Lynx is a concept under study for prioritization in the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey.
Providing orders of magnitude increase in sensitivity over Chandra, Lynx will examine the …

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

The Arcus Probe mission concept has been submitted as an Astrophysics Probe Explorer
candidate. It features two co-aligned high-resolution grating spectrometers: one for the soft X …

Arcus will provide high-resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy in the 12-50Å bandpass with
sensitivity orders of magnitude higher than any previous astronomical observatory. The …

X‐ray astronomy and ground‐based atomic physics have a long history of fruitful
collaboration: Sound understanding of the underlying atomic physics is the key to reliable …

At the PANTER X-ray test facility of the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik a lot
of effort has and will be devoted to develop, test and calibrate the optics of ESA's Athena X …

Manufacturing-induced sidewall roughness has a significant impact on the diffraction
efficiency of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) gratings and masks, which could be evaluated by a …

We present measurements of the resolving power of a soft x-ray spectrometer consisting of
200 nm period lightweight, alignment-insensitive critical-angle transmission (CAT) gratings …

Arcus, a Medium Explorer (MIDEX) mission, was selected by NASA for a Phase A study in
August 2017. The observatory provides high-resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy in the 12 …

Lynx is one of four Surveyor-class mission concept studies for the 2020 Astrophysics
Decadal Survey. It features an x-ray telescope with an unprecedented collecting area of 2 …