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Xenia: A Probe of Cosmic Chemical EvolutionXenia is a concept study for a medium-size astrophysical cosmology mission addressing the Cosmic Origins key objective of NASA's Science Plan. The fundamental goal of this objective is to understand the formation and evolution of structures on various scales from the early Universe to the present time (stars, galaxies and the cosmic web). Xenia will use X-and y-ray monitoring and wide field X-ray imaging and high-resolution spectroscopy to collect essential information from three major tracers of these cosmic structures: the Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM), Galaxy Clusters and Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs). Our goal is to trace the chemo-dynamical history of the ubiquitous warm hot diffuse baryon component in the Universe residing in cosmic filaments and clusters of galaxies up to its formation epoch (at z =0-2) and to map star formation and galaxy metal enrichment into the re-ionization era beyond z ~ 6. The concept of Xenia (Greek for "hospitality") evolved in parallel with the Explorer of Diffuse Emission and GRB Explosions (EDGE), a mission proposed by a multinational collaboration to the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015. Xenia incorporates the European and Japanese collaborators into a U.S. led mission that builds on the scientific objectives and technological readiness of EDGE.
Document ID
20080023314
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Kouveliotou, Chryssa
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Piro, L.
(INAF Rome, Italy)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
March 31, 2008
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society (HEAD)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: March 31, 2008
End Date: April 3, 2008
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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