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

Christopher S. Reynolds; Erin A. Kara; Richard F. Mushotzky; Andrew Ptak; Michael J. Koss; Brian J. Williams; 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; Edmund Hodges-Kluck; Oleg Kargaltsev; George W. King; Marina Kounkel; Laura A. Lopez; Stefano Marchesi; Michael McDonald; Eileen Meyer; Eric D. Miller; 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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Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)

Christopher S. Reynolds, Erin A. Kara, Richard F. Mushotzky, Andrew Ptak, Michael J. Koss, Brian J. Williams, 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. GrantMélanie Habouzit, Daryl Haggard, Sven Herrmann, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Oleg Kargaltsev, George W. King, Marina Kounkel, Laura A. Lopez, Stefano Marchesi, Michael McDonald, Eileen Meyer, Eric D. Miller, 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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The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a Probe-class concept that will build on the legacy of the Chandra X-ray Observatory by providing low-background, arcsecond-resolution imaging in the 0.3-10 keV band across a 450 arcminute² field of view, with an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity. AXIS utilizes breakthroughs in the construction of lightweight segmented X-ray optics using single-crystal silicon, and developments in the fabrication of large-format, small-pixel, high readout rate CCD detectors with good spectral resolution, allowing a robust and cost-effective design. Further, AXIS will be responsive to target-of-opportunity alerts and, with onboard transient detection, will be a powerful facility for studying the time-varying X-ray universe, following on from the legacy of the Neil Gehrels (Swift) X-ray observatory that revolutionized studies of the transient X-ray Universe. In this paper, we present an overview of AXIS, highlighting the prime science objectives driving the AXIS concept and how the observatory design will achieve these objectives.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII
Editors	Oswald H. Siegmund, Keri Hoadley
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510665705
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677468
State	Published - 2023
Event	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII 2023 - San Diego, United States Duration: Aug 20 2023 → Aug 22 2023

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	12678
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII 2023
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	8/20/23 → 8/22/23

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
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Reynolds, C. S., Kara, E. A., Mushotzky, R. F., Ptak, A., Koss, M. J., Williams, B. J., Allen, S. W., Bauer, F. E., Bautz, M., Bodaghee, A., Burdge, K. B., Cappelluti, N., Cenko, B., Chartas, G., Chan, K. W., Corrales, L., Daylan, T., Falcone, A. D., Foord, A., ... Zhang, W. W. (2023). Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS). In O. H. Siegmund, & K. Hoadley (Eds.), UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII Article 126781E (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12678). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677468

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Reynolds, CS, Kara, EA, Mushotzky, RF, Ptak, A, Koss, MJ, Williams, BJ, Allen, SW, Bauer, FE, Bautz, M, Bodaghee, A, Burdge, KB, Cappelluti, N, Cenko, B, Chartas, G, Chan, KW, Corrales, L, Daylan, T, Falcone, AD, Foord, A, Grant, CE, Habouzit, M, Haggard, D, Herrmann, S, Hodges-Kluck, E, Kargaltsev, O, King, GW, Kounkel, M, Lopez, LA, Marchesi, S, McDonald, M, Meyer, E, Miller, ED, Nynka, M, Okajima, T, Pacucci, F, Russell, HR, Safi-Harb, S, Stassun, KG, Falcão, AT, Walker, SA, Wilms, J, Yukita, M & Zhang, WW 2023, Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS). in OH Siegmund & K Hoadley (eds), UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII., 126781E, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 12678, SPIE, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII 2023, San Diego, United States, 8/20/23. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677468

Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS). / Reynolds, Christopher S.; Kara, Erin A.; Mushotzky, Richard F. et al.
UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII. ed. / Oswald H. Siegmund; Keri Hoadley. SPIE, 2023. 126781E (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 12678).

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