Science with the Constellation-X Observatory

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1999-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9901154v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

to appear in "After the Dark Ages: When Galaxies Were Young", eds. S.S. Holt and E.P. Smith, 4 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.58631

The Constellation X-ray Mission is a high throughput X-ray facility emphasizing observations at high spectral resolution (E/\Delta E \sim 300-3000), and broad energy bandpass (0.25-40 keV). Constellation-X will provide a factor of nearly 100 increase in sensitivity over current high resolution X-ray spectroscopy missions. It is the X-ray astronomy equivalent of large ground-based optical telescopes such as the Keck Observatory and the ESO Very Large Telescope. When observations commence toward the end of next decade, Constellation-X will address many fundamental astrophysics questions such as: the formation and evolution of clusters of galaxies; constraining the baryon content of the Universe; determining the spin and mass of supermassive black holes in AGN; and probing strong gravity in the vicinity of black holes.

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