3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper V. Key Scientific Mission: Compact-Object Time-Domain Science

@misc{kim202635meter,
  title = {{3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper V. Key Scientific Mission: Compact-Object Time-Domain Science}},
  author = {Juhan Kim and Yong-Woo Kang and Sang Hyun Lee and Jeong-Yeol Han and Sungwook E. Hong and Bongkon Moon and Donguk Song and Juhyung Kang and Myeong-Gu Park and Sang Chul Kim and Chung-Uk Lee and Sangmo Tony Sohn and Arman Shafieloo and David Parkinson and Hong Soo Park and Dohyeong Kim and Chan Park and Jungjoo Sohn and Young-Beom Jeon and Jong-Hak Woo and Hyung Mok Lee and Hong Bae Ann and Myungkook James Jee and Mansoo Choi and Changbom Park},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.03373},
  eprint = {2609.03373},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.03373},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - 3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper V. Key Scientific Mission: Compact-Object Time-Domain Science
AU  - Juhan Kim
AU  - Yong-Woo Kang
AU  - Sang Hyun Lee
AU  - Jeong-Yeol Han
AU  - Sungwook E. Hong
AU  - Bongkon Moon
AU  - Donguk Song
AU  - Juhyung Kang
AU  - Myeong-Gu Park
AU  - Sang Chul Kim
AU  - Chung-Uk Lee
AU  - Sangmo Tony Sohn
AU  - Arman Shafieloo
AU  - David Parkinson
AU  - Hong Soo Park
AU  - Dohyeong Kim
AU  - Chan Park
AU  - Jungjoo Sohn
AU  - Young-Beom Jeon
AU  - Jong-Hak Woo
AU  - Hyung Mok Lee
AU  - Hong Bae Ann
AU  - Myungkook James Jee
AU  - Mansoo Choi
AU  - Changbom Park
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/17
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.03373
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.03373
AB  - An isolated compact object retains the point-source resolving power of the space-based slitless spectrograph. The baseline wavelength range is 0.2--1.5 μm. The planning baseline uses R ≃ 1000 for broad and faint transient spectra and reserves selectable bands at R ≃ 5000 for accretion-disk profiles, velocity structure, and precision line ratios. Broad features can be measured after binning the native R ≃ 5000 data to lower resolution. Rapid-response spectroscopy follows gravitational-wave counterparts and kilonovae from hours to days. Repeated spectra of dwarf novae and compact binaries trace accretion state and orbital phase, while uninterrupted imaging of white dwarfs measures pulsation frequencies. The program combines mission-based monitoring with external alerts, including KGMT transient detections. The instrument study must preserve calibrated throughput to 2.70 μm and evaluate a 3.0 μm operational band edge, with 2.5 μm retained as the formal engineering off-ramp. Mid-infrared imaging is not part of the adopted compact-object baseline.
ER  -