The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission—eXTP
- Authors: Zhang, ShuangNan; Santangelo, Andrea; Feroci, Marco; Xu, YuPeng; Lu, FangJun; Chen, Yong; Feng, Hua; Zhang, Shu; Brandt, Søren; Hernanz, Margarita; Baldini, Luca; Bozzo, Enrico; Campana, Riccardo; De Rosa, Alessandra; Dong, YongWei; Evangelista, Yuri; Karas, Vladimir; Meidinger, Norbert; Meuris, Aline; Nandra, Kirpal; Pan, Teng; Pareschi, Giovanni; Orleanski, Piotr; Huang, QiuShi; Schanne, Stephane; Sironi, Giorgia; Spiga, Daniele; Svoboda, Jiri; Tagliaferri, Gianpiero; Tenzer, Christoph; Vacchi, Andrea; Zane, Silvia; Walton, Dave; Wang, ZhanShan; Winter, Berend; Wu, Xin; in’ t Zand, Jean J. M.; Ahangarianabhari, Mahdi; Ambrosi, Giovanni; Ambrosino, Filippo; Barbera, Marco; Basso, Stefano; Bayer, Jörg; Bellazzini, Ronaldo; Bellutti, Pierluigi; Bertucci, Bruna; Bertuccio, Giuseppe; Borghi, Giacomo; Cao, XueLei; Cadoux, Franck; Campana, Riccardo; Ceraudo, Francesco; Chen, TianXiang; Chen, YuPeng; Chevenez, Jerome; Civitani, Marta; Cui, Wei; Cui, WeiWei; Dauser, Thomas; Del Monte, Ettore; Di Cosimo, Sergio; Diebold, Sebastian; Doroshenko, Victor; Dovciak, Michal; Du, YuanYuan; Ducci, Lorenzo; Fan, QingMei; Favre, Yannick; Fuschino, Fabio; Gálvez, José Luis; Gao, Min; Ge, MingYu; Gevin, Olivier; Grassi, Marco; Gu, QuanYing; Gu, YuDong; Han, DaWei; Hong, Bin; Hu, Wei; Ji, Long; Jia, ShuMei; Jiang, WeiChun; Kennedy, Thomas; Kreykenbohm, Ingo; Kuvvetli, Irfan; Labanti, Claudio; Latronico, Luca; Li, Gang; Li, MaoShun; Li, Xian; Li, Wei; Li, ZhengWei; Limousin, Olivier; Liu, HongWei; Liu, XiaoJing; Lu, Bo; Luo, Tao; Macera, Daniele; Malcovati, Piero; Martindale, Adrian; Michalska, Malgorzata; Meng, Bin; Minuti, Massimo; Morbidini, Alfredo; Muleri, Fabio; Paltani, Stephane; Perinati, Emanuele; Picciotto, Antonino; Piemonte, Claudio; Qu, JinLu; Rachevski, Alexandre; Rashevskaya, Irina; Rodriguez, Jerome; Schanz, Thomas; Shen, ZhengXiang; Sheng, LiZhi; Song, JiangBo; Song, LiMing; Sgro, Carmelo; Sun, Liang; Tan, Ying; Uttley, Phil; Wang, Bo; Wang, DianLong; Wang, GuoFeng; Wang, Juan; Wang, LangPing; Wang, YuSa; Watts, Anna L.; Wen, XiangYang; Wilms, Jörn; Xiong, ShaoLin; Yang, JiaWei; Yang, Sheng; Yang, YanJi; Yu, Nian; Zhang, WenDa; Zampa, Gianluigi; Zampa, Nicola; Zdziarski, Andrzej A.; Zhang, AiMei; Zhang, ChengMo; Zhang, Fan; Zhang, Long; Zhang, Tong; Zhang, Yi; Zhang, XiaoLi; Zhang, ZiLiang; Zhao, BaoSheng; Zheng, ShiJie; Zhou, YuPeng; Zorzi, Nicola; Zwart, J. Frans
- Publication year: 2019
- Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/357251
Abstract
In this paper we present the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission-eXTP. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of density, gravity and magnetism. The mission aims at determining the equation of state of matter at supra-nuclear density, measuring effects of QED, and understanding the dynamics of matter in strong-field gravity. In addition to investigating fundamental physics, eXTP will be a very powerful observatory for astrophysics that will provide observations of unprecedented quality on a variety of galactic and extragalactic objects. In particular, its wide field monitoring capabilities will be highly instrumental to detect the electro-magnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources. The paper provides a detailed description of: (1) the technological and technical aspects, and the expected performance of the instruments of the scientific payload; (2) the elements and functions of the mission, from the spacecraft to the ground segment.