NASA NTRS · 19970025832
BASIS: A new GRB mission concept
Abstract
The burst acrsecond imaging and spectroscopy (BASIS) mission concept is reviewed. The scientific objectives of the mission are to accurately locate bursts, determine their distance scale and measure the physical characteristics of the emission region. Arcsecond burst positions would be obtained for approximately 100 bursts/yr in the 10 to 200 keV emission region, allowing deep, unconfused counterpart surveys at other wavelengths. The key enabling technology development is the production of CdZnTe room temperature semiconductor detectors with a spatial resolution of the order of 100 microns. Fine spectroscopy would be obtained between 0.2 and 200 keV. The 0.2 keV threshold would allow measurements of the absorption in our Galaxy and possible host galaxies.
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Teegarden, B. J., Gehrels, N., Barbier, L., Barthelmy, S., Bartlett, L., Cline, T. L., Krizmanic, J., Palmer, D., Parsons, A., Stahle, C. M., Tueller, J., Fenimore, E., Fishman, G., Kouveliotou, C., Hurley, K., Pasciesas, W., vanParadijs, J., Woosley, S., Leventhal, M., McCammon, D.. 1997-03-01. BASIS: A new GRB mission concept. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19970025832
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