SIMBOL-X, an X-ray telescope for the 0.5-70 keV range

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2002-10-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0210229v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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4 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings SF2A-2002, Paris, ed. F. Combes and D. Barret, EDP-Sciences

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SIMBOL-X is a high energy "mini" satellite class mission that is proposed by a European collaboration for a launch in 2009. SIMBOL-X is making use of a classical X-ray mirror, of ~600 cm2 maximum effective area, with a 30 m focal length in order to cover energies up to several tens of keV. This focal length will be achieved through the use of two spacecrafts in a formation flying configuration. This will give to SIMBOL-X unprecedented spatial resolution (20 arcsec HEW) and sensitivity in the hard X-ray range. By its coverage, from 0.5 to 70 keV, and sensitivity, SIMBOL-X will be an excellent instrument for the study of high energy processes in a large number of sources, both compact and extended.

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