SMART-X: Square Meter Arcsecond Resolution x-ray Telescope

A. Vikhlinin; P. Reid; H. Tananbaum; D. A. Schwartz; W. R. Forman; C. Jones; J. Bookbinder; V. Cotroneo; S. Trolier-McKinstry; D. Burrows; M. W. Bautz; R. Heilmann; J. Davis; S. R. Bandler; M. C. Weisskopf; S. S. Murray

doi:10.1117/12.926851

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17 September 2012 SMART-X: Square Meter Arcsecond Resolution x-ray Telescope

A. Vikhlinin, P. Reid, H. Tananbaum, D. A. Schwartz, W. R. Forman, C. Jones, J. Bookbinder, V. Cotroneo, S. Trolier-McKinstry, D. Burrows, M. W. Bautz, R. Heilmann, J. Davis, S. R. Bandler, M. C. Weisskopf, S. S. Murray

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Proceedings Volume 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 844316 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926851
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

SMART-X is a mission concept for a 2.3 m² effective area, 0.5" angular resolution X-ray telescope, with 5' FOV, 1" pixel size microcalorimeter, 22' FOV imager, and high-throughput gratings.

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A. Vikhlinin, P. Reid, H. Tananbaum, D. A. Schwartz, W. R. Forman, C. Jones, J. Bookbinder, V. Cotroneo, S. Trolier-McKinstry, D. Burrows, M. W. Bautz, R. Heilmann, J. Davis, S. R. Bandler, M. C. Weisskopf, and S. S. Murray "SMART-X: Square Meter Arcsecond Resolution x-ray Telescope", Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 844316 (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926851

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