STROBE-X: a probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years
We describe the Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X), a probeclass mission concept that will provide an unprecedented view of the X-ray sky, performing timing and spectroscopy over both a broad energy band (0.2-30 keV) and a wide range of timescales from mi...
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| author | Remillard, Ronald A McDonald, Michael A. |
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| description | We describe the Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X), a probeclass mission concept that will provide an unprecedented view of the X-ray sky, performing timing and spectroscopy over both a broad energy band (0.2-30 keV) and a wide range of timescales from microseconds to years. STROBE-X comprises two narrow-field instruments and a wide field monitor. The soft or low-energy band (0.2-12 keV) is covered by an array of lightweight optics (3-m focal length) that concentrate incident photons onto small solid-state detectors with CCD-level (85-175 eV) energy resolution, 100 ns time resolution, and low background rates. This technology has been fully developed for NICER and will be scaled up to take advantage of the longer focal length of STROBE-X. The higher-energy band (2-30 keV) is covered by large-area, collimated silicon drift detectors that were developed for the European LOFT mission concept. Each instrument will provide an order of magnitude improvement in effective area over its predecessor (NICER in the soft band and RXTE in the hard band). Finally, STROBE-X offers a sensitive wide-field monitor (WFM), both to act as a trigger for pointed observations of X-ray transients and also to provide high duty-cycle, high time-resolution, and high spectral-resolution monitoring of the variable X-ray sky. The WFM will boast approximately 20 times the sensitivity of the RXTE All-Sky Monitor, enabling multi-wavelength and multi-messenger investigations with a large instantaneous field of view. This mission concept will be presented to the 2020 Decadal Survey for consideration. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1210012022-10-01T06:25:31Z STROBE-X: a probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years Remillard, Ronald A McDonald, Michael A. MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Remillard, Ronald A McDonald, Michael A. We describe the Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X), a probeclass mission concept that will provide an unprecedented view of the X-ray sky, performing timing and spectroscopy over both a broad energy band (0.2-30 keV) and a wide range of timescales from microseconds to years. STROBE-X comprises two narrow-field instruments and a wide field monitor. The soft or low-energy band (0.2-12 keV) is covered by an array of lightweight optics (3-m focal length) that concentrate incident photons onto small solid-state detectors with CCD-level (85-175 eV) energy resolution, 100 ns time resolution, and low background rates. This technology has been fully developed for NICER and will be scaled up to take advantage of the longer focal length of STROBE-X. The higher-energy band (2-30 keV) is covered by large-area, collimated silicon drift detectors that were developed for the European LOFT mission concept. Each instrument will provide an order of magnitude improvement in effective area over its predecessor (NICER in the soft band and RXTE in the hard band). Finally, STROBE-X offers a sensitive wide-field monitor (WFM), both to act as a trigger for pointed observations of X-ray transients and also to provide high duty-cycle, high time-resolution, and high spectral-resolution monitoring of the variable X-ray sky. The WFM will boast approximately 20 times the sensitivity of the RXTE All-Sky Monitor, enabling multi-wavelength and multi-messenger investigations with a large instantaneous field of view. This mission concept will be presented to the 2020 Decadal Survey for consideration. 2019-03-15T20:24:52Z 2019-03-15T20:24:52Z 2018-07 2019-03-12T15:02:05Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 9781510619517 9781510619524 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121001 Ray, Paul S., Zaven Arzoumanian, Soren Brandt, Eric Burns, Deepto Chakrabarty, Marco Feroci, Keith Gendreau, et al. “STROBE-X: a Probe-Class Mission for x-Ray Spectroscopy and Timing on Timescales from Microseconds to Years.” Proceedings Volume 10699, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 10-15 July, 2018, Austin, Texas, USA, edited by Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, and Shouleh Nikzad, SPIE, 2018. © 2018 SPIE https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-8349 http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2312257 Proceedings Volume 10699 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf SPIE SPIE |
| spellingShingle | Remillard, Ronald A McDonald, Michael A. STROBE-X: a probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years |
| title | STROBE-X: a probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years |
| title_full | STROBE-X: a probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years |
| title_fullStr | STROBE-X: a probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years |
| title_full_unstemmed | STROBE-X: a probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years |
| title_short | STROBE-X: a probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years |
| title_sort | strobe x a probe class mission for x ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121001 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-8349 |
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