Wide field x-ray telescope a moderate class mission

Wide field x-ray telescope a moderate class mission

Sensitive surveys of the X-ray universe have been limited to small areas of the sky due to the intrinsically small field of view of Wolter-I X-ray optics, whose angular resolution degrades with the square of the off axis angle. High angular resolution is needed to achieve a low background per source...

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Main Authors: Murray, Stephen S. (Author), Giacconi, R. (Author), Ptak, A. (Author), Rosati, P. (Author), Weisskopf, M. (Author), Borgani, S. (Author), Jones, C. (Author), Parseschi, G. (Author), Tozzi, P. (Author), Gilli, R. (Author), Campana, S. (Author), Paolillo, M. (Author), Tagliaferri, G. (Author), Bautz, Marshall W. (Contributor), Vikhlinin, A. (Author), Hickox, R. C. (Author), Forman, W. R. (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Bautz, Mark W. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: SPIE (Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers), 2011-07-20T20:51:52Z.
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