Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)

Christopher S. Reynolds; Eric D. Miller; Edmund Hodges-Kluck; Michael J. Koss; Brian J. Williams; Erin A. Kara; Andrew Ptak; Richard F. Mushotzky; Steven W. Allen; Franz E. Bauer; Marshall Bautz; Arash Bodaghee; Kevin B. Burdge; Nico Cappelluti; Brad Cenko; George Chartas; Kai-wing Chan; Lía Corrales; Tansu Daylan; Abraham D. Falcone; Adi Foord; Catherine E. Grant; Mélanie Habouzit; Daryl Haggard; Sven Herrmann; Oleg Kargaltsev; George W. King; Marina Kounkel; Laura A. Lopez; Stefano Marchesi; Michael McDonald; Eileen Meyer; Melania Nynka; Takashi Okajima; Fabio Pacucci; Helen R. Russell; Samar Safi-Harb; Keivan G. Stassun; Anna Trindade Falcão; Stephen A. Walker; Joern Wilms; Mihoko Yukita; William W. Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.3022993

21 August 2024 Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)

Christopher S. Reynolds, Eric D. Miller, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Michael J. Koss, Brian J. Williams, Erin A. Kara, Andrew Ptak, Richard F. Mushotzky, Steven W. Allen, Franz E. Bauer, Marshall Bautz, Arash Bodaghee, Kevin B. Burdge, Nico Cappelluti, Brad Cenko, George Chartas, Kai-wing Chan, Lía Corrales, Tansu Daylan, Abraham D. Falcone, Adi Foord, Catherine E. Grant, Mélanie Habouzit, Daryl Haggard, Sven Herrmann, Oleg Kargaltsev, George W. King, Marina Kounkel, Laura A. Lopez, Stefano Marchesi, Michael McDonald, Eileen Meyer, Melania Nynka, Takashi Okajima, Fabio Pacucci, Helen R. Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Keivan G. Stassun, Anna Trindade Falcão, Stephen A. Walker, Joern Wilms, Mihoko Yukita, William W. Zhang

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 1309328 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3022993
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), a concept recently submitted to NASA’s Astrophysics Probe Explorer competition, will offer low-background, arcsecond-resolution imaging in the 0.3–10 keV band across a 450-arcmin2 field of view, with an effective area at 1 keV of at least 4200 cm². AXIS will bring X-ray astronomy back to the forefront of modern mainstream astrophysics, reaching equivalent depths in X-rays to many of the major facilities of the 2030’s (e.g., JWST, Roman, Rubin, ngVLA, LISA) to address the most important questions identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. Here, we present an update on the status of AXIS.

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Christopher S. Reynolds, Eric D. Miller, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Michael J. Koss, Brian J. Williams, Erin A. Kara, Andrew Ptak, Richard F. Mushotzky, Steven W. Allen, Franz E. Bauer, Marshall Bautz, Arash Bodaghee, Kevin B. Burdge, Nico Cappelluti, Brad Cenko, George Chartas, Kai-wing Chan, Lía Corrales, Tansu Daylan, Abraham D. Falcone, Adi Foord, Catherine E. Grant, Mélanie Habouzit, Daryl Haggard, Sven Herrmann, Oleg Kargaltsev, George W. King, Marina Kounkel, Laura A. Lopez, Stefano Marchesi, Michael McDonald, Eileen Meyer, Melania Nynka, Takashi Okajima, Fabio Pacucci, Helen R. Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Keivan G. Stassun, Anna Trindade Falcão, Stephen A. Walker, Joern Wilms, Mihoko Yukita, and William W. Zhang "Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 1309328 (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3022993

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