The AXSIO mission and its technologies

Jay Bookbinder; Robert Petre; Andrew Ptak; Randall K. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.2024583

26 September 2013 The AXSIO mission and its technologies

Jay Bookbinder, Robert Petre, Andrew Ptak, Randall K. Smith

Proceedings Volume 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII; 885902 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024583
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

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?

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Jay Bookbinder, Robert Petre, Andrew Ptak, and Randall K. Smith "The AXSIO mission and its technologies", Proc. SPIE 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII, 885902 (26 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024583

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