Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997aas...190.3203s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 190th AAS Meeting, #32.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 29, p.820
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP), the Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), and the Institut fuer Astronomie und Astrophysik Tuebingen (IAAT) are planning the small X-ray satellite mission ABRIXAS (A Broad-band Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey), extending the ROSAT survey to the harder X-ray band (0.5-10 keV) with an angular resolution better than 1 arc min. As a pathfinder mission, ideally before the big missions XMM and AXAF, it can pinpoint objects obscured for soft X-rays by absorbing gas and dust. One main goal of the project is to study the absorbed AGN population and its contribution to the X-ray background. It is expected to detect 10,000-20,000 new AGN. However, ABRIXAS will also obtain high quality spectra of diffuse emission objects like clusters and supernova remnants. Additionally, the three-year survey will provide monitoring of bright X-ray sources on a number of time scales.
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