Future Japanese missions for the study of warm-hot intergalactic medium

Details Future Japanese missions for the study of warm-hot intergalactic medium Future Japanese missions for the study of warm-hot intergalactic medium

2004-02-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0402546v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 9 figures. To appear in the proceedings of "Modelling the Intergalactic and Intracluster Media", Vulcano Island, Octo

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We present our proposal for a small X-ray mission DIOS (Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor) to perform survey observations of warm-hot intergalactic medium using OVII and OVIII emission lines. This will be proposed to a small satellite program planned by ISAS/JAXA in Japan for a launch in 2008. The instrument consists of an array of TES microcalorimeters with an energy resolution 2 eV, cooled by mechanical coolers. The X-ray telescope will employ 4-stage reflection mirrors with a focal length as short as 70 cm and an angular resolution 2'. In addition to DIOS, we briefly describe the NeXT (New X-ray Telescope) mission, which is a larger Japanese X-ray observatory to be launched in 2010 and plans to explore non-thermal processes in the universe.

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