Next generation x-ray all-sky monitor

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Jun 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995spie.2515..216p&link_type=abstract

Proc. SPIE Vol. 2515, p. 216-219, X-Ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Optics, Richard B. Hoover; Arthur B. Walker; Eds.

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We set forth a conceptual design for an x-ray all-sky monitor based on lobster-eye wide-field telescopes. This instrument, suitable for a small satellite, would monitor the flux of objects as faint as 2 multiplied by 10-12 erg cm-2 s-1 (0.5 - 2.4 keV) on a daily basis with a signal-to-noise of 5. Sources would be located to 1 - 2 arc- minutes. Detailed simulations show that crosstalk from the cruciform lobster images would not significantly compromise performance. At this sensitivity limit, we could monitor not just x- ray binaries but fainter classes of x-ray sources. Hundreds of active galactic nuclei, coronal sources, and cataclysmic variables could be tracked on a daily basis. Large numbers of fast transients should be visible, including gamma-ray bursts and the soft x-ray breakout of nearby type II supernovae.

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