前月球，科学：月球掩星eXplorer（LOX）
Ex Luna, Scientia: The Lunar Occultation eXplorer (LOX)
摘要：
LOX是一项绕月天体物理学任务，将以MeV能量探测宇宙。它以有关热核或Ia型超新星（SNeIa）的开放性问题为指导，并将通过首次在伽马射线能量下对SNeIa进行系统调查来表征这些固有的放射性物体。从月球轨道进行的天文学研究为增进我们对宇宙的了解提供了新的机会。LOX的基础是一种非常适合超新星调查和时域天文学全天空监测需求的观测方法。其固有的宽视场和连续的全天空监测提供了一种创新的方式来解决十年调查的问题，在兆电子伏的能量（0.1-10兆电子伏）。LOX方法通过简单的高传统仪器设计实现了高灵敏度，该设计消除了对复杂的位置敏感探测器、运动学事件重建、掩模或其他不敏感探测器质量的需要，同时还减轻了技术开发、实施复杂性及其相关成本。LOX可以在现有的程序中实现，比如Explorer。
英文摘要：
LOX is a lunar-orbiting astrophysics mission that will probe the cosmos at MeV energies. It is guided by open questions regarding thermonuclear, or Type-Ia, supernovae (SNeIa) and will characterize these inherently radioactive objects by enabling a systematic survey of SNeIa at gamma-ray energies for the first time. Astronomical investigations from lunar orbit afford new opportunities to advance our understanding of the cosmos. The foundation of LOX is an observational approach well suited to the all-sky monitoring demands of supernova investigations and time-domain astronomy. Its inherently wide field-of-view and continuous all-sky monitoring provides an innovative way of addressing decadal survey questions at MeV energies (0.1-10 MeV). The LOX approach achieves high sensitivity with a simple, high-heritage instrument design that eliminates the need for complex, position-sensitive detectors, kinematic event reconstruction, masks, or other insensitive detector mass, while also mitigating technology development, implementation complexity, and their associated costs. LOX can be realized within existing programs, like Explorer.
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