The FORCE mission: focusing on relativistic universe and cosmic evolution

Koji Mori; Takeshi G. Tsuru; Kazuhiro Nakazawa; Yoshihiro Ueda; Manabu Ishida; Takaaki Tanaka; Hironori Matsumoto; Hisamitsu Awaki; Hiroshi Murakami; Masayoshi Nobukawa; Ayaki Takeda; Shin Watanabe; Yasushi Fukazawa; Hiroshi Tsunemi; Tadayuki Takahashi; Ann E. Hornschemeier; Takashi Okajima; William W. Zhang; Brian J. Williams

doi:10.1117/12.2562151

13 December 2020 The FORCE mission: focusing on relativistic universe and cosmic evolution

Koji Mori, Takeshi G. Tsuru, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshihiro Ueda, Manabu Ishida, Takaaki Tanaka, Hironori Matsumoto, Hisamitsu Awaki, Hiroshi Murakami, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Ayaki Takeda, Shin Watanabe, Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Ann E. Hornschemeier, Takashi Okajima, William W. Zhang, Brian J. Williams

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Proceedings Volume 11444, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 114442B (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562151
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We present the concept of a future Japan-lead X-ray mission, FORCE (Focusing On Relativistic universe and Cosmic Evolution). FORCE is characterized by broadband (1-80 keV) X-ray imaging spectroscopy with high angular resolution (<15"). The sensitivity above 10 keV will be 10 times higher than that of any previous hard X-ray missions. FORCE will trace the cosmic evolution by searching for ``missing black holes'' in the entire range of their mass spectrum and investigate the nature of relativistic particles at various astrophysical shocks by observing their non-thermal X-ray emission.

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Koji Mori, Takeshi G. Tsuru, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshihiro Ueda, Manabu Ishida, Takaaki Tanaka, Hironori Matsumoto, Hisamitsu Awaki, Hiroshi Murakami, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Ayaki Takeda, Shin Watanabe, Yasushi Fukazawa, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Tadayuki Takahashi, Ann E. Hornschemeier, Takashi Okajima, William W. Zhang, and Brian J. Williams "The FORCE mission: focusing on relativistic universe and cosmic evolution", Proc. SPIE 11444, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 114442B (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562151

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