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most citedThe eROSITA X-ray telescope on SRG

884 citations · 1.5k across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

The SRG/eROSITA All-Sky Survey DR2: Cumulative X-ray catalogues from the first three surveys and multi-wavelength counterparts in the western Galactic hemisphere

M. E. Ramos-Ceja, G. Lamer, M. Salvato +111

The eROSITA telescope array on board the Spektrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission began its all-sky survey program in December 2019, scanning the sky at an approximately six-month cad…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 53 cited

First wide field-of-view X-ray observations by a lobster eye focusing telescope in orbit

C. Zhang, Z. X. Ling, X. J. Sun +75

As a novel X-ray focusing technology, lobster eye micro-pore optics (MPO) feature both a wide observing field of view and true imaging capability, promising sky monitoring with sig…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 18 cited

First light of BEaTriX, the new testing facility for the modular X-ray optics of the ATHENA mission

S. Basso, B. Salmaso, D. Spiga +35

The Beam Expander Testing X-ray facility (BEaTriX) is a unique X-ray apparatus now operated at the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB)…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 15 cited

X-ray performance of critical-angle transmission grating prototypes for the Arcus mission

Ralf K. Heilmann, Alexander R. Bruccoleri, Vadim Burwitz +12

Arcus is a proposed soft x-ray grating spectrometer Explorer. It aims to explore cosmic feedback by mapping hot gases within and between galaxies and galaxy clusters and characteri…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 3 cited

Toward volume manufacturing of high-performance soft x-ray critical-angle transmission gratings

Ralf K. Heilmann, Alexander R. Bruccoleri, Jungki Song +11

High-resolution () x-ray absorption and emission line spectroscopy in the soft x-ray band is a crucial diagnostic for the exploration of the properties of ubiquitou…

astro-ph.IM2020

Performance Testing of a Large-Format Reflection Grating Prototype for a Suborbital Rocket Payload

Benjamin D. Donovan, Randall L. McEntaffer, Casey T. DeRoo +8

The soft X-ray grating spectrometer on board the Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE) hopes to achieve the highest resolution soft X-ray spectrum of an astrophysical object w…