The Very Local Universe in X-rays

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/ Authors

A. Ptak, E. Feigelson, Y. -H. Chu, K. Kuntz, A. Zezas, S. Snowden, D. de Martino, G. Trinchieri, G. Fabbiano, W. Forman

and 18 more authors

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

/ 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.