Improving the Low-energy Transient Sensitivity of AMEGO-X using Single-site Events

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dc.citation.articleNumber92en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleThe Astrophysical Journalen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber934en_US
dc.contributor.authorMartinez-Castellanos, I.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFleischhack, Henrikeen_US
dc.contributor.authorKarwin, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNegro, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTak, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLien, Amyen_US
dc.contributor.authorKierans, C. A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWadiasingh, Zorawaren_US
dc.contributor.authorFukazawa, Yasushien_US
dc.contributor.authorAjello, Marcoen_US
dc.contributor.authorBaring, Matthew G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBurns, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCaputo, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHartmann, Dieter H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPerkins, Jeremy S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRacusin, Judith L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSheng, Yongen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-01T14:18:18Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-09-01T14:18:18Zen_US
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractAMEGO-X, the All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer, is a proposed instrument designed to bridge the so-called "MeV gap" by surveying the sky with unprecedented sensitivity from ∼100 keV to about 1 GeV. This energy band is of key importance for multimessenger and multiwavelength studies but it is nevertheless currently underexplored. AMEGO-X addresses this situation by proposing a design capable of detecting and imaging gamma rays via both Compton interactions and pair production processes. However, some of the objects that AMEGO-X will study, such as gamma-ray bursts and magnetars, extend to energies below ∼100 keV where the dominant interaction becomes photoelectric absorption. These events deposit their energy in a single pixel of the detector. In this work we show how the ∼3500 cm2 effective area of the AMEGO-X tracker to events between ∼25 and ∼100 keV will be utilized to significantly improve its sensitivity and expand the energy range for transient phenomena. Although imaging is not possible for single-site events, we show how we will localize a transient source in the sky using their aggregate signal to within a few degrees. This technique will more than double the number of cosmological gamma-ray bursts seen by AMEGO-X, allow us to detect and resolve the pulsating tails of extragalactic magnetar giant flares, and increase the number of detected less-energetic magnetar bursts—some possibly associated with fast radio bursts. Overall, single-site events will increase the sensitive energy range, expand the science program, and promptly alert the community of fainter transient events.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMartinez-Castellanos, I., Fleischhack, Henrike, Karwin, C., et al.. "Improving the Low-energy Transient Sensitivity of AMEGO-X using Single-site Events." <i>The Astrophysical Journal,</i> 934, no. 2 (2022) IOP Publishing: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac7ab2.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalMartinez-Castellanos_2022_ApJ_934_92en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac7ab2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113159en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen_US
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dc.titleImproving the Low-energy Transient Sensitivity of AMEGO-X using Single-site Eventsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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