@inproceedings{68aae33af3164e32ad03b440b0a04f8f,
title = "STROBE-X: A probe-class mission for x-ray spectroscopy and timing on timescales from microseconds to years",
abstract = "We describe the Spectroscopic Time-Resolving Observatory for Broadband Energy X-rays (STROBE-X), a probeclass mission concept that will provide an unprecedented view of the X-ray sky, performing timing and spectroscopy over both a broad energy band (0.2-30 keV) and a wide range of timescales from microseconds to years. STROBE-X comprises two narrow-field instruments and a wide field monitor. The soft or low-energy band (0.2-12 keV) is covered by an array of lightweight optics (3-m focal length) that concentrate incident photons onto small solid-state detectors with CCD-level (85-175 eV) energy resolution, 100 ns time resolution, and low background rates. This technology has been fully developed for NICER and will be scaled up to take advantage of the longer focal length of STROBE-X. The higher-energy band (2-30 keV) is covered by large-area, collimated silicon drift detectors that were developed for the European LOFT mission concept. Each instrument will provide an order of magnitude improvement in effective area over its predecessor (NICER in the soft band and RXTE in the hard band). Finally, STROBE-X offers a sensitive wide-field monitor (WFM), both to act as a trigger for pointed observations of X-ray transients and also to provide high duty-cycle, high time-resolution, and high spectral-resolution monitoring of the variable X-ray sky. The WFM will boast approximately 20 times the sensitivity of the RXTE All-Sky Monitor, enabling multi-wavelength and multi-messenger investigations with a large instantaneous field of view. This mission concept will be presented to the 2020 Decadal Survey for consideration.",
keywords = "STROBE-X, X-ray, black holes, collimators, neutron stars, silicon drift detectors",
author = "Ray, {Paul S.} and Zaven Arzoumanian and S{\o}ren Brandt and Eric Burns and Deepto Chakrabarty and Marco Feroci and Gendreau, {Keith C.} and Olivier Gevin and Margarita Hernanz and Peter Jenke and Steven Kenyon and G{\'a}lvez, {Jos{\'e} Luis} and MacCarone, {Thomas J.} and Takashi Okajima and Remillard, {Ronald A.} and St{\'e}phane Schanne and Chris Tenzer and Andrea Vacchi and Wilson-Hodge, {Colleen A.} and Berend Winter and Silvia Zane and Ballantyne, {David R.} and Enrico Bozzo and Brenneman, {Laura W.} and Edward Cackett and {De Rosa}, Alessandra and Adam Goldstein and Hartmann, {DIeter H.} and Michael McDonald and Stevens, {Abigail L.} and Tomsick, {John A.} and Watts, {Anna L.} and Wood, {Kent S.} and Abderahmen Zoghbi",
note = "Funding Information: The STROBE-X mission concept study is funded by NASA. The Italian authors acknowledge support from ASI, under agreement ASI-INAF n.2017-14-H.O, INAF and INFN. The Spanish authors acknowledge support from MINECO grant ESP2017-82674-R and FEDER funds. ALW acknowledges support from ERC Starting Grant 639217. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 SPIE.; Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray ; Conference date: 10-06-2018 Through 15-06-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1117/12.2312257",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781510619517",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Shouleh Nikzad and {Den Herder}, {Jan-Willem A.} and Kazuhiro Nakazawa",
booktitle = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018",
}