The Simbol-X Mission

Journal Article · Mon May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3149459· OSTI ID:21304891

Ferrando, P; Goldwurm, A; Laurent, P; Lebrun, F ^[1]; Arnaud, M ^[2]; Briel, U ^[3]; Cavazzuti, E; Giommi, P; Piermaria, M ^[4]; Cledassou, R; Counil, J L; Lamarle, O ^[5]; Fiore, F ^[6]; Malaguti, G ^[7]; Mereghetti, S ^[8]; Micela, G ^[9]; Pareschi, G; Tagliaferri, G ^[10]; Roques, J P ^[11]; Santangelo, A ^[12]

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1. CEA/DSM/Irfu/SAp, CEA/Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, and Laboratoire APC, Paris (France)
2. CEA/DSM/Irfu/Sap and Laboratoire AIM, CEA/Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)
3. Max Planck Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, 85748 Garching (Germany)
4. ASI Science Data Center, ASDC c/o ESRIN, via Galilei, 00044 Frascati (Italy)
5. CNES, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31041 Toulouse Cedex (France)
6. INAF, Osservat. Astron. di Roma, via E. Frascati 33, 00040 Monteporzio (Italy)
7. INAF, Istit. di Astrof. Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna (Italy)
8. INAF, Istit. di Astrof. Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano, Via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano (Italy)
9. INAF, Osservat. Astron. di Palermo, Palazzo dei Normanni, 90134 Palermo (Italy)
10. INAF, Osservat. Astron. di Brera, via Bianchi 46, 23807 Merate (Italy)
11. CESR, 9 avenue du Colonel Roche, BP 4346, 31028 Toulouse Cedex (France)
12. Inst. fuer Astron. und Astroph., Univ. Tuebingen, Sand 1, 72076 Tuebingen (Germany)

The elucidation of key questions in astrophysics, in particular those related to black hole physics and census, and to particle acceleration mechanisms, necessitates to develop new observational capabilities in the hard X-ray domain with performances several orders of magnitude better than presently available. Relying on two spacecrafts in a formation flying configuration, Simbol-X will provide the world-wide astrophysics community with a single optics long focal length telescope. This observatory will have unrivaled performances in the hard X-ray domain, up to {approx}80 keV, as well as very good characteristics in the soft X-ray domain, down to {approx}0.5 keV. The Simbol-X mission has successfully passed a phase A study, jointly conducted by CNES and ASI, with the participation of German laboratories. It is now entering phase B studies with the participation of new international partners, for a launch in 2015. We give in this paper a general overview of the mission, as consolidated at the start of phase B.

• OSTI ID: 21304891
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1126, Issue 1; Conference: 2. international Simbol-X symposium, Paris (France), 2-5 Dec 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3149459; (c) 2009 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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79 ASTROPHYSICS
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
ACCELERATION
ACCRETION DISKS
ASTROPHYSICS
BACKGROUND RADIATION
BLACK HOLES
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
GALAXY CLUSTERS
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
HARD X RADIATION
KEV RANGE
PERFORMANCE
SOFT X RADIATION
TELESCOPE COUNTERS
X-RAY DETECTION