Arcus: exploring the formation and evolution of clusters, galaxies, and stars

Randall K. Smith; Marshall Bautz; Joel Bregman; Laura Brenneman; Nancy Brickhouse; Esra Bulbul; Vadim Burwitz; Joseph Bushman; Claude Canizares; Deepto Chakrabarty; Peter Cheimets; Elisa Costantini; Casey DeRoo; Abe Falcone; Adam Foster; Luigi Gallo; Catherine Grant; Hans Moritz Guenther; Ralf K. Heilmann; Sarah Heine; Butler Hine; David Huenemoerder; Steve Jara; Jelle Kaastra; Erin Kara; Ingo Kreykenbohm; Kristin Madsen; Herman Marshall; Michael McDonald; Randall McEntaffer; Jon Miller; Eric Miller; Richard Mushotzky; Kirpal Nandra; Michael Nowak; Fritis Paerels; Robert Petre; Katja Poppenhaeger; Andrew Ptak; Paul Reid; Karolyn Ronzano; Agata Rozanska; Jenna Samra; Jeremy Sanders; Mark Schattenburg; Jonathan Schonfeld; Norbert Schulz; Alan Smale; Pasquale Temi; Lynne Valencic; Stephen Walker; Joern Wilms; Scott Wolk

doi:10.1117/12.2628628

31 August 2022 Arcus: exploring the formation and evolution of clusters, galaxies, and stars

Randall K. Smith, Marshall Bautz, Joel Bregman, Laura Brenneman, Nancy Brickhouse, Esra Bulbul, Vadim Burwitz, Joseph Bushman, Claude Canizares, Deepto Chakrabarty, Peter Cheimets, Elisa Costantini, Casey DeRoo, Abe Falcone, Adam Foster, Luigi Gallo, Catherine Grant, Hans Moritz Guenther, Ralf K. Heilmann, Sarah Heine, Butler Hine, David Huenemoerder, Steve Jara, Jelle Kaastra, Erin Kara, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Kristin Madsen, Herman Marshall, Michael McDonald, Randall McEntaffer, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Richard Mushotzky, Kirpal Nandra, Michael Nowak, Fritis Paerels, Robert Petre, Katja Poppenhaeger, Andrew Ptak, Paul Reid, Karolyn Ronzano, Agata Rozanska, Jenna Samra, Jeremy Sanders, Mark Schattenburg, Jonathan Schonfeld, Norbert Schulz, Alan Smale, Pasquale Temi, Lynne Valencic, Stephen Walker, Joern Wilms, Scott Wolk

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Proceedings Volume 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 1218121 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628628
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Abstract

Supermassive black holes (SMBH) interact with gas in the interstellar and intergalactic media (ISM/IGM) in a process termed “feedback” that is key to the formation and evolution of galaxies and clusters. Characterizing the origins and physical mechanisms governing this feedback requires tracing the propagation of outflowing mass, energy and momentum from the vicinity of the SMBH out to megaparsec scales. Our ability to understand the interplay between feedback and structure evolution across multiple scales, as well as a wide range of other important astrophysical phenomena, depends on diagnostics only available in soft x-ray spectra (10-50 Å). Arcus combines high-resolution, efficient, lightweight x-ray gratings with silicon pore optics to provide R~2500 with an average effective area of ~200 cm², an order of magnitude larger than the Chandra gratings. Flight-proven CCDs and instrument electronics are strong heritage components, while spacecraft and mission operations also reuse highly successful designs.

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Randall K. Smith, Marshall Bautz, Joel Bregman, Laura Brenneman, Nancy Brickhouse, Esra Bulbul, Vadim Burwitz, Joseph Bushman, Claude Canizares, Deepto Chakrabarty, Peter Cheimets, Elisa Costantini, Casey DeRoo, Abe Falcone, Adam Foster, Luigi Gallo, Catherine Grant, Hans Moritz Guenther, Ralf K. Heilmann, Sarah Heine, Butler Hine, David Huenemoerder, Steve Jara, Jelle Kaastra, Erin Kara, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Kristin Madsen, Herman Marshall, Michael McDonald, Randall McEntaffer, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Richard Mushotzky, Kirpal Nandra, Michael Nowak, Fritis Paerels, Robert Petre, Katja Poppenhaeger, Andrew Ptak, Paul Reid, Karolyn Ronzano, Agata Rozanska, Jenna Samra, Jeremy Sanders, Mark Schattenburg, Jonathan Schonfeld, Norbert Schulz, Alan Smale, Pasquale Temi, Lynne Valencic, Stephen Walker, Joern Wilms, and Scott Wolk "Arcus: exploring the formation and evolution of clusters, galaxies, and stars", Proc. SPIE 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 1218121 (31 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628628

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