya Street, 28A, Moscow, Russia, 115563

Speaker

Dr. Alexey Leonov (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute))

Description

The GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope is intended to measure the fluxes of gamma-rays and cosmic-ray electrons and positrons in the energy range from 100 MeV to several TeV. Such measurements concern with the following scientific tasks: investigation of point sources of gamma-rays, studies of the energy spectra of Galactic and extragalactic diffuse emission, studies of gamma-ray bursts and gamma-ray emission from the Sun, as well as high precision measurements of spectra of high-energy electrons and positrons. Also the GAMMA-400 instrument provides the possibility for protons and nuclei measurements up to knee. But the main goal for the GAMMA-400 mission is to perform a sensitive search for signatures of dark matter particles in high-energy gamma-ray emission. To fulfill these measurements the GAMMA-400 gamma-ray telescope possesses unique physical characteristics in comparison with previous and present experiments. The main strength of the GAMMA-400 instrument is its expected excellent angular and energy resolution for gamma rays above 10 GeV. The GAMMA-400 experiment will be installed onboard of the ’Navigator’ space platform, manufactured by the NPO Lavochkin Association, able to accommodate high mass - large volume scientific payload. The expected orbit of the payload will mean that observations will not suffer disruption from Earth occultation hence allowing for deep observations of the sources of interest.
Presentation type Section talk (10+5 min)

Primary author

Dr. Alexey Leonov (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute))

Co-authors

Dr. Alessio Tiberio (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Alexander Men’shenin (Research Institute for Electromechanics, Istra, Moscow region, Russia) Dr. Alexander Moiseev (CRESST/GSFC and University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA) Dr. Alexey Bakaldin (NRNU MEPhI) Dr. Andrea Rappoldi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy) Prof. Andrea Vacchi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste and Physics Department of University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy) Mr. Andrey Arkhangelskij (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Andrey Kaplun (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Anton Taraskin (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Prof. Arkady Galper (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Bohdan Hnatyk (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine) Dr. Cinzia De Donato (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 2 and Physics Department of University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy) Prof. Edward Bogomolov (Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia) Dr. Elena Vannuccini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Emiliano Mocchiutti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste and Physics Department of University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy) Dr. Eugenio Berti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Evgeniy Tyurin (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Felix Ryde (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Physics; and the Oskar Klein Centre, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden) Dr. Francesco Longo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste and Physics Department of University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy) Dr. Gabriele Bigongiari (Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Italy) Dr. Gennady Vasilyev (Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia) Dr. Grigoriy Dedenko (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Guido Castellini (Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara - CNR and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Igor Moskalenko (Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA) Mrs. Irina Arkhangelskaja (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Josefin Larsson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Physics; and the Oskar Klein Centre, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden) Dr. Lars Bergstrom (Stockholm University, Department of Physics; and the Oskar Klein Centre, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden) Dr. Lorenzo Bonechi (Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Italy) Prof. Marco Tavani (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica IASF and Physics Department of University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy) Dr. Mark Pearce (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Physics; and the Oskar Klein Centre, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden) Dr. Massimo Bongi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Maxim Gorbunov (Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) Mr. Maxim Kheymits (NRNU MEPhI) Dr. Mikhail Runtso (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Mikhail Ulanov (Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia) Dr. Mirko Boezio (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste and Physics Department of University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy) Dr. Nicola Mori (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Nicola Zampa (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste and Physics Department of University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy) Dr. Nikolay Topchiev (Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) Dr. Noemi Finetti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Prof. Oleg Dalkarov (Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) Dr. Oleg Serdin (Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) Dr. Oscar Adriani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Paolo Cumani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste and Physics Department of University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy) Dr. Paolo Maestro (Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Italy) Dr. Paolo Papini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Paolo W. Cattaneo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy) Mr. Peter Naumov (NRNU MEPhI) Dr. Pier Simone Marrocchesi (Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment, University of Siena and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Italy) Prof. Piergiorgio Picozza (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 2 and Physics Department of University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy) Prof. Piero Spillantini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Prof. Rafail Aptekar (Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia) Dr. Roberta Sparvoli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma 2 and Physics Department of University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy) Dr. Sergey Bobkov (Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) Dr. Sergey Suchkov (Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) Dr. Sergio Bottai (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze and Physics Department of University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Sergio Ricciarini (Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara - CNR and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy) Dr. Valeriy Korepanov (Lviv Center of Institute of Space Research, Lviv, Ukraine) Dr. Valeriy Zverev (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Valter Bonvicini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste and Physics Department of University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy) Prof. Vladimir Dogiel (Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) Mr. Vladimir Kadilin (NRNU MEPHI) Dr. Vladimir Kaplin (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Vladimir Loginov (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)) Dr. Vladimir Mikhailov (NRNU MEPHI) Prof. Vladimir Zirakashvili (Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radiowave Propagation, Troitsk, Moscow region, Russia) Dr. Yuriy Gusakov (Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) Prof. Yuriy Stozhkov (Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences) Dr. Yuriy Yurkin (National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute))

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