Lynx Mission concept status

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Lynx is a concept under study for prioritization in the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey. Providing orders of magnitude increase in sensitivity over Chandra, Lynx will examine the first black holes and their galaxies, map the large-scale structure and galactic halos, and shed new light on the environments of young stars and their planetary systems. In order to meet the Lynx science goals, the telescope consists of a high-angular resolution optical assembly complemented by an instrument suite that may include a High Definition X-ray Imager, X-ray Microcalorimeter and an X-ray Grating Spectrometer. The telescope is integrated onto the spacecraft to form a comprehensive observatory concept. Progress on the formulation of the Lynx telescope and observatory configuration is reported in this paper.

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1. Jessica A. Gaskin, Ryan Allured, Simon R. Bandler, Stefano Basso, Marshall W. Bautz, Michael F. Baysinger, Michael P. Biskach, Tyrone M. Boswell, Peter D. Capizzo, Kai-Wing Chan, Marta M. Civitani, Lester M. Cohen, Vincenzo Cotroneo, Jacqueline M. Davis, Casey T. DeRoo, Michael J. DiPirro, Alexandra Dominguez, Leo L. Fabisinski, Abraham D. Falcone, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Jay C. Garcia, Karen E. Gelmis, Ralf K. Heilmann, Randall C. Hopkins, Thomas Jackson, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Ralph P. Kraft, Tianning Liu, Ryan S. McClelland, Randy L. McEntaffer, Kevin S. McCarley, John A. Mulqueen, Feryal Özel, Giovanni Pareschi, Paul B. Reid, Raul E. Riveros, Mitchell A. Rodriguez, Justin W. Rowe, Timo T. Saha, Mark L. Schattenburg, Andrew R. Schnell, Daniel A. Schwartz, Peter M. Solly, Robert M. Suggs, Steven G. Sutherlin, Douglas A. Swartz, Susan Trolier-McKinstry, James H. Tutt, Alexey Vikhlinin, Julian Walker, Wonsik Yoon, William W. Zhang, "Lynx Mission concept status", Proc. SPIE 10397, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XX, 103970S (19 September 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2273911; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2273911
2. 0277-786X
3. 10.1117/12.2273911
4. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626501
5. http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626501
6. 1996-756X
7. UV, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY SPACE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY XX

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Lynx X-ray Observatory

X-ray Surveyor

Large Mission Concept

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/626501
Date	19 September 2017
Creators	Gaskin, Jessica A., Allured, Ryan, Baysinger, Michael F., Capizzo, Peter D., Civitani, Marta M., DeRoo, Casey T., DiPirro, Michael J., Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali, Garcia, Jay C., Heilmann, Ralf K., Hopkins, Randall C., Jackson, Thomas, Kilaru, Kiranmayee, Liu, Tianning, McClelland, Ryan S., McEntaffer, Randy L., McCarley, Kevin S., Mulqueen, John A., Reid, Paul B., Saha, Timo T., Schattenburg, Mark L., Schwartz, Daniel A., Solly, Peter M., Suggs, Robert M., Sutherlin, Steven G., Trolier-McKinstry, Susan, Tutt, James H., Bandler, Simon R., Basso, Stefano, Bautz, Marshall W., Biskach, Michael P., Boswell, Tyrone M., Chan, Kai-Wing, Cohen, Lester M., Cotroneo, Vincenzo, Davis, Jacqueline M., Dominguez, Alexandra, Fabisinski, Leo L., Falcone, Abraham D., Gelmis, Karen E., Kraft, Ralph P., Özel, Feryal, Pareschi, Giovanni, Riveros, Raul E., Rodriguez, Mitchell A., Rowe, Justin W., Schnell, Andrew R., Swartz, Douglas A., Vikhlinin, Alexey, Walker, Julian, Yoon, Wonsik, Zhang, William W.
Contributors	Univ Arizona, Steward Observ
Publisher	SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Source Sets	University of Arizona
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article
Rights	© (2017) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
Relation	https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/10397/2273911/Lynx-Mission-concept-status/10.1117/12.2273911.full