SIMBOL-X: a new-generation hard x-ray telescope

Philippe Ferrando; Monique Arnaud; Bertrand Cordier; Andrea Goldwurm; Olivier Limousin; Jaques Paul; Jean Luc Sauvageot; Pierre-Olivier Petrucci; Martine Mouchet; Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami; Oberto Citterio; Sergio Campana; Giovanni Pareschi; Gianpiero Tagliaferri; Ulrich G. Briel; Guenther Hasinger; Lothar Strueder; Peter Lechner; Eckhard Kendziorra; Martin J. L. Turner

doi:10.1117/12.521998

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29 January 2004 SIMBOL-X: a new-generation hard x-ray telescope

Philippe Ferrando, Monique Arnaud, Bertrand Cordier, Andrea Goldwurm, Olivier Limousin, Jaques Paul, Jean Luc Sauvageot, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Martine Mouchet, Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami, Oberto Citterio, Sergio Campana, Giovanni Pareschi, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Ulrich G. Briel, Guenther Hasinger, Lothar Strueder, Peter Lechner, Eckhard Kendziorra, Martin J. L. Turner

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Proceedings Volume 5168, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.521998
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

SIMBOL-X is a hard X-ray mission, operating in the 0.5-70 keV range, which is proposed by a consortium of European laboratories for a launch around 2010. Relying on two spacecraft in a formation flying configuration, SIMBOL-X uses a 30 m focal length X-ray mirror to achieve an unprecedented angular resolution (30 arcsec HEW) and sensitivity (100 times better than INTEGRAL below 50 keV) in the hard X-ray range. SIMBOL-X will allow to elucidate fundamental questions in high energy astrophysics, such as the physics of accretion onto Black Holes, of acceleration in quasar jets and in supernovae remnants, or the nature of the hard X-ray diffuse emission. The scientific objectives and the baseline concepts of the mission and hardware design are presented.

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Philippe Ferrando, Monique Arnaud, Bertrand Cordier, Andrea Goldwurm, Olivier Limousin, Jaques Paul, Jean Luc Sauvageot, Pierre-Olivier Petrucci, Martine Mouchet, Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami, Oberto Citterio, Sergio Campana, Giovanni Pareschi, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Ulrich G. Briel, Guenther Hasinger, Lothar Strueder, Peter Lechner, Eckhard Kendziorra, and Martin J. L. Turner "SIMBOL-X: a new-generation hard x-ray telescope", Proc. SPIE 5168, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy, (29 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.521998

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