Stellar and galactic environment survey (SAGE)

Barstow, M. A.; Burleigh, M. R.; Bannister, N. J.; Lapington, J. S.; Kowalski, M. P.; Cruddace, R. G.; Wood, K. S.; Auchere, F.; Bode, M. F.; Bromage, G. E.; Gibson, B.; Cameron, A. C.; Cassatella, A.; Delmotte, F.; Ravet, M. F.; Doyle, J. G.; Jeffery, C. S.; Gaensicke, B.; Jordan, C.; Kappelmann, N.; Werner, K.; Lallement, R.; de Martino, D.; Matthews, S. A.; Phillips, K. J. H.; Del Zanna, G.; Orio, M.; Pace, Emanuele; Pagano, I.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M.; Welsh, B. Y.

doi:10.1007/s10509-008-9792-9

This paper describes a proposed high resolution soft X-ray and Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) spectroscopy mission to carry out a survey of Stellar and Galactic Environments (SAGE). The payload is based on novel diffraction grating technology which has already been proven in a suborbital space mission and which is ready to fly on a satellite platform with minimal development. Much of the technical detail of the instrumentation has been reported elsewhere and we concentrate our discussion here on the scientific goals of a SAGE base-line mission, demonstrating the scientific importance of high resolution spectroscopy in the Extreme Ultraviolet for the study of stars and the local interstellar medium.

Stellar and galactic environment survey (SAGE) / Barstow, M. A.; Burleigh, M. R.; Bannister, N. J.; Lapington, J. S.; Kowalski, M. P.; Cruddace, R. G.; Wood, K. S.; Auchere, F.; Bode, M. F.; Bromage, G. E.; Gibson, B.; Cameron, A. C.; Cassatella, A.; Delmotte, F.; Ravet, M. F.; Doyle, J. G.; Jeffery, C. S.; Gaensicke, B.; Jordan, C.; Kappelmann, N.; Werner, K.; Lallement, R.; de Martino, D.; Matthews, S. A.; Phillips, K. J. H.; Del Zanna, G.; Orio, M.; Pace, Emanuele; Pagano, I.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M.; Welsh, B. Y.. - In: ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE. - ISSN 0004-640X. - STAMPA. - 320:(2009), pp. 231-238. [10.1007/s10509-008-9792-9]