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The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission - eXTP: an update on its scientific cases, mission profile and development status
Authors: Zhang SN, Santangelo A, Xu YP, Feroci M, Hernanz M, Lu FJ, Chen Y, Feng H, Nandra K, Jiang WC, Svoboda J, Brandt S, Schanne S, in't Zand J, Michalska M, Bozzo E, Kalemci E, Agudo I, Ahangarianabhari M, Aitink-Kroes G, Ambrosi G, Ambrosino F, An ZH, Torres MAP, Antonelli M, Argan A, Babinec V, Baldini L, Barbera M, van Baren C, Baudin D, Bayer J, Bellazzini R, Bellutti P, Bertucci B, Bertuccio G, Bi XZ, Boezio M, Bonvicini V, Bonvicini W, Bordas P, Borghese A, Borghi G, Bouyjou F, Bozkurt A, Brez A, Brienza D, Cadoux F, Campana R, Cao JW, Cao XL, Casares J, Cavazzuti E, Ceraudo F, Chen TX, Chen W, Chen C, Chen YP, Chen X, Chen YH, Chenevez J, Cheng YD, Cirrincione D, Civitani M, Cong M, Zelati FC, Cui WW, Cui T, Cui W, Dai BY, Dauser T, De Angelis N, De Marco B, De Rosa A, Del Monte E, Di Cosimo S, Diebold S, Dilillo G, Ding F, Dohnal R, Dong ZF, Donnarumma I, Dovciak M, Du YY, Ducci L, Evangelista Y, Fan QM, Favre Y, Ferres P, Fiandrini E, Ficorella F, Fuschino F, Galvez JL, Gao N, Gao M, Ge YQ, Ge MY, Gevin O, Grassi M, Gu YD, Gu QY, Guan J, Guedel M, Han XB, Han DW, He HL, He JW, Hedderman P, den Herder JW, Hong B, Hormaetxe A, Hou DJ, Hu ZX, Hu H, Hu QB, Hu Y, Huang Y, Huang JJ, Huang QS, Huo J, Hynek R, Iwasawa K, Izzo L, Ji L, Jia SM, Jiang BW, Jiang W, Jiang JC, Jiang XW, Jiao Y, Jin G, Jin F, Jose J, Karas V, Kennedy T, Kirsch C, Kole M, Komarek M, Kreykenbohm I, Kuiper L, Kuvvetli I, Labanti C, Latronico L, Laubert P, Li T, Li LH, Li H, Li D, Li W, Li MS, Li G, Li XB, Li CK, Li B, Li HB, Liang H, Liao QY, Liao JY, Limousin O, Lin YJ, Linares M, Liu R, Liu YC, Liu ZH, Liu HW, Liu XJ, Liu XH, Lo Cicero U, Loehring J, Lombardi G, Lorenz M, Lu B, Lucchesi L, Luo T, Luo LD, Ma J, Ma X, Macera D, Malcovati P, Manfreda A, Paredes JM, Marinucci A, Martindale A, Meidinger N, Mele F, Mendes V, Meng B, Merkl M, Meuris A, Miniutti G, Minuti M, Morbidini A, Morgante G, Muleri F, Munini R, Mussolin L, Negri B, Nie JY, Novak P, Nowosielski W, Nuti A, Onat A, Orleanski P, Orsini L, Ottensamer R, Ou G, Pacciani L, Paltani S, Pan T, Pan K, Pareschi G, Patruno A, Pepponi G, Perinati E, Piazzolla R, Picciotto A, Piemonte C, Pinchera M, Pliego S, Poutanen J, Qi LQ, Qi FZ, Qiang PF, Qiao FJ, Qiao Z, Qiu XB, Qiu CB, Qu JL, Rachevski A, Rashevskaia I, Rea N, Ribo M, de la Rie R, Rodriguez J, Gil PR, Sala G, Schanz T, Serafinelli R, Sgro C, Shen ZX, Sheng LZ, Shi JY, Sironi G, Skup K, Song LM, Song ZY, Song JB, Spandre G, Spiga D, Su YQ, Sun L, Sungur M, Sveda L, Tagliaferri G, Tan Y, Tao L, Tcherniak D, Tenzer C, Todaro M, Tolos L, Torok G, Torres DF, Trois A, Turhan O, Uttley P, Vacchi A, Virgilli E, Vogel C, Walton D, Wang J, Wang XQ, Wang B, Wang LP, Wang XF, Wang DL, Wang YS, Wang J, Wang H, Wang RJ, Wang P, Wang LJ, Wang WS, Wang T, Wang HY, Wang ZS, Watts AL, Wen XY, Wilms J, Winter B, Wu X, Wu C, Wu ZY, Wu Q, Wu KJ, Xiong H, Xiong SL, Xu W, Xu Z, Xu JJ, Xu XW, Xue JD, Yan YQ, Yan XT, Yang XH, Yang YJ, Yang XT, Yang S, Yang JW, Yang YQ, Yi SX, Yu YG, Yu K, Zampa G, Zampa N, Zane S, Zdziarski AA, Zhang L, Zhang S, Zhang WD, Zhang XL, Zhang Z, Zhang JW, Zhang F, Zhang ZL, Zhang DL, Zhang HL, Zhang AM, Zhang T, Zhang HM, Zhang J, Zhang L, Zhang YT, Zhao L, Zhao BS, Zhao ZJ, Zhao XF, Zhao HS, Zhao XY, Zheng SJ, Zhou YP, Zhou XH, Zhu JH, Zhu YX, Zhu C, Zhu ZC, Zorzi N, Zwart F
Editors: Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Shouleh Nikzad, Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Conference name: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
Publisher: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA
Publication year: 2022
Journal: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Book title : Proceedings of SPIE: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Journal name in source: SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2022: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY
Journal acronym: PROC SPIE
Article number: 121811W
Series title: Proceedings of SPIE : the International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume: 12181
First page : 121811W
Number of pages: 30
ISSN: 0277-786X
eISSN: 1996-756X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629340
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629340
The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission (eXTP) is a flagship observatory for X-ray timing, spectroscopy and polarimetry developed by an International Consortium. Thanks to its very large collecting area, good spectral resolution and unprecedented polarimetry capabilities, eXTP will explore the properties of matter and the propagation of light in the most extreme conditions found in the Universe. eXTP will, in addition, be a powerful X-ray observatory. The mission will continuously monitor the X-ray sky, and will enable multi-wavelength and multi-messenger studies. The mission is currently in phase B, which will be completed in the middle of 2022.