XEUS: the X-ray evolving universe spectroscopy mission

Arvind N. Parmar; G. Hasinger; Monique Arnaud; X. Barcons; D. Barret; A. Blanchard; H. Boehringer; M. Cappi; A. Comastri; T. Courvoisier; A. C. Fabian; I. Georgantopoulos; R. Griffiths; Nobuyuki Kawai; K. Koyama; K. Makishima; P. Malaguti; K. O. Mason; C. Motch; Mariano Mendez; T. Ohashi; F. Paerels; L. Piro; J. Schmitt; M. van der Klis; M. Ward

doi:10.1117/12.461161

11 March 2003 XEUS: the x-ray evolving universe spectroscopy mission

Arvind N. Parmar, G. Hasinger, Monique Arnaud, X. Barcons, D. Barret, A. Blanchard, H. Boehringer, M. Cappi, A. Comastri, T. Courvoisier, A. C. Fabian, I. Georgantopoulos, R. Griffiths, Nobuyuki Kawai, K. Koyama, K. Makishima, P. Malaguti, K. O. Mason, C. Motch, Mariano Mendez, T. Ohashi, F. Paerels, L. Piro, J. Schmitt, M. van der Klis, M. Ward

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Proceedings Volume 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461161
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

XEUS is under study by ESA as part of the Horizon 2000+ program to utilize the International Space Station (ISS) for astronomical applications. XEUS will be a long-term x-ray observatory with an initial mirror area of 6 m² at 1 keV that will be expanded to 30 m² following a visit to the ISS. The 1 keV spatial resolution is expected to be 2-5" half-energy-width. XEUS will consist of separate detector and mirror spacecraft aligned by active control to provide a focal length of 50 m. A new detector spacecraft, complete with the next generation of instruments, will also be added after visiting the ISS. The limiting sensitivity will then be 4×10^-18 erg cm^-2s^-1, around 200 times better than XMM-Newton, allowing XEUS to study the properties of the hot baryons and dark matter at high redshift.

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Arvind N. Parmar, G. Hasinger, Monique Arnaud, X. Barcons, D. Barret, A. Blanchard, H. Boehringer, M. Cappi, A. Comastri, T. Courvoisier, A. C. Fabian, I. Georgantopoulos, R. Griffiths, Nobuyuki Kawai, K. Koyama, K. Makishima, P. Malaguti, K. O. Mason, C. Motch, Mariano Mendez, T. Ohashi, F. Paerels, L. Piro, J. Schmitt, M. van der Klis, and M. Ward "XEUS: the x-ray evolving universe spectroscopy mission", Proc. SPIE 4851, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy, (11 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461161

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