eXTP & STROBE-X in Spain
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The eXTP (enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry) mission is a major project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with a large involvement of Europe, who leads two of its four instruments. eXTP offers a unique simultaneous wide-band X-ray timing and polarimetry sensitivity. One of its four instruments is the WFM, led by Spain (M. Hernanz is the PI), a Wide Field Monitor in the 2-50 keV X-ray energy range, providing an unprecedented combination of large field of view and imaging, together with a very good spectral resolution, down to 2 keV. On the other hand, the eXTP Spanish team has participated in the STROBE-X proposal in response to the NASA call from PROBE missions; the proposal was submitted in November 2023. STROBE-X includes a WFM very similar to the one for eXTP.
Author: Hernanz, Margarita
Institution: Institute of Space Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6892972776
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