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24 August 2021 The LargE Area burst Polarimeter (LEAP) a NASA mission of opportunity for the ISS
Mark L. McConnell, Matthew Baring, Peter Bloser, Michael S. Briggs, Camden Ertley, Greg Fletcher, Jessica Gaskin, Karen Gelmis, Adam Goldstein, Eric Grove, Dieter H. Hartmann, Michelle Hui, Peter Jenke, R. Marc Kippen, Fabian Kislat, Daneil Kocevski, Merlin Kole, John F. Krizmanic, Jason Legere, Tyson Littenberg, Neil Martin, Sheila McBreen, Don McQueen, Chip Meegan, Karla Oñate Melecio, Mark Pearce, Rob Preece, Nicolas Produit, James Ryan, Steven Sturner, Peter Veres, W. Thomas Vestrand, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, Bing Zhang
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Abstract
The LargE Area Burst Polarimeter (LEAP) will radically improve our understanding of some of the most energetic phenomena in our Universe by exposing the underlying physics that governs astrophysical jets and the extreme environment surrounding newborn compact objects. LEAP will do this by making the highest fidelity polarization measurements to date of the prompt gamma-ray emission from a large sample of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). The science objectives are met with a single instrument deployed as an external payload on the ISS – a wide FOV Compton polarimeter that measures GRB polarization from 50–500 keV and GRB spectra from ~10 keV to 5 MeV. LEAP measures polarization using seven independent polarimeter modules, each with a 12x12 array of optically isolated high-Z and low-Z scintillation detectors readout by individual PMTs. LEAP is one of two NASA Missions of Opportunity proposals that are currently in a Phase A Concept Study, with a final selection due later this year.
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Mark L. McConnell, Matthew Baring, Peter Bloser, Michael S. Briggs, Camden Ertley, Greg Fletcher, Jessica Gaskin, Karen Gelmis, Adam Goldstein, Eric Grove, Dieter H. Hartmann, Michelle Hui, Peter Jenke, R. Marc Kippen, Fabian Kislat, Daneil Kocevski, Merlin Kole, John F. Krizmanic, Jason Legere, Tyson Littenberg, Neil Martin, Sheila McBreen, Don McQueen, Chip Meegan, Karla Oñate Melecio, Mark Pearce, Rob Preece, Nicolas Produit, James Ryan, Steven Sturner, Peter Veres, W. Thomas Vestrand, Colleen Wilson-Hodge, and Bing Zhang "The LargE Area burst Polarimeter (LEAP) a NASA mission of opportunity for the ISS", Proc. SPIE 11821, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXII, 118210P (24 August 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594737
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KEYWORDS
Polarization

Polarimetry

Sensors

Space operations

Scintillators

Photon polarization

Calibration

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