TY - GEN
T1 - The Lynx X-ray Observatory
T2 - Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
AU - Gaskin, Jessica A.
AU - Dominguez, Alexandra
AU - Gelmis, Karen
AU - Mulqueena, John Jack
AU - Swartz, Douglas
AU - McCarley, Kevin
AU - Özel, Feryal
AU - Vikhlinin, Alexey
AU - Schwartz, Daniel
AU - Tananbaum, Harvey
AU - Blackwood, Gary
AU - Arenberg, Jonathan
AU - Purcell, William
AU - Allen, Lynn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 SPIE.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Lynx, one of four strategic mission concepts under study for the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey, will provide leaps in capability over previous and planned X-ray missions, and will provide synergistic observations in the 2030s to a multitude of space- and ground-based observatories across all wavelengths. Lynx will have orders of magnitude improvement in sensitivity, on-axis sub-arcsecond imaging with arcsecond angular resolution over a large field of view, and high-resolution spectroscopy for point-like and extended sources. The Lynx architecture enables a broad range of unique and compelling science, to be carried out mainly through a General Observer Program. This Program is envisioned to include detecting the very first supermassive black holes, revealing the high-energy drivers of galaxy and structure formation, characterizing the mechanisms that govern stellar activity - including effects on planet habitability, and exploring the highest redshift galaxy clusters. An overview and status of the Lynx concept are summarized.
AB - Lynx, one of four strategic mission concepts under study for the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey, will provide leaps in capability over previous and planned X-ray missions, and will provide synergistic observations in the 2030s to a multitude of space- and ground-based observatories across all wavelengths. Lynx will have orders of magnitude improvement in sensitivity, on-axis sub-arcsecond imaging with arcsecond angular resolution over a large field of view, and high-resolution spectroscopy for point-like and extended sources. The Lynx architecture enables a broad range of unique and compelling science, to be carried out mainly through a General Observer Program. This Program is envisioned to include detecting the very first supermassive black holes, revealing the high-energy drivers of galaxy and structure formation, characterizing the mechanisms that govern stellar activity - including effects on planet habitability, and exploring the highest redshift galaxy clusters. An overview and status of the Lynx concept are summarized.
KW - 2020 Astrophysics Decadal
KW - Lynx X-ray Observatory
KW - Strategic Mission Concept
KW - X-Ray Astronomy
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U2 - 10.1117/12.2314149
DO - 10.1117/12.2314149
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85051856654
SN - 9781510619517
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018
A2 - Nikzad, Shouleh
A2 - Den Herder, Jan-Willem A.
A2 - Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
PB - SPIE
Y2 - 10 June 2018 through 15 June 2018
ER -