Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-03-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
to appear in Advances in Space Research, 6 pages with one color figure (low-res)
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.asr.2003.03.061
The great success of the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has shown that X-ray timing is an excellent tool for the study of strong gravitational fields and the measurement of fundamental physical properties of black holes and neutron stars. Here, we describe a next-generation X-ray timing mission, the Relativistic Astrophysics Explorer (RAE), designed to fit within the envelope of a medium-sized mission. The instruments will be a narrow-field X-ray detector array with an area of 6 m^2 equal to ten times that of RXTE and a wide-field X-ray monitor. We describe the science made possible with this mission, the design of the instruments, and results on prototype large-area X-ray detectors.
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