A new X-ray mission to measure the power spectrum of fluctuations in the Universe

Details A new X-ray mission to measure the power spectrum of fluctuations in the Universe A new X-ray mission to measure the power spectrum of fluctuations in the Universe

1997-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9711084v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Improved version, 4 pages, uses xsurv_article macro (included). Proceedings of the X-ray Surveys Workshop. To appear in Astron

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We propose a new, simple, dedicated X-ray mission to measure the power spectrum of density fluctuations in the Universe, by accurately mapping the X-ray background on the whole sky on scales of arounf one sq deg. Since the method relies on the detection of excess fluctuations produced by the clustering of X-ray sources at intermediate redshifts above the confusion noise produced by bright foreground sources, counting noise and systematic noise need to be kept to a minimum. We propose a proportional counter with collimated fields of view of various sizes as the optimal instrument for this mission.

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