The scientific payload on-board the HERMES-TP and HERMES-SP CubeSat missions

• Authors: EVANGELISTA Y.; FIORE F.; FUSCHINO F.; CAMPANA R.; CERAUDO F.; DEMENEV E.; GUZMAN A.; LABANTI C.; LA ROSA G.; FIORINI M.; GANDOLA M.; GRASSI M.; MELE F.; MILÁNKOVICH D.; MORGANTE G.; NOGARA P.; PÁL A.; PIAZZOLLA R.; PLIEGO CABALLERO S.; RASHEVSKAYA I.; RUSSO F.; SCIARRONE G.; SOTTILE G.; AMBROSINO F.; AURICCHIO N.; BARBERA M.; BELLUTTI P.; BERTUCCIO G.; BORGHI G.; CAO J.; CHEN T.; DILILLO G.; FEROCI M.; FICORELLA F.; LO CICERO U.; MALCOVATI P.; MORBIDINI A.; PAULETTA G.; PICCIOTTO A.; RACHEVSKI A.; SANTANGELO A.; TENZER C.; VACCHI A.; WANG L.; XU Y.; ZAMPA G.; ZAMPA N.; ZORZI N.; BURDERI L.; LAVAGNA M.; BERTACIN R.; LUNGHI P.; MONGE A.; NEGRI B.; PIRROTTA S.; PUCCETTI S.; SANNA A.; AMARILLI F.; AMELINO-CAMELIA G.; BECHINI M.; CITOSSI M.; COLAGROSSI A.; CURZEL S.; DELLA CASA G.; CINELLI M.; DEL SANTO M.; DI SALVO T.; ANITRA A.; FERUGLIO C.; FERRANDI F.; FIORITO M.; GACNIK D.; GALGÓCZI G.; GAMBINO A.F.; GHIRLANDA G.; GOMBOC A.; KARLICA M.; EFREMOV P.; KOSTIC U.; CLERICI A.; LOPEZ FERNANDEZ B.; MANCA A.; MASELLI A.; NAVA L.; OHNO M.; OTTOLIN D.; PASQUALE A.; PERRI M.; PICCININ M.; PRINETTO J.; RIGGIO A.; ŘÍPA Jakub; PAPITTO A.; PIRANOMONTE S.; SCALA F.; SELCAN D.; SILVESTRINI S.; ROTOVNIK T.; TROISI I.; VIRGILLI E.; WERNER Norbert; ZANOTTI G.
• Year of publication: 2021
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: Proc. SPIE 11444, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 114441T
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science

Web

• https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2101/2101.03032.pdf
• https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561018

• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2561018
• Keywords: High Energy Astrophysics; HERMES; CubeSat; Payload; Space 4.0; Silicon Drift Detectors; GAGG; ASIC
• Description: HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on a LEO constellation of nano-satellites. The 3U CubeSat buses host new miniaturized detectors to probe the temporal emission of bright high-energy transients such as Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). Fast transient localization, in a field of view of several steradians and with arcmin-level accuracy, is gained by comparing time delays among the same event detection epochs occurred on at least 3 nano-satellites. With a launch date in 2022, HERMES transient monitoring represents a keystone capability to complement the next generation of gravitational wave experiments. In this paper we will illustrate the HERMES payload design, highlighting the technical solutions adopted to allow a wide-energy-band and sensitive X-ray and gamma-ray detector to be accommodated in a Cubesat 1U volume together with its complete control electronics and data handling system.

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