Prototyping a global soft X-ray imaging instrument for heliophysics, planetary science, and astrophysics science

摘要

We describe current progress in the development of a prototype wide field-of-view soft X-ray imager that employs Lobster-eye optics and targets heliophysics, planetary, and astrophysics science. The prototype will provide proof-of-concept for a future flight instrument capable of imaging the entire dayside magnetosheath from outside the magnetosphere. Such an instrument was proposed for the ESA AXIOM mission (? 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)