The relativistic astrophysics explorer: A new mission for X-ray timing

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Dec 2001

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X-RAY ASTRONOMY: Stellar Endpoints,AGN, and the Diffuse X-ray Background. Edited by Nicholas E. White, Giuseppe Malaguti, and G

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Radiation Detectors, X-Ray Sources, X-Ray Bursts, Relativity And Gravitation

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The great success of the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) has given us a new probe to study strong gravitational fields and to measure the 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 main instruments will be a narrow-field x-ray detector array with an area of at least 60,000 cm2 equal to ten times that of RXTE, and a wide-field x-ray monitor with good sensitivity and few arcminute position resolution. We describe the design of the instruments and the science which will be possible with a factor of ten increase in collecting area. .

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