STROBE-X Mission Overview

arXiv (Cornell University)

Abstract

We give an overview of the science objectives and mission design of the Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X) observatory, which has been proposed as a NASA probe-class (~$1.5B) mission in response to the Astro2020 recommendation for an X-ray probe.

Authors 52

1. Paul S. Ray

   United States Naval Research Laboratory · Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division

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   Space Science Division , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , Washington , DC 20375 USA

2. P. W. A. Roming

   Southwest Research Institute

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   Southwest Research Institute , San Antonio , TX 78238 USA

3. Andrea Argan

   Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology · National Institute for Astrophysics

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   INAF -Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali , 00133 , Roma , ITALY,

4. Zaven Arzoumanian

   Goddard Space Flight Center

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   NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center , Greenbelt , MD 20771 USA

5. D. R. Ballantyne

   Georgia Institute of Technology

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   Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , GA 30332 , USA

6. Slavko Bogdanov

   Columbia University

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   Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory , Columbia University , New York , NY 10027 USA

7. V. Bonvicini

   Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste

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   Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) , Trieste TS , Italy

8. T. J. Brandt Aachen SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research

   Space Research Organisation Netherlands

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   SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research , Niels Bohrweg 4 , 2333 CA Leiden , The Netherlands

9. Michal Bursa

   Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute

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   Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Boční II 1401 , 14100 Prague , Czech Republic

10. Edward M. Cackett

    Wayne State University

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    Department of Physics & Astronomy , Wayne State University , Detroit , MI 48201 , USA

11. Deepto Chakrabarty

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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    Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA 02139 USA

12. M. Christophersen

    United States Naval Research Laboratory · Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division

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    Space Science Division , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , Washington , DC 20375 USA

13. Kathleen Coderre
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    Lockheed Martin Co

14. Gianluigi De Geronimo
15. Ettore Del Monte
16. Alessandra DeRosa

    Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology · National Institute for Astrophysics

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    INAF -Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali , 00133 , Roma , ITALY,

17. H. Dietz
    Affiliation as printed

    Lockheed Martin Co

18. Yuri Evangelista

    Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology · National Institute for Astrophysics

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    INAF -Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali , 00133 , Roma , ITALY,

19. Marco Feroci

    Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology · National Institute for Astrophysics

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    INAF -Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali , 00133 , Roma , ITALY,

20. Cynthia S. Froning

    Southwest Research Institute

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    Southwest Research Institute , San Antonio , TX 78238 USA

21. Chris L. Fryer

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

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    Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , NM , United States , 87545 USA

22. Keith C. Gendreau

    Goddard Space Flight Center

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    NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center , Greenbelt , MD 20771 USA

23. Adam M. Goldstein

    Universities Space Research Association

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    Universities Space Research Association , Huntsville , AL 35805 , USA

24. Anthony H. Gonzalez

    University of Florida

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    Department of Astronomy , University of Florida , Gainesville , FL 32611 , USA

25. Margarita Hernanz

    Institute of Space Sciences

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    Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) and IEEC , Campus UAB , Carrer de Can Magrans s/n , 08193 Bellaterra ( Barcelona ), Spain

26. Anthony L. Hutcheson

    United States Naval Research Laboratory · Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division

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    Space Science Division , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , Washington , DC 20375 USA

27. J. J. M. in ’t Zand
28. Peter Jenke

    University of Alabama in Huntsville

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    University of Alabama in Huntsville , Huntsville , AL 35805 , USA

29. J. A. Kennea

    Pennsylvania State University

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    Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , PA 16802 , USA

30. Nicole Lloyd-Ronning

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

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    Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , NM , United States , 87545 USA

31. Thomas J. Maccarone

    Texas Tech University

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    Department of Physics & Astronomy , Texas Tech University , Lubbock , TX , 79409 , USA

32. Craig B. Markwardt

    Goddard Space Flight Center

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    NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center , Greenbelt , MD 20771 USA

33. Małgorzata Michalska

    Centrum Badań Kosmicznych

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    Space Research Center , Polish Academy of Sciences , Warszawa , Poland

34. Takashi Okajima

    Goddard Space Flight Center

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    NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center , Greenbelt , MD 20771 USA

35. Alessandro Patruno

    Institute of Space Sciences

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    Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) and IEEC , Campus UAB , Carrer de Can Magrans s/n , 08193 Bellaterra ( Barcelona ), Spain

36. Steven C. Persyn

    Southwest Research Institute

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    Southwest Research Institute , San Antonio , TX 78238 USA

37. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

    University of New Hampshire

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    Department of Physics and Astronomy , University of New Hampshire , Durham , NH 03824 USA

38. Jillian Redfern

    Southwest Research Institute

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    Southwest Research Institute , San Antonio , TX 78238 USA

39. Ronald A. Remillard

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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    Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research , Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge , MA 02139 USA

40. Andrea E. Santangelo

    University of Tübingen

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    Eberhard Karls Universität , Tübingen , GERMANY

41. Carl L. Schwendeman

    Southwest Research Institute

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    Southwest Research Institute , San Antonio , TX 78238 USA

42. Clio Sleator

    United States Naval Research Laboratory · Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division

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    Space Science Division , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , Washington , DC 20375 USA

43. James F. Steiner

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

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    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics , Cambridge , MA 02138 USA

44. Tod E. Strohmayer

    Goddard Space Flight Center

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    NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center , Greenbelt , MD 20771 USA

45. Jiří Svoboda

    Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute

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    Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Boční II 1401 , 14100 Prague , Czech Republic

46. Christopher Tenzer

    University of Tübingen

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    Eberhard Karls Universität , Tübingen , GERMANY

47. R. S. Warwick
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    Lockheed Martin Co

48. Anna L. Watts

    University of Amsterdam

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    Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy , University of Amsterdam , 1090GE Amsterdam , The Netherlands

49. C. Wilson‐Hodge

    Marshall Space Flight Center

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    Astrophysics Branch , NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center , Huntsville , AL 35812 , USA

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50. Xin Wu

    University of Geneva

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    Department of Nuclear and Particle Physics , University of Geneva , Geneva , CH , Switzerland

51. Eric A. Wulf

    United States Naval Research Laboratory · Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division

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    Space Science Division , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory , Washington , DC 20375 USA

52. Gianluigi Zampa

    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste

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    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) , Trieste TS , Italy