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The AXSIO mission and its technologies

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Complete Citation

  • Bookbinder, Jay, Petre, Robert, Ptak, Andrew, and Smith, Randall K. 2013. "The AXSIO mission and its technologies." from Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series. 8859, 02. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024583.

Overview

Abstract

  • AXSIO's two focal plane instruments (the imaging X-ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometer and the X-ray Grating Spectrometer) will deliver a 100-fold increase in capability over the current generation of instruments for high-resolution spectroscopy, microsecond spectroscopic timing, and high count rate capability. AXSIO covers the 0.1 - 12keV energy range, complementing the capabilities of the next generation observatories such as ALMA, LSST, JWST, and 30-m ground-based telescopes These instruments allow AXSIO to accomplish most of the IXO science goals at a significantly reduced complexity and cost. These capabilities will enable studies of a broad range of scientific questions such as what happens close to a black hole, how supermassive black holes grow, how large scale structure forms, and what are the connections between these processes?

Publication Date

  • 2013

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