Name | ANTAEUS (Astrophysical Nanosatellite for Technological Advancement and high-Energy Universe Studies) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 2U |
Status | not launched, expected in 2025 |
Organisation | University of Beira Interior |
Institution | University |
Entity | Academic / Education |
Nation | Portugal |
Oneliner |
CubeSat for high energy astrophysics polarimetry. |
Description |
The current developments in multi-messenger astronomy reinforce the importance of Compton polarimetry to a wider understanding of gamma-ray transients combined with gravitational waves detection. Furthermore, highenergy polarimetry allows a deep understanding of the physical processes, geometry and magnetic fields of astronomical sources such as pulsars, solar flares, active galactic nuclei or galactic black holes. So far in astrophysics, only a few and limited high-energy polarimetric measurements with fine statistics have been performed, being the most reliable measurements obtained recently by polarimeter POLAR. Therefore, future missions have been proposed to fill the gap using large monolithic satellites. |
Sources | [1] |
Photo Sources | [1] |
Last modified: 2022-12-29
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