TY - JOUR
T1 - Lynx X-Ray Observatory
T2 - an overview
AU - Gaskin, Jessica A.
AU - Swartz, Douglas A.
AU - Vikhlinin, Alexey
AU - Özel, Feryal
AU - Gelmis, Karen E.
AU - Arenberg, Jonathan W.
AU - Bandler, Simon R.
AU - Bautz, Mark W.
AU - Civitani, Marta M.
AU - Dominguez, Alexandra
AU - Eckart, Megan E.
AU - Falcone, Abraham D.
AU - Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali
AU - Freeman, Mark D.
AU - Günther, Hans M.
AU - Havey, Keith A.
AU - Heilmann, Ralf K.
AU - Kilaru, Kiranmayee
AU - Kraft, Ralph P.
AU - Mccarley, Kevin S.
AU - Mcentaffer, Randall L.
AU - Pareschi, Giovanni
AU - Purcell, William
AU - Reid, Paul B.
AU - Schattenburg, Mark L.
AU - Schwartz, Daniel A.
AU - Schwartz, Eric D.
AU - Tananbaum, Harvey D.
AU - Tremblay, Grant R.
AU - Zhang, William W.
AU - Zuhone, John A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the extraordinary effort of the entire Lynx team, including the Lynx Science and Technology Definition Team; the Science, Instrument, Optics, and Communication Working Group members; the MSFC Advanced Concept Office, the Instrument Design Lab Team at GSFC; engineering support from MSFC and the SAO, the Exploration Program Office at JPL (specifically Gary Blackwood and Jennifer Gregory), the Lynx Mirror Assembly and XGS Trade study members, and the Lynx Study Office members. We would also like to thank all of our industry partners, including Northrop Grumman, Ball Aerospace, Harris, Creare LLC, Lockheed-Martin, Hypres, and Luxel for their contributions. The majority of the Lynx team members participate through contributed time and/or cost. This dedication makes Lynx possible.
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PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Lynx, one of the four strategic mission concepts under study for the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey, provides leaps in capability over previous and planned X-ray missions and provides synergistic observations in the 2030s to a multitude of space-and ground-based observatories across all wavelengths. Lynx provides orders of magnitude improvement in sensitivity, on-axis subarcsecond imaging with arcsecond angular resolution over a large field of view, and high-resolution spectroscopy for point-like and extended sources in the 0.2-to 10-keV range. The Lynx architecture enables a broad range of unique and compelling science to be carried out mainly through a General Observer Program. This program is envisioned to include detecting the very first seed black holes, revealing the high-energy drivers of galaxy formation and evolution, and characterizing the mechanisms that govern stellar evolution and stellar ecosystems. The Lynx optics and science instruments are carefully designed to optimize the science capability and, when combined, form an exciting architecture that utilizes relatively mature technologies for a cost that is compatible with the projected NASA Astrophysics budget.
AB - Lynx, one of the four strategic mission concepts under study for the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey, provides leaps in capability over previous and planned X-ray missions and provides synergistic observations in the 2030s to a multitude of space-and ground-based observatories across all wavelengths. Lynx provides orders of magnitude improvement in sensitivity, on-axis subarcsecond imaging with arcsecond angular resolution over a large field of view, and high-resolution spectroscopy for point-like and extended sources in the 0.2-to 10-keV range. The Lynx architecture enables a broad range of unique and compelling science to be carried out mainly through a General Observer Program. This program is envisioned to include detecting the very first seed black holes, revealing the high-energy drivers of galaxy formation and evolution, and characterizing the mechanisms that govern stellar evolution and stellar ecosystems. The Lynx optics and science instruments are carefully designed to optimize the science capability and, when combined, form an exciting architecture that utilizes relatively mature technologies for a cost that is compatible with the projected NASA Astrophysics budget.
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U2 - 10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.021001
DO - 10.1117/1.JATIS.5.2.021001
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85064151221
SN - 2329-4124
VL - 5
JO - Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
JF - Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
IS - 2
M1 - 021001
ER -