The Very Local Universe in X-rays

Ptak, A.; Feigelson, E.; Chu, Y. -H.; Kuntz, K.; Zezas, A.; Snowden, S.; de Martino, D.; Trinchieri, G.; Fabbiano, G.; Forman, W.; Tagliaferri, G.; Giacconi, R.; Murray, S.; Allen, S.; Bautz, M.; Borgani, S.; Brandt, N.; Campana, S.; Donahue, M.; Flannagan, K.; Gilli, R.; Jones, C.; Miller, N.; Pareschi, G.; Rosati, P.; Schneider, D.; Tozzi, P.; Vikhlinin, A.

The Very Local Universe in X-rays

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While the exceptional sensitivity of Chandra and XMM-Newton has resulted in revolutionary studies of the Galactic neighborhood in the soft (<10 keV) X-ray band, there are many open questions. We discuss these issues and how they would be addressed by very wide-area (> 100 sq. deg.) X-ray surveys.
8 pages, Astro2010 Science White paper. Full-resolution version available at http://wfxt.pha.jhu.edu