Science with the constellation-X observatory
- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 662, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 (United States)
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
The Constellation X-ray Mission is a high throughput X-ray facility emphasizing observations at high spectral resolution (E/{delta}E{approx}300-3000), and broad energy bandpass (0.25-40 keV). Constellation-X will provide a factor of nearly 100 increase in sensitivity over current high resolution X-ray spectroscopy missions. It is the X-ray astronomy equivalent of large ground-based optical telescopes such as the Keck Observatory and the ESO Very Large Telescope. When observations commence toward the end of next decade, Constellation-X will address many fundamental astrophysics questions such as: the formation and evolution of clusters of galaxies; constraining the baryon content of the Universe; determining the spin and mass of supermassive black holes in AGN; and probing strong gravity in the vicinity of black holes.
- OSTI ID:
- 21205346
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 470, Issue 1; Conference: 9. astrophysics conference: After the dark ages, when galaxies were young (the Universe at 2<Z<5), College Park, MD (United States), 12-14 Oct 1998; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.58631; (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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