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20222026
most citedOverview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)

77 citations · 77 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

NASA ASTRA White Paper : A Chandra Successor in the 2030s

C. S. Reynolds, E. Hodges-Kluck, E. A. Kara +19

Chandra established that soft X-ray spectral imaging with approximately 1 arcsec angular resolution is an essential tool for almost every area of astrophysics, from the early Unive…

physics.ins-det2024

X-ray spectral performance of the Sony IMX290 CMOS sensor near Fano limit after a per-pixel gain calibration

Benjamin Schneider, Gregory Prigozhin, Richard F. Foster +10

The advent of back-illuminated complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensors and their well-known advantages over charge-coupled devices (CCDs) make them an attractive tec…

astro-ph.IM2024

Continued developments in X-ray speed reading: fast, low noise readout for next-generation wide-field imagers

Sven Herrmann, Peter Orel, Tanmoy Chattopadhyay +12

Future strategic X-ray astronomy missions will require unprecedentedly sensitive wide-field imagers providing high frame rates, low readout noise and excellent soft energy response…

astro-ph.IM2024

Demonstrating sub-electron noise performance in Single electron Sensitive Readout (SiSeRO) devices

Tanmoy Chattopadhyay, Sven Herrmann, Peter Orel +14

Single electron Sensitive Read Out (SiSeRO) is a novel on-chip charge detection technology that can, in principle, provide significantly greater responsivity and improved noise per…

astro-ph.IM2024

Curved detectors for future X-ray astrophysics missions

Eric D. Miller, James A. Gregory, Marshall W. Bautz +17

Future X-ray astrophysics missions will survey large areas of the sky with unparalleled sensitivity, enabled by lightweight, high-resolution optics. These optics inherently produce…

astro-ph.HE2023

ZWCL 1856.8 : A rare double radio relic system captured within NuSTAR and Chandra field of view

Ayşegül Tümer, Daniel R. Wik, Gerrit Schellenberger +2

Observations of galaxy cluster mergers provide insights on the particle acceleration and heating mechanisms taking place within the intracluster medium. Mergers form shocks that pr…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 77 cited

Overview of the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)

Christopher S. Reynolds, Erin A. Kara, Richard F. Mushotzky +40

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a Probe-class concept that will build on the legacy of the Chandra X-ray Observatory by providing low-background, arcsecond-resolutio…

astro-ph.IM2023

Gas clumping in the outskirts of galaxy clusters, an assessment of the sensitivity of STAR-X

Christian T. Norseth, Daniel R. Wik, John A. ZuHone +3

In the outskirts of galaxy clusters, entropy profiles measured from X-ray observations of the hot intracluster medium (ICM) drops off unexpectedly. One possible explanation for thi…

astro-ph.IM2023

Arcus X-ray telescope performance and alignment

Hans Moritz Günther, Peter Cheimets, Eric D. Miller +4

Arcus is a concept for a probe class mission to deliver high-resolution FUV and X-ray spectroscopy. For X-rays, it combines cost-effective silicon pore optics (SPO) with high-throu…

astro-ph.IM2023

The high-speed X-ray camera on AXIS

Eric D. Miller, Marshall W. Bautz, Catherine E. Grant +15

AXIS is a Probe-class mission concept that will provide high-throughput, high-spatial-resolution X-ray spectral imaging, enabling transformative studies of high-energy astrophysica…

astro-ph.IM2022

Reducing the background in X-ray imaging detectors via machine learning

D. R. Wilkins, S. W. Allen, E. D. Miller +9

The sensitivity of astronomical X-ray detectors is limited by the instrumental background. The background is especially important when observing low surface brightness sources that…