Simbol-X: A Formation Flight Mission with an Unprecedented Imaging Capability in the 0.5-80 Kev Energy Band

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dc.creatorTagliaferri, Gianpiero
dc.creatorFerrando, Philippe
dc.creatorDuigou, Jean-Michel Le
dc.creatorPareschi, Giovanni
dc.creatorLaurent, Philippe
dc.creatorMalaguti, Giuseppe
dc.creatorCledassou, Rodolphe
dc.creatorPiermaria, Mauro
dc.creatorLa Marle, Olivier
dc.creatorFiore, Fabrizio
dc.creatorGiommi, Paolo
dc.date2008-10-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:12:01Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:12:01Z
dc.descriptionThe discovery of X-ray emission from cosmic sources in the 1960s has opened a new powerful observing window on the Universe. In fact, the exploration of the X-ray sky during the 70s-90s has established X-ray astronomy as a fundamental field of astrophysics. Today, the emission from astrophysical sources is by large best known at energies below 10 keV. The main reason for this situation is purely technical since grazing incidence reflection has so far been limited to the soft X-ray band. Above 10 keV all the observations have been obtained with collimated detectors or coded mask instruments. To make a leap step forward in X-ray astronomy above 10 keV it is necessary to extend the principle of focusing X ray optics to higher energies, up to 80 keV and beyond. To this end, ASI and CNES are presently studying the implementation of a X-ray mission called Simbol-X. Taking advantage of emerging technology in mirror manufacturing and spacecraft formation flying, Simbol-X will push grazing incidence imaging up to 80 keV and beyond, providing a strong improvement both in sensitivity and angular resolution compared to all instruments that have operated so far above 10 keV. This technological breakthrough will open a new high-energy window in astrophysics and cosmology. Here we will address the problematic of the development for such a distributed and deformable instrument. We will focus on the main performances of the telescope, like angular resolution, sensitivity and source localization. We will also describe the specificity of the calibration aspects of the payload distributed over two satellites and therefore in a not "frozen" configuration.
dc.description7 pages, 5 figures, Invited talk at the ICSO conference, Toulouse, October 2008
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0810.3683
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0810.3683
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/172045
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSimbol-X: A Formation Flight Mission with an Unprecedented Imaging Capability in the 0.5-80 Kev Energy Band
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