Development of the Prototype All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO)
ORAL
Abstract
The electromagnetic spectrum from a few hundred keV to $>$100 MeV remains one of the most under-explored. Recent breakthroughs in multimessenger astrophysics have revealed that it is paramount in the study of sources that have unique signatures in the gamma-ray regime. The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory (AMEGO) is a mission concept targeting multimessenger science in this energy range. The AMEGO instrument comprises four subsystems: a tracker, a low-energy calorimeter, a high-energy calorimeter, and a plastic scintillator anticoincidence detector. I will discuss the development of the AMEGO prototype instrument, with the ultimate goal of a balloon flight in 2021. This prototype will validate the overall instrument design under flight-like conditions and demonstrate the ability to take data in the presence of high background. In this contribution, I will discuss the current status of the prototype and preliminary results.
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Authors
Regina Caputo
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Aleksey Bolotnikov
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Nicholas Cannady
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland Baltimore County
Sean Griffin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland College Park
J. Eric Grove
Naval Research Laboratory
Elizabeth Hays
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Carolyn Kierans
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Julie McEnery
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
John Mitchell
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Alexander Moiseev
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Michela Negro
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland Baltimore County
Lucas Parker
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jeremy Perkins
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Makoto Sasaki
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland College Park
Peter Shawhan
University of Maryland College Park
Jacob Smith
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Maryland Baltimore County
