The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission—eXTP for launch in 2030
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期刊论文
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发表日期:
2025年9月24日
- Shuang-Nan Zhang,
- Andrea Santangelo,
- Yupeng Xu,
- Hua Feng,
- Fangjun Lu,
- Yong Chen,
- Mingyu Ge,
- Kirpal Nandra,
- Xin Wu,
- Marco Feroci,
- Margarita Hernanz,
- Congzhan Liu,
- Huilin He,
- Yusa Wang,
- Weichun Jiang,
- Weiwei Cui,
- Yanji Yang,
- Juan Wang,
- Wei Li,
- Hong Li,
- Yuanyuan Du,
- Xiaohua Liu,
- Bin Meng,
- Xiangyang Wen,
- Aimei Zhang,
- Jia Ma,
- Maoshun Li,
- Gang Li,
- Liqiang Qi,
- Jianchao Sun,
- Tao Luo,
- Hongwei Liu,
- Xiaojing Liu,
- Fan Zhang,
- Laidan Luo,
- Yuxuan Zhu,
- Zijian Zhao,
- Liang Sun,
- Xiongtao Yang,
- Qiong Wu,
- Jiechen Jiang,
- Haoli Shi,
- Jiangtao Liu,
- Yanbing Xu,
- Sheng Yang,
- Laiyu Zhang,
- Dawei Han,
- Na Gao,
- Jia Huo,
- Ziliang Zhang,
- Hao Wang,
- Xiaofan Zhao,
- Shuo Wang,
- Zhenjie Li,
- Ziyu Bao,
- Yaoguang Liu,
- Ke Wang,
- Na Wang,
- Bo Wang,
- Langping Wang,
- Dianlong Wang,
- Fei Ding,
- Lizhi Sheng,
- Pengfei Qiang,
- Yongqing Yan,
- Yongan Liu,
- Zhenyu Wu,
- Yichen Liu,
- Hao Chen,
- Yacong Zhang,
- Hongbang Liu,
- Alexander Altmann,
- Thomas Bechteler,
- Vadim Burwitz,
- Carlo Fiorini,
- Peter Friedrich,
- Norbert Meidinger,
- Rafael Strecker,
- Luca Baldini,
- Ronaldo Bellazzini,
- Raffaella Bonino,
- Andrea Frassà,
- Luca Latronico,
- Simone Maldera,
- Alberto Manfreda,
- Massimo Minuti,
- Melissa Pesce-Rollins,
- Carmelo Sgrò,
- Stefano Tugliani,
- Giovanni Pareschi,
- Stefano Basso,
- Giorgia Sironi,
- Daniele Spiga,
- Gianpiero Tagliaferri,
- Andrii Tykhonov,
- Stèphane Paltani,
- Enrico Bozzo,
- Christoph Tenzer,
- Jörg Bayer,
- Youli Tuo,
- Honghui Liu,
- Yonghe Zhang,
- Zhiming Cai,
- Huaqiu Liu,
- Wen Chen,
- Chunhong Wang,
- Tao He,
- Yehai Chen,
- Chengbo Qiu,
- Ye Zhang,
- Jianchao Feng,
- Xiaofei Zhu,
- Heng Zhou,
- Shijie Zheng,
- Liming Song,
- Haoli Shi,
- Jinzhou Wang,
- Shumei Jia,
- Zewen Jiang,
- Xiaobo Li,
- Haisheng Zhao,
- Ju Guan,
- Juan Zhang,
- Chengkui Li,
- Yue Huang,
- Jinyuan Liao,
- Yuan You,
- Hongmei Zhang,
- Wenshuai Wang,
- Shuang Wang,
- Ge Ou,
- Hao Hu,
- Jingyan Shi,
- Tao Cui,
- Xiaowei Jiang,
- Yaodong Cheng,
- Haibo Li,
- Yanjun Xu,
- Silvia Zane,
- Cosimo Bambi,
- Qingcui Bu,
- Simone Dall’Osso,
- Alessandra De Rosa,
- Lijun Gou,
- Sebastien Guillot,
- Long Ji,
- Ang Li,
- Jirong Mao,
- Alessandro Patruno,
- Giulia Stratta,
- Roberto Taverna,
- Sergey Tsygankov,
- Phil Uttley,
- Anna L. Watts,
- Xuefeng Wu,
- Renxin Xu,
- Shuxu Yi,
- Guobao Zhang,
- Liang Zhang,
- Wen Zhao,
- Ping Zhou
摘要
In this paper, we present the current status of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission, which has been fully approved for launch in 2030. eXTP is a space science mission designed to study fundamental physics under extreme conditions of matter density, gravity, and magnetism. The mission aims at determining the equation of state of matter at supra-nuclear density, measuring the effects of quantum electro-dynamics, and understanding the dynamics of matter in strong-field gravity. In addition to investigating fundamental physics, the eXTP mission is poised to become a leading observatory for time-domain and multi-messenger astronomy in the 2030s, as well as providing observations of unprecedented quality on a variety of galactic and extragalactic objects. After briefly introducing the history and a summary of the scientific objectives of the eXTP mission, this paper presents a comprehensive overview of: (1) the cutting-edge technology, technical specifications, and anticipated performance of the mission’s scientific instruments; (2) the full mission profile, encompassing spacecraft design, operational capabilities, and ground segment infrastructure.