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Since the end of the COMPTEL mission, almost 20 years ago, there haven’t been any new space telescopes able to improve the observations in the electromagnetic energy region above 1 MeV. This energy band, where Compton scattering is the dominating interaction with matter, is of fundamental importance for the understanding of the emission mechanisms in several astrophysical source types.
Through GEANT 4 simulations, we explore the viability of future observations by means of a nano-satellite Compton telescope. In particular, we aim to achieve COMPTEL's sensitivity level near 1 MeV.
Low costs and ability to be relatively quickly developed and launched would allow a short-term solution for the lack of new observations in the MeV region, before any large mission takes over.
