The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS)
The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), a concept recently submitted to NASA’s Astrophysics Probe Explorer competition, will offer low-background, arcsecond-resolution imaging in the 0.3–10 keV band across a 450-arcmin2 field of view, with an effective area at 1 keV of at least 4200 cm<sup>2</sup>. AXIS will bring X-ray astronomy back to the forefront of modern mainstream astrophysics, reaching equivalent depths in X-rays to many of the major facilities of the 2030’s (e.g., JWST, Roman, Rubin, ngVLA, LISA) to address the most important questions identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. Here, we present an update on the status of AXIS.
Authors
- Lía Corrales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5466-3817)
- A. Bodaghee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7315-3732)
- Tansu Daylan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6939-9211)
- C. S. Reynolds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1510-4860)
- George W. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3641-6636)
- Erin Kara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0172-0854)
- S. W. Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0667-5941)
- A. Falcone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5068-7344)
- S A Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6413-4142)
- J. Wilms (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-5410)
- Eileen T. Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7676-9962)
- Michael Koss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7998-9581)
- Eric D. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3031-2326)
- Kai-Wing Chan
- F. E. Bauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-8737)
- Fabio Pacucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9879-7780)
- Stefano Marchesi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0260-9007)
- Edmund Hodges‐Kluck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2397-206X)
- Oleg Kargaltsev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6447-4251)
- H. R. Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-649X)
- N. Cappelluti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1697-186X)
- Melania Nynka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3310-1946)
- Adi Foord (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1616-1701)
- Mélanie Habouzit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4750-0187)
- Takashi Okajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6054-3432)
- Marina Kounkel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5365-1267)
- Samar Safí-Harb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6189-7665)
- Laura A. Lopez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1790-3148)
- R. F. Mushotzky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7962-5446)
- G. Chartas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1697-6596)
- Mihoko Yukita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6366-3459)
- Daryl Haggard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6803-2138)
- Kevin B. Burdge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7226-836X)
- Anna Trindade Falcão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-3464)
- A. Ptak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5655-1440)
- Keivan G. Stassun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3481-9052)
- M. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5226-8349)
- Sven Herrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-6923)
- Catherine E. Grant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-1373)
- William W. Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1426-9698)
- Marshall W. Bautz
- Brad Cenko
- Brian J. Williams
Institutions
- Goddard Space Flight Center (US)
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (US)
- Joint Space Science Institute (US)
- Eureka Scientific (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3022993
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.33
Funders
- Science and Technology Facilities Council