XEUS: the x-ray evolving universe spectroscopy mission

A. N. Parmar; M. Arnaud; X. Barcons; J. Bleeker; G. Hasinger; H. Kunieda; G. Palumbo; T. Takahashi; M. Turner; P. de Korte; R. Willingale; N. Rando; A. Lyngvi; P. Gondoin; D. Lumb; M. Bavdaz; P. Verhoeve

doi:10.1117/12.674336

13 June 2006 XEUS: the x-ray evolving universe spectroscopy mission

A. N. Parmar, M. Arnaud, X. Barcons, J. Bleeker, G. Hasinger, H. Kunieda, G. Palumbo, T. Takahashi, M. Turner, P. de Korte, R. Willingale, N. Rando, A. Lyngvi, P. Gondoin, D. Lumb, M. Bavdaz, P. Verhoeve

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Proceedings Volume 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 62661R (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674336
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

XEUS is the potential successor to ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory and is being proposed in response to the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 long term plan for ESA's Science Programme. Novel light-weight optics with an effective area of 5 m² at 1 keV and 2 m² at 7 keV and 2-5" HEW spatial resolution together with advanced detectors will provide much improved imaging, spectroscopic and timing performances and open new vistas in X-ray astronomy in the post 2015 timeframe. XEUS will allow the study of the birth, growth and spin of the super-massive black holes in early AGN, allow the cosmic feedback between galaxies and their environment to be investigated through the study of inflows and outflows and relativistic acceleration and allow the growth of large scale structures and metal synthesis to be probed using the hot X-ray emitting gas in clusters of galaxies and the warm/hot filamentary structures observable with X-ray absorption spectroscopy. High time resolution studies will allow the Equation of State of supra-nuclear material in neutron stars to be constrained. These science goals set very demanding requirements on the mission design which is based on two formation flying spacecraft launched to the second Earth-Sun Lagrangian point by an Ariane V ECA. One spacecraft will contain the novel high performance optics while the other, separated by the 35 m focal length, will contain narrow and wide field imaging spectrometers and other specialized instruments.

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A. N. Parmar, M. Arnaud, X. Barcons, J. Bleeker, G. Hasinger, H. Kunieda, G. Palumbo, T. Takahashi, M. Turner, P. de Korte, R. Willingale, N. Rando, A. Lyngvi, P. Gondoin, D. Lumb, M. Bavdaz, and P. Verhoeve "XEUS: the x-ray evolving universe spectroscopy mission", Proc. SPIE 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 62661R (13 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674336

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