{ "id": "0902.4239", "version": "v1", "published": "2009-02-24T21:19:18.000Z", "updated": "2009-02-24T21:19:18.000Z", "title": "The Very Local Universe in X-rays", "authors": [ "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" ], "comment": "8 pages, Astro2010 Science White paper. Full-resolution version available at http://wfxt.pha.jhu.edu", "categories": [ "astro-ph.HE" ], "abstract": "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.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2009-02-24T21:19:18.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "local universe", "exceptional sensitivity", "revolutionary studies", "galactic neighborhood" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 8, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 814123, "adsabs": "2009astro2010S.240P" } } }