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Mission Overview

For more information, see the WFXT White Paper submitted to the Decadal Survey.

Summary

  • Constant (5” goal, 10" requirement) PSF across 1 degree FOV
  • Effective area ~ 10X Chandra at 1 keV (goal 10000 cm2, requirement 6000 cm2)
  • Bandpass: ~ 0.4-6 keV
  • Dedicated survey mission (no GO program), calibrated data products released with no proprietary period
  • Will serve as a target finder for future X-ray missions
  • Total cost ~ $600M

 APL Design

Planned Surveys

 


 Wide Medium Deep
Area (deg2)
 20000
3000
100
Limiting flux, extended sources (goal/requirement)
 5e-15/7e-15
 1e-15/2e-15
1e-16/3e-16
 Limiting flux, point sources (goal/requirement)
 3e-15/5e-15
 5e-16/1e-15
3e-17/1e-16
 Mean Exposure Time (ks)
  2  13  400

 

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