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Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21345717g&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #457.17; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.361
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Most will agree that a major X-ray mission devoted to X-Ray spectroscopy should be sensitive well above 10 keV if for no other reason than to measure the continuum spectrum needed to determine the shape and intensity of broadened atomic lines more accurately. Prior to their merger into IXO NASA's Con-X Mission and ESA's XEUS differed in how they had planned to observe the hard X-ray band. Con-X had a dedicated hard X-ray telescope (HXT) that was co-aligned and observed simultaneously with the Spectroscopy X-Ray Telescope. XEUS had intended to broaden the bandwidth of a single telescope with the use of multilayer coatings. We offer reasons why IXO should adopt the Con-X method of observing hard X-rays. A dedicated HXT would permit simultaneous observing, provide more collecting area above 15 keV and result in IXO be able to observe more targets during its lifetime.
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