Science with a Small Two-Band UV-Photometry Mission I: Mission Description and Follow-up Observations of Stellar Transients

N. Werner; J. Řípa; C. Thöne; F. Münz; P. Kurfürst; M. Jelínek; F. Hroch; J. Benáček; M. Topinka; G. Lukes-Gerakopoulos; M. Zajaček; M. Labaj; M. Prišegen; J. Krtička; J. Merc; A. Pál; O. Pejcha; V. Dániel; J. Jon; R. Šošovička; J. Gromeš; J. Václavík; L. Steiger; J. Segiňák; E. Behar; S. Tarem; J. Salh; O. Reich; S. Ben-Ami; M. F. Barschke; D. Berge; A. Tohuvavohu; S. Sivanandam; M. Bulla; S. Popov; Hsiang Kuang Chang

doi:10.1007/s11214-024-01048-3

Science with a Small Two-Band UV-Photometry Mission I: Mission Description and Follow-up Observations of Stellar Transients

N. Werner^*, J. Řípa^*, C. Thöne, F. Münz, P. Kurfürst, M. Jelínek, F. Hroch, J. Benáček, M. Topinka, G. Lukes-Gerakopoulos, M. Zajaček, M. Labaj, M. Prišegen, J. Krtička, J. Merc, A. Pál, O. Pejcha, V. Dániel, J. Jon, R. ŠošovičkaJ. Gromeš, J. Václavík, L. Steiger, J. Segiňák, E. Behar, S. Tarem, J. Salh, O. Reich, S. Ben-Ami, M. F. Barschke, D. Berge, A. Tohuvavohu, S. Sivanandam, M. Bulla, S. Popov, Hsiang Kuang Chang

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	11
Journal	Space Science Reviews
Volume	220
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-024-01048-3
Publication status	Published - Feb 2024

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Open access publishing supported by the National Technical Library in Prague.

We thank the Czech Ministry of Transportation and the European Space Agency for their support of the QUVIK project within the Czech Ambitious Mission Programme. J.B. acknowledges the support of the German Science Foundation (DFG) project BE 7886/2-1. G.L.-G. has been supported by the fellowship Lumina Quaeruntur No. LQ100032102 of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The research of OP has been supported by Horizon 2020 ERC Starting Grant ‘Cat-In-hAT’ (grant agreement no. 803158). We thank B. D. Metzger for his valuable comments.

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Werner, N., Řípa, J., Thöne, C., Münz, F., Kurfürst, P., Jelínek, M., Hroch, F., Benáček, J., Topinka, M., Lukes-Gerakopoulos, G., Zajaček, M., Labaj, M., Prišegen, M., Krtička, J., Merc, J., Pál, A., Pejcha, O., Dániel, V., Jon, J., ... Chang, H. K. (2024). Science with a Small Two-Band UV-Photometry Mission I: Mission Description and Follow-up Observations of Stellar Transients. Space Science Reviews, 220, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-024-01048-3

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