The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer (AMEGO-X) Mission Concept
Regina Caputo, Marco Ajello, Carolyn Kierans, Jeremy Perkins, Judith, Racusin, Luca Baldini, Matthew Barring, Elisabetta Bissaldi, Eric Burns,, Nicolas Cannady, Eric Charles, Rui Curado da Silva, Ke Fang, Henrike, Fleischhack, Chris Fryer, Yasushi Fukazawa, J. Eric Grove

TL;DR
AMEGO-X is a proposed space telescope designed to significantly improve gamma-ray observations in the 100 keV to 1 GeV range, enabling new insights into extreme astrophysical phenomena.
Contribution
It introduces a novel all-sky gamma-ray observatory with an order of magnitude greater sensitivity than previous instruments in this energy range.
Findings
Proposed to observe nearly the entire sky every two orbits.
Expected to build a sensitive all-sky gamma-ray map.
Submitted for NASA MIDEX mission selection in 2021.
Abstract
The All-sky Medium Energy Gamma-ray Observatory eXplorer (AMEGO-X) is designed to identify and characterize gamma rays from extreme explosions and accelerators. The main science themes include: supermassive black holes and their connections to neutrinos and cosmic rays; binary neutron star mergers and the relativistic jets they produce; cosmic ray particle acceleration sources including Galactic supernovae; and continuous monitoring of other astrophysical events and sources over the full sky in this important energy range. AMEGO-X will probe the medium energy gamma-ray band using a single instrument with sensitivity up to an order of magnitude greater than previous telescopes in the energy range 100 keV to 1 GeV that can be only realized in space. During its three-year baseline mission, AMEGO-X will observe nearly the entire sky every two orbits, building up a sensitive all-sky map of…
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