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arxiv 0801.0409 v1 pith:XPUT3BYM submitted 2008-01-02 astro-ph

Science with Simbol-X

F. Fiore , M. Arnaud , U. Briel , M. Cappi , A. Comastri , A. Decourchelle , R. Della Ceca , Ph. Ferrando
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C. Feruglio R. Gilli P. Giommi A. Goldwurn P. Grandi Ph. Laurent F. Lebrun G. Malaguti G. Micela G. Pareschi E. Piconcelli S. Puccetti J.-P. Roques G. Tagliaferri C. Vignali
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Simbol-X is a French-Italian mission, with a participation of German laboratories, for X-ray astronomy in the wide 0.5-80 keV band. Taking advantage of emerging technology in mirror manufacturing and spacecraft formation flying, Simbol-X will push grazing incidence imaging up to ~80 keV, providing an improvement of roughly three orders of magnitude in sensitivity and angular resolution compared to all instruments that have operated so far above 10 keV. This will open a new window in X-ray astronomy, allowing breakthrough studies on black hole physics and census and particle acceleration mechanisms. We describe briefly the main scientific goals of the Simbol-X mission, giving a few examples aimed at highlighting key issues of the Simbol-X design.

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