A. Ptak, E. Feigelson, Y. -H. Chu, K. Kuntz, A. Zezas, S. Snowden, D. de Martino, G. Trinchieri, G. Fabbiano, W. Forman, G. Tagliaferri, R. Giacconi, S. Murray, S. Allen, M. Bautz, S. Borgani, N. Brandt, S. Campana, M. Donahue, K. Flannagan, R. Gilli, C. Jones, N. Miller, G. Pareschi, P. Rosati, D. Schneider, P. Tozzi, A. Vikhlinin
Published 2009-02-24Version 1
While the exceptional sensitivity of Chandra and XMM-Newton has resulted in revolutionary studies of the Galactic neighborhood in the soft (<10 keV) X-ray band, there are many open questions. We discuss these issues and how they would be addressed by very wide-area (> 100 sq. deg.) X-ray surveys.
Comments: 8 pages, Astro2010 Science White paper. Full-resolution version available at http://wfxt.pha.jhu.edu
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