Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1995 · 40 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsCosmologyX-ray AstronomyX-ray DetectionX-ray OpticsX-ray SpectroscopyAstronomical X-ray DetectionDispersive SpectroscopyHigh-resolution ImagingHigh-resolution X-ray SpectroscopyX-ray Imaging Physics
The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) is the x-ray component of NASA's Great Observatories. To be launched in late 1998, AXAF will provide unprecedented capabilities for high-resolution imaging, spectrometric imaging, and high-resolution dispersive spectroscopy, over the x-ray band from about 0.1 keV to 10 keV. With these capabilities, AXAF observations will address many of the outstanding questions in astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology.