PK2 Phases SIMBOL-X

1
Simbol-X the hard Xray Universe in focus
0.5 80 keV
formation flight
2
The Simbol-X collaboration
F CEA/Saclay, CESR/Toulouse, APC/Paris, LAOG/G
renoble, Obs.Paris/Meudon, Obs.Astr.Strasbourg
It INAF O.A.Brera, Bologna, Roma, Palermo,
IASF Milano, Bologna, Roma, Palermo ASI
ASDC, Frascati D MPE Garching,
I.A.A.Tübingen, T.U. Darmstadt, Univ.
Erlangen-Nürnberg
3
Importance of the hard Xray domain
4
Hard Xrays the sensitivity lag
XMMNewton (1999, focusing) 0.1 15 keV
sensitivity 1 ?Crab angular resol. (FWHM)
6 catalog of 125,000 sources
5
SimbolX the hard Xrays at the XMM level
Soft Xrays
UHURU (1970, collimator) 2 20 keV
sensitivity 1 mCrab angular resol. (FWHM)
0.5 catalog of 339 sources
SimbolX (2013, focusing) 0.5 80 keV
sensitivity 1 ?Crab angular resol. (FWHM)
8
XMMNewton (1999, focusing) 0.1 15 keV
sensitivity 1 ?Crab angular resol. (FWHM)
6 catalog of 125,000 sources
6
SimbolX core science objectives
7
Simbol-X understand SgrA and its environment
Angular resolution localize the sources
SimbolX
8
An observatory also for
44Ti and explosive nucleosynth. yield
Magnetic activity and star formation
Gamma ray bursts afterglow emission
Cyclotron lines in neutron stars
And a very large discovery space guaranteed by
a gain of two orders of magnitude or more in
angular resolution and sensitivity an
observatory status open to the community
9
Simbol-X top level scientific requirements
Dt lt 100 microsecondes
Continuum sensitivity 1 Ms, 3 ? lt 0.5 mCrab
10-40 keV Line sensitivity lt 3 10-7
ph/cm2/s _at_ 68 keV
Mission duration 3 years provision for 2
additional years Number of pointings gt 1000
10
Simbol-X concept
? focusing

• How ?
• Extend to the hard X-rays the successful focusing
  technics based on grazing incidence angle
  mirrors, with a very long focal length possible
  thanks to formation flight.

Grazing incidence Emax ? 1/q ? Focal Length
11
Optics (INAF/O.A. Brera)
12
Optics (INAF/O.A. Brera)
100 shells Pt/C coating Max diam. 70 cm Min diam.
29 cm
Additional item w.r.t XMM a proton diverter for
reduction of soft proton background
13
The detector payload (FD, led by CEA)
14
Performances - Sensitivity
With background levels of 2?10-4 and 3?10-4
cts/cm2.s.keV achievable with full
anti-coincidence scheme
15
Orbit and operations (CNES, EADS, Alcatel-Alenia)
Single launch of 2 spacecrafts, by Soyuz from
Kourou, with overall mass within launcher
performances (2.3 tons, 5 deg. incl.)
16
(No Transcript)
17
Status - schedule
Simbol-X is in phase A, conducted jointly by
CNES ASI, with the participation of MPE-IAAT
End of phase A, and phase B decision October
2007 Launch frame 2012-2015
Operations for three years, with a provision
for a 2 years expension Observation program
will be composed of - a core program, with
main priority science targets - and a guest
observer program open to the community