The Dynamic X-ray Sky of the Local Universe

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dc.creatorSoderberg, Alicia M.
dc.creatorGrindlay, Jonathan E.
dc.creatorBloom, Joshua S.
dc.creatorGezari, Suvi
dc.creatorPiro, Anthony L.
dc.creatorBelloni, Tomaso
dc.creatorLiu, Jifeng
dc.creatorPaizis, Ada
dc.creatorBerger, Edo
dc.creatorCoppi, Paolo
dc.creatorKawai, Nobu
dc.creatorGehrels, Neil
dc.creatorMetzger, Brian
dc.creatorAllen, Branden
dc.creatorBarret, Didier
dc.creatorBazzano, Angela
dc.creatorBignami, Giovanni
dc.creatorCaraveo, Patrizia
dc.creatorCorbel, Stephane
dc.creatorDe Luca, Andrea
dc.creatorDrake, Jeremy
dc.creatorFabbiano, Pepi
dc.creatorFinger, Mark
dc.creatorFeroci, Marco
dc.creatorHartmann, Dieter
dc.creatorHong, JaeSub
dc.creatorJernigan, Garrett
dc.creatorKaaret, Philip
dc.creatorKouveliotou, Chryssa
dc.creatorKutyrev, Alexander
dc.creatorLoeb, Avi
dc.creatorPareschi, Giovanni
dc.creatorSkinner, Gerry
dc.creatorDi Stefano, Rosanne
dc.creatorTagliaferri, Gianpiero
dc.creatorUbertini, Pietro
dc.creatorvan der Klis, Michiel
dc.creatorWilson-Hodge, Colleen A.
dc.date2009-02-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:45:25Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:45:25Z
dc.descriptionOver the next decade, we can expect time domain astronomy to flourish at optical and radio wavelengths. In parallel with these efforts, a dedicated transient "machine" operating at higher energies (X-ray band through soft gamma-rays) is required to reveal the unique subset of events with variable emission predominantly visible above 100 eV. Here we focus on the transient phase space never yet sampled due to the lack of a sensitive, wide-field and triggering facility dedicated exclusively to catching high energy transients and enabling rapid coordinated multi-wavelength follow-up. We first describe the advancements in our understanding of known X-ray transients that can only be enabled through such a facility and then focus on the classes of transients theoretically predicted to be out of reach of current detection capabilities. Finally there is the exciting opportunity of revealing new classes of X-ray transients and unveiling their nature through coordinated follow-up observations at longer wavelengths.
dc.description8 pages, 2 figures; White Paper submitted to the Astro2010 SSE panel
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3674
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0902.3674
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/221075
dc.subjectHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
dc.titleThe Dynamic X-ray Sky of the Local Universe
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