It is leading in close collaboration with the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Raman Research Institute (RRI), etc.
About the Daksha project
- It is an ambitious proposal to build two high-energy space telescopes for the study of explosive astrophysical sources.
- Each telescope will be equipped with three types of sensors to cover Low energy to high-range energy bands
- Objectives
- Detect, localize and characterize high-energy counterparts to gravitational wave sources.
- High sensitivity detection and studies of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB)
- GRB are short-lived bursts of gamma-ray light, the most energetic form of light.
- Significance of the project
- The two satellites will orbit on opposite sides of earth to give better coverage than existing missions.
- Will localize the source of emission of intense gravitational waves due to neutron star mergers or other reasons.
- Neutron stars are formed when a massive star runs out of fuel and collapses.
- Primordial Black Holes(PBH) mass window could be probed for the first time.
- PBH are a type of black hole formed in the first second after the birth of the universe.
Other gamma ray detection mission
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