Science with a small two-band UV-photometry mission I: Mission description and follow-up observations of stellar transients

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985815%3A_____%2F24%3A00583017" target="_blank" >RIV/67985815:_____/24:00583017 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/61389021:_____/24:00583017 RIV/00010669:_____/24:N0000041 RIV/00216224:14310/24:00135594 RIV/00216208:11320/24:10492722
Result on the web
<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0353688" target="_blank" >https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0353688</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-024-01048-3" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11214-024-01048-3</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Science with a small two-band UV-photometry mission I: Mission description and follow-up observations of stellar transients
Original language description
This is the first in a collection of three papers introducing the science with an ultra-violet (UV) space telescope on an approximately 130 kg small satellite with a moderately fast re-pointing capability and a real-time alert communication system approved for a Czech national space mission. The mission, called Quick Ultra-Violet Kilonova surveyor-QUVIK, will provide key follow-up capabilities to increase the discovery potential of gravitational wave observatories and future wide-field multi-wavelength surveys. The primary objective of the mission is the measurement of the UV brightness evolution of kilonovae, resulting from mergers of neutron stars, to distinguish between different explosion scenarios. The mission, which is designed to be complementary to the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite-ULTRASAT, will also provide unique follow-up capabilities for other transients both in the near- and far-UV bands. Between the observations of transients, the satellite will target other objects described in this collection of papers, which demonstrates that a small and relatively affordable dedicated UV-space telescope can be transformative for many fields of astrophysics.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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