COSI
(2000s balloon-based gamma ray telescope)
COSI (for Compton Spectrometer and Imager, formerly
NCT for Nuclear Compton Telescope) is a balloon-based
gamma-ray telescope that has made several
flights since 2005. It has science goals, including
GRB polarimetry, but also serves as a pilot
for technologies that will be used in future space-based
gamma-ray observatories.
As of 2024, a NASA mission is in planning with the same name,
i.e., COSI for Compton Spectrometer and Imager.
(telescope,airborne,gamma rays)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Compton_Telescope
http://cosi.ssl.berkeley.edu/
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/conferences/future_gamma_obs/program/COSI_final.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001AIPC..587..877B/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...738....8B/abstract
https://pcos.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/2024/52_COSI_Implementation_Phase.php
| WaveL | Freq | Photon
Energy | | |
| 248×10-15m | 1.3ZHz | 5MeV | begin | COSI |
| 6.2pm | 48EHz | 0.2MeV | end | COSI |
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