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ART: Surveying the Local Universe at 2-11 keVThe Astronomical Rontgen Telescope (ART) is a medium-energy x-ray telescope system proposed for the Russian-led mission Spectrum Rontgen-Gamma (SRG). Optimized for performance over the 2-11-keV band, ART complements the softer response of the SRG prime instrument-the German eROSITA x-ray telescope system. The anticipated number of ART detections is 50,000-with 1,000 heavily-obscured (N(sub H)> 3x10(exp 23)/sq cm) AGN-in the SRG 4-year all-sky survey, plus a comparable number in deeper wide-field (500 deg(sup 2) total) surveys. ART's surveys will provide a minimally-biased, nearly-complete census of the local Universe in the medium-energy x-ray band (including Fe-K lines), at CCD spectral resolution. During long (approx.100-ks) pointed observations, ART can obtain statistically significant spectral data up to about 15 keY for bright sources and medium-energy x-ray continuum and Fe-K-line spectra of AGN detected with the contemporaneous NuSTAR hard-x-ray mission.
Document ID
20080023313
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
O'Dell, S. L. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Ramsey, B. D. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Adams, M. L. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Brandt, W. N. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Bubarev, M. V. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Hassinger, G. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Pravlinski, M. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Predehl, P. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Romaine, S. E. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Swartz, D. A. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Urry, C. M. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Vikhlinin, A. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Weisskopf, M. C. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
March 31, 2008
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: HEAD 2008: High-Energy Astrophysics Division Head of the American Astronomical Society
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: March 31, 2008
End Date: April 3, 2008
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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