The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP: an update on its scientific cases, mission profile and development status
Number of Authors: 3472022 (English)In: Space Telescopes And Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet To Gamma Ray / [ed] DenHerder, JWA Nikzad, S Nakazawa, K, SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng , 2022, Vol. 12181, article id 121811WConference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission (eXTP) is a flagship observatory for X-ray timing, spectroscopy and polarimetry developed by an International Consortium. Thanks to its very large collecting area, good spectral resolution and unprecedented polarimetry capabilities, eXTP will explore the properties of matter and the propagation of light in the most extreme conditions found in the Universe. eXTP will, in addition, be a powerful X-ray observatory. The mission will continuously monitor the X-ray sky, and will enable multi-wavelength and multi-messenger studies. The mission is currently in phase B, which will be completed in the middle of 2022.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng , 2022. Vol. 12181, article id 121811W
Series
Proceedings of SPIE, ISSN 0277-786X
Keywords [en]
black hole, neutron star, X-ray timing, X-ray polarimetry, equation of state, extreme gravity, extreme magnetism, extreme density
National Category
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-321629DOI: 10.1117/12.2629340ISI: 000865607100041Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85140430051OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-321629DiVA, id: diva2:1712300
Conference
Conference on Space Telescopes and Instrumentation - Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Part of SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conference, JUL 17-22, 2022, Montreal, CANADA
Note
QC 20221121
Part of proceedings: ISBN 6-5344-3; 978-1-51978-1-51006-5343-6
2022-11-212022-11-212022-11-21Bibliographically approved