Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21321704b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #217.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.388
Physics
Optics
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Scientific paper
The Generation-X concept incorporates an X-ray telescope with capability to study the first black holes formed in the Universe (1000 solar mass black holes at z=10), the distribution of hot baryons in high-redshift (z=3-4) star forming galaxies, the chemical evolution of the Universe, and extremes of density, gravity, magnetic fields, and kinetic energy which cannot be created in laboratories. These objectives require an X-ray observatory with 50 m2 effective area at 1 keV (1000 times larger than Chandra) and 0.1 arcsecond angular resolution, several times better than Chandra and 50 times better than the IXO resolution goal. We describe here a road-map development program to bring the mirror and detector technologies to the readiness level necessary to configure a flight mission. We will build on the technology developed for the Con-X/IXO program, with the introduction of on-orbit adjustment of the optics to achieve the ultimate resolution goals. Our program has well defined milestones which also advance the state of the art of micro-calorimeters, gratings, and self-triggered solid state imagers, along with modest increases in spacecraft systems, to exploit the resolution and throughput enabled by the concurrent imaging advances.
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