2009/02/24 by A. Ptak, E. Feigelson, Ptak, A. +62 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0902.4239
8 pages, Astro2010 Science White paper. Full-resolution version available at http://wfxt.pha.jhu.edu
arxiv created 2009/02/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
While the exceptional sensitivity of Chandra and XMM-Newton has resulted in revolutionary studies of the Galactic neighborhood in the soft (<10 keV) X-ray band, there are many open questions. We discuss these issues and how they would be addressed by very wide-area (> 100 sq. deg.) X-ray surveys.