Development status of the LAUE project
F. Frontera, E. Virgilli, V. Liccardo, V. Valsan, V. Carassiti, S., Chiozzi, F. Evangelisti, S. Squerzanti, M. Statera, V. Guidi, C. Ferrari, R., A. Zappettini, E. Caroli, N. Auricchio, S. Silvestri, R. Camattari, F., Cassese, L. Recanatesi, M. Pecora, S. Mottini, B. Negri
TL;DR
The LAUE project aims to develop long focal length Laue lenses to significantly enhance the sensitivity of hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray astronomy instruments, enabling more precise observations in the 80-600 keV range.
Contribution
This paper reports the current development status of Laue lenses with long focal lengths, a novel approach to improve sensitivity in high-energy astrophysics.
Findings
Progress in Laue lens design and development
Potential sensitivity improvement by two orders of magnitude
Feasibility of long focal length Laue lenses for space missions
Abstract
We present the status of LAUE, a project supported by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), and devoted to develop Laue lenses with long focal length (up to 100 meters), for hard X--/soft gamma--ray astronomy (80-600 keV). Thanks to their focusing capability, the design goal is to improve the sensitivity of the current instrumention in the above energy band by 2 orders of magnitude, down to a few times photons/(cm s keV).
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