X-rays Studies of the Solar System
Abstract
X-ray observatories contribute fundamental advances in Solar System studies by probing Sun-object interactions, developing planet and satellite surface composition maps, probing global magnetospheric dynamics, and tracking astrochemical reactions. Despite these crucial results, the technological limitations of current X-ray instruments hinder the overall scope and impact for broader scientific application of X-ray observations both now and in the coming decade. Implementation of modern advances in X-ray optics will provide improvements in effective area, spatial resolution, and spectral resolution for future instruments. These improvements will usher in a truly transformative era of Solar System science through the study of X-ray emission.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1903.02574,
title = {X-rays Studies of the Solar System},
author = {Bradford Snios and William R. Dunn and Carey M. Lisse and Graziella Branduardi-Raymont and Konrad Dennerl and Anil Bhardwaj and G. Randall Gladstone and Susan Nulsen and Dennis Bodewits and Caitriona M. Jackman and Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez and Emma J. Bunce and Michael R. Combi and Thomas E. Cravens and Renata S. Cumbee and Jeremy J. Drake and Ronald F. Elsner and Denis Grodent and Jae Sub Hong and Vasili Kharchenko and Ralph P. Kraft and Joan P. Marler and Sofia P. Moschou and Patrick D. Mullen and Scott J. Wolk and Zhonghua Yao},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.02574},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
White paper submitted to Astro2020, the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey