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Quick Ultra-VIolet Kilonova surveyor (QUVIK)

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arxiv 2207.05485 v1 pith:IMAR52RH submitted 2022-07-12 astro-ph.IM astro-ph.HE

Quick Ultra-VIolet Kilonova surveyor (QUVIK)

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We present a near-UV space telescope on a ~70kg micro-satellite with a moderately fast repointing capability and a near real-time alert communication system that has been proposed in response to a call for an ambitious Czech national mission. The mission, which has recently been approved for Phase 0, A, and B1 study shall measure the brightness evolution of kilonovae, resulting from mergers of neutron stars in the near-UV band and thus it shall distinguish between different explosion scenarios. Between the observations of transient sources, the satellite shall perform observations of other targets of interest, a large part of which will be chosen in open competition.

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