Paper published in a book (Scientific congresses and symposiums)
Athena+: The first Deep Universe X-ray Observatory
Barret, D.; Nandra, K.; Barcons, X.et al.
2013 • In Cambresy, L.; Martins, F.; Nuss, E.et al. (Eds.) SF2A-2013: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Accretion; accretion disks; Equation of state; Black hole physics; Techniques: high angular resolution; Techniques: imaging spectroscopy; Techniques: spectroscopic; Telescopes Surveys; Stars: winds; outflows; ISM: supernova remnants; Galaxy: center; Galaxies: high-redshift; (Galaxies:) intergalactic medium; (Galaxies:) quasars: general; (Galaxies:) quasars: supermassive black holes; (Cosmology:) large-scale structure of Universe; (Cosmology:) dark ages; reionization; first stars; X-rays: binaries; X-rays: galaxies; X-rays: galaxies: clusters; X-rays: general; X-rays: ISM; X-rays: stars
Abstract :
[en] The Advanced Telescope for High-energy Astrophysics (Athena+) is being proposed to ESA as the L2 mission (for a launch in 2028) and is specifically designed to answer two of the most pressing questions for astrophysics in the forthcoming decade: How did ordinary matter assemble into the large scale structures we see today? and how do black holes grow and shape the Universe? For addressing these two issues, Athena+ will provide transformational capabilities in terms of angular resolution, effective area, spectral resolution, grasp, that will make it the most powerful X-ray observatory ever flown. Such an observatory, when opened to the astronomical community, will be used for virtually all classes of astrophysical objects, from high-z gamma-ray bursts to the closest planets in our solar neighborhood. In this paper, we briefly review the core science objectives of Athena+, present the science requirements and the foreseen implementation of the mission, and illustrate its transformational capabilities compared to existing facilities.
Research center :
LiSRI - Liège Space Research Institute - ULiège
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Barret, D.
Nandra, K.
Barcons, X.
Fabian, A.
den Herder, J. W.
Piro, L.
Watson, M.
Aird, J.
Branduardi-Raymont, G.
Cappi, M.
Carrera, F.
Comastri, A.
Costantini, E.
Croston, J.
Decourchelle, A.
Done, C.
Dovciak, M.
Ettori, S.
Finoguenov, A.
Georgakakis, A.
Jonker, P.
Kaastra, J.
Matt, G.
Motch, C.
O'Brien, P.
Pareschi, G.
Pointecouteau, E.
Pratt, G.
Rauw, Grégor ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Sciences spatiales
