eROSITA

Peter Predehl; Robert Andritschke; Werner Becker; Hans Böhringer; Walter Bornemann; Heinrich Bräuninger; Hermann Brunner; Marcella Brusa; Wolfgang Burkert; Vadim Burwitz; Evgeniy Churazov; Konrad Dennerl; Josef Eder; Johannes Elbs; Michael Freyberg; Peter Friedrich; Maria Fürmetz; Roland Gaida; Fabrizia Guglielmetti; Olaf Hälker; Gisela Hartner; Frank Haberl; Sven Herrmann; Heinrich Huber; Eckhard Kendziorra; Andreas von Kienlin; Walter Kink; Ingo Kreykenbohm; Georg Lamer; Igor Lapchov; Norbert Meidinger; Andrea Merloni; Benjamin Mican; Joseph Mohr; Martin Mühlegger; Siegfried Müller; Kirpal Nandra; Mikhail Pavlinsky; Elmar Pfeffermann; Thomas Reiprich; Jan Robrade; Christian Rohé; Andrea Santangelo; Manami Sasaki; Gabriele Schächner; Christian Schmid; Jürgen Schmitt; Rainer Schreib; Fritz Schrey; Axel Schwope; Matthias Steinmetz; Lothar Strüder; Rashid Sunyaev; Chris Tenzer; Lars Tiedemann; Monika Vongehr; Jörn Wilms

doi:10.1117/12.893344

13 September 2011 eROSITA

Peter Predehl, Robert Andritschke, Werner Becker, Hans Böhringer, Walter Bornemann, Heinrich Bräuninger, Hermann Brunner, Marcella Brusa, Wolfgang Burkert, Vadim Burwitz, Evgeniy Churazov, Konrad Dennerl, Josef Eder, Johannes Elbs, Michael Freyberg, Peter Friedrich, Maria Fürmetz, Roland Gaida, Fabrizia Guglielmetti, Olaf Hälker, Gisela Hartner, Frank Haberl, Sven Herrmann, Heinrich Huber, Eckhard Kendziorra, Andreas von Kienlin, Walter Kink, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Georg Lamer, Igor Lapchov, Norbert Meidinger, Andrea Merloni, Benjamin Mican, Joseph Mohr, Martin Mühlegger, Siegfried Müller, Kirpal Nandra, Mikhail Pavlinsky, Elmar Pfeffermann, Thomas Reiprich, Jan Robrade, Christian Rohé, Andrea Santangelo, Manami Sasaki, Gabriele Schächner, Christian Schmid, Jürgen Schmitt, Rainer Schreib, Fritz Schrey, Axel Schwope, Matthias Steinmetz, Lothar Strüder, Rashid Sunyaev, Chris Tenzer, Lars Tiedemann, Monika Vongehr, Jörn Wilms

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Proceedings Volume 8145, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVII; 81450D (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893344
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

eROSITA (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) is the core instrument on the Russian Spektrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) mission which is scheduled for launch in 2013. eROSITA will perform an all-sky survey lasting four years, followed by a phase of three years for pointed observations. eROSITA consists of seven identical Mirror Modules, each equipped with 54 Wolter-I shells with an outer diameter of 360 mm. This would provide an effective area of ~1500 cm² at 1.5 keV and an on axis PSF HEW of 15 arcsec resulting in an effective angular resolution of 28 arcsec averaged over the field of view. In the focus of each mirror module, a fast frame-store pn-CCD provides a field of view of 1°in diameter. In this paper we report on the instrument development and its status only.

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Peter Predehl, Robert Andritschke, Werner Becker, Hans Böhringer, Walter Bornemann, Heinrich Bräuninger, Hermann Brunner, Marcella Brusa, Wolfgang Burkert, Vadim Burwitz, Evgeniy Churazov, Konrad Dennerl, Josef Eder, Johannes Elbs, Michael Freyberg, Peter Friedrich, Maria Fürmetz, Roland Gaida, Fabrizia Guglielmetti, Olaf Hälker, Gisela Hartner, Frank Haberl, Sven Herrmann, Heinrich Huber, Eckhard Kendziorra, Andreas von Kienlin, Walter Kink, Ingo Kreykenbohm, Georg Lamer, Igor Lapchov, Norbert Meidinger, Andrea Merloni, Benjamin Mican, Joseph Mohr, Martin Mühlegger, Siegfried Müller, Kirpal Nandra, Mikhail Pavlinsky, Elmar Pfeffermann, Thomas Reiprich, Jan Robrade, Christian Rohé, Andrea Santangelo, Manami Sasaki, Gabriele Schächner, Christian Schmid, Jürgen Schmitt, Rainer Schreib, Fritz Schrey, Axel Schwope, Matthias Steinmetz, Lothar Strüder, Rashid Sunyaev, Chris Tenzer, Lars Tiedemann, Monika Vongehr, and Jörn Wilms "eROSITA", Proc. SPIE 8145, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVII, 81450D (13 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.893344

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