The new XEUS science case

G. Hasinger; M. Arnaud; X. Barcons; D. Barret; J. A. Bleeker; H. Böhringer; A. Comastri; A. C. Fabian; J. S. Kaastra; H. Kunieda; M. Mendez; A. N. Parmar; G. G. C. Palumbo; T. Takahashi; M. J. L. Turner

doi:10.1117/12.672919

13 June 2006 The new XEUS science case

G. Hasinger, M. Arnaud, X. Barcons, D. Barret, J. A. Bleeker, H. Böhringer, A. Comastri, A. C. Fabian, J. S. Kaastra, H. Kunieda, M. Mendez, A. N. Parmar, G. G. C. Palumbo, T. Takahashi, M. J. L. Turner

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Proceedings Volume 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 62661N (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672919
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. A new mission configuration was developed in the last year, accommodating the boundary conditions of a European-led mission with a formation-flying mirror and detector spacecraft in L2 with a focal length of 35m and an effective area of >5 m² at 1 keV. Here the new capabilities are compared with the key scientific questions presented to the Cosmic Vision exercise: the evolution of large scale structure and nucleosynthesis, the co-evolution of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies, and the study of matter under extreme conditions.

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G. Hasinger, M. Arnaud, X. Barcons, D. Barret, J. A. Bleeker, H. Böhringer, A. Comastri, A. C. Fabian, J. S. Kaastra, H. Kunieda, M. Mendez, A. N. Parmar, G. G. C. Palumbo, T. Takahashi, and M. J. L. Turner "The new XEUS science case", Proc. SPIE 6266, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation II: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 62661N (13 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672919

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