High-resolution intergalactic explorer for the soft x-ray/FUV

Martin S. Elvis; Fabrizio Fiore

doi:10.1117/12.461471

11 March 2003 High-resolution intergalactic explorer for the soft x-ray/FUV

Martin S. Elvis, Fabrizio Fiore

Proceedings Volume 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461471
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

We present a mission concept for high resolution X-ray spectroscopy with a resolving power, R ~6000. This resolution is physics-driven, since it allows the thermal widths of coronal X-ray lines to be measured, and astrophysics-driven, since 50km/s resolves internal galaxy motions, and galaxy motions within larger structures. Such a mission could be small and have a rapid response allowing us to 'X-ray the Universe' using the afterglows of Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) as strong background sources of X-rays, and so illuminate the `Cosmic Web'. The Cosmic Web is predicted to contain most of the normal matter (baryons) in the nearby Universe.

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Martin S. Elvis and Fabrizio Fiore "High-resolution intergalactic explorer for the soft x-ray/FUV", Proc. SPIE 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy, (11 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461471

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