Scientific Productivity with X-ray All-Sky Monitors
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2009-03-19 v1 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
We outline scientific objectives for monitoring X-ray sources and transients with wide-angle, coded mask cameras. It is now possible to instantaneously view half of the sky over long time intervals, gaining access to events of extraordinary interest. Solid state detectors can raise the quality of data products for bright sources to levels associated with pointed instruments. There are diverse ways to advance high energy astrophysics and quantitative applications for general relativity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0903.3195,
title = {Scientific Productivity with X-ray All-Sky Monitors},
author = {Ronald A. Remillard and Alan M. Levine and Jeffrey E. McClintock},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.3195},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 2 figures, white paper for NASA Astronomy & Astrophysics Decadal Survey 2010