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1. Proceedings of the Bologna WFXT Workshop (Bologna 2009), “The Wide Field X-ray Telescope”, Mem. S.A.It 2011, vol.17. Eds. P.Rosati, S.Borgani, R.Gilli, M.Paolillo, P.Tozzi

WFXT Concept White Paper

submitted to Solicitation NNH11ZDA018L (10/28/2011)

[See also “Design 2011” page]

The WFXT wide-field optics concept was first proposed in  Burrows, Burg, Giacconi (1992):  “Optimal grazing incidence optics and its application to wide-field X-ray imaging”, ApJ, 392, 760

White Papers submitted to the 2010 Decadal Survey of the National Academy of Sciences

1. •Giacconi et al. 09 “Galaxy clusters and the cosmic cycle of baryons across cosmic times”, arXiv:0902.4857
   

2. •Murray et al. 09 “The growth and evolution of supermassive black holes”, arXiv:0903.5272
   

3. •Vikhlinin et al. 09 “X-ray cluster cosmology”, arXiv:0903.5320
   

4. •Ptak et al. 09 “The very local Universe in X-rays”, arXiv:0902.4239
   

5. WFXT Mission Overview: Request for information white paper (S.Murray and the WFXT Team)
   
   

Other related publications:

1. •Sartoris et al. 2012 “Probing Dark Energy with the next generation X-ray surveys of of galaxy clusters”, MNRAS, 423, 2503
   

2. •Conconi et al. 2010 “A wide field X-ray telescope for astronomical survey purpose: from theory to practice”, MNRAS, 405, 877
   

3. •Sartoris et al. 2010 “The potential of X-ray cluster surveys to constrain primordial non-Gaussianity”, MNRAS, 407, 2339
   

4. •Murray et al. 2010  “The Wide FIeld X-ray Telescope Mission: a Digital Survey in X-ray”, Proceedings of “X-ray Astronomy 2009”, Bologna, September 2009
   

5. •SPIE Conference 2010:
   

6. -Elsner F.E., O’Dell S.L, Ramsey B.D, Weisskopf M.C. “Methods pf optimizing X-ray optical prescription for wide-field applications”, SPIE conference 7732
   

7. -Proserpio et al. “Design and development of thin quartz glass WFXT polynomial mirror shells by direct polishing”, SPIE conference 7732 - Slides (PDF)
   

PRESENTATIONS

1. •P.Rosati - Marseille, May 09 [PDF]
   

2. •P.Rosati - Paris, MG12, Jul 09 [PDF]
   

3. •S.Borgani - CEA-Saclay, Paris, Sep 09 [PDF]
   

4. •B.Forman - Bologna, Sep 09 [PDF]
   

5. •P.Tozzi - Otranto (IT), Oct 09 [PDF]
   

6. •P.Rosati - Bologna, Nov 09 [PDF]

1. •WFXT Poster - IXO meeting, Paris, Apr 10
   

2. •R.Gilli - Penn State, Jun 10 [PDF]
   

3. •R.Giacconi - Garching, Jul 10 [PDF]
   

4. •M.Paolillo et al. poster (Baltimore, Jun 11)
   

5. •R.Gilli et al. poster (Baltimore, Jun 11)

SELECTED TALKS

1. •S.Murray - Milan, Oct 2012 [PDF]
   

2. •R.Gilli - Mikonos, Sep 2012 [PDF]; Milan, Oct 2012 [PDF]