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Alexey Uliyanov

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GRINTA: a new Probe of the Dynamic Universe

Recent observations of the transient sky at all wavelengths are increasingly revealing the importance of the multi-messenger and multi-wavelength approach. The GRINTA (Gamma-Ray INternational Transient Array Observatory) mission, proposed for launch around the middle of the next decade, is conceived as a small mission with good sensitivity, excellent angular resolution and fast follow-up capability for studying transient sources at timescales from ms to hours, at the same time ensuring optimal integration with multi-messenger networks. The GRINTA mission will carry two complementary payloads to cover in total the 5 keV-10 MeV band, that will detect and localise gamma-ray bursts covering $\sim$ half of the sky and will be able to perform imaging surveys with sub-arcmin resolution. GRINTA will operate in synergy with the most powerful electromagnetic, gravitational wave and neutrino observatories foreseen to be operational after 2035.

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BurstCube: Concept, Performance, and Status

The first simultaneous detection of a short gamma-ray burst (SGRB) with a gravitational-wave (GW) signal ushered in a new era of multi-messenger astronomy. In order to increase the number of SGRB-GW simultaneous detections, we need full sky coverage in the gamma-ray regime. BurstCube, a CubeSat for Gravitational Wave Counterparts, aims to expand sky coverage in order to detect and localize gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). BurstCube will be comprised of 4 Cesium Iodide scintillators coupled to arrays of Silicon photo-multipliers on a 6U CubeSat bus (a single U corresponds to cubic unit $\sim$10 cm $\times$ 10 cm $\times$ 10 cm) and will be sensitive to gamma-rays between 50 keV and 1 MeV, the ideal energy range for GRB prompt emission. BurstCube will assist current observatories, such as $Swift$ and $Fermi$, in the detection of GRBs as well as provide astronomical context to gravitational wave events detected by Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo, and KAGRA. BurstCube is currently in its development and testing phase to prepare for launch readiness in the fall of 2021. We present the mission concept, preliminary performance, and status.

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