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Scientific objectives of the Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) mission.

Authors :
Bregman, Joel
Cen, Renyue
Chen, Yang
Cui, Wei
Fang, Taotao
Guo, Fulai
Hodges-Kluck, Edmund
Huang, Rui
Ho, Luis C.
Ji, Li
Ji, Suoqing
Kang, Xi
Lai, Xiaoyu
Li, Hui
Li, Jiangtao
Li, Miao
Li, Xiangdong
Li, Yuan
Li, Zhaosheng
Liang, Guiyun
Source :
SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy; Sep2023, Vol. 66 Issue 9, p1-45, 45p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) is a proposed space-based X-ray telescope for detecting X-ray emissions from the hot gas content in our universe. With its unprecedented spatially-resolved high-resolution spectroscopy and large field of view, the HUBS mission will be uniquely qualified to measure the physical and chemical properties of the hot gas in the interstellar medium, the circumgalactic medium, the intergalactic medium, and the intracluster medium. These measurements will be valuable for two key scientific goals of HUBS, namely to unravel the AGN and stellar feedback physics that governs the formation and evolution of galaxies, and to probe the baryon budget and multi-phase states from galactic to cosmological scales. In addition to these two goals, the HUBS mission will also help us solve some problems in the fields of galaxy clusters, AGNs, diffuse X-ray backgrounds, supernova remnants, and compact objects. This paper discusses the perspective of advancing these fields using the HUBS telescope. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
16747348
Volume :
66
Issue :
9
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
170035005
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-023-2149-y