Jessica A. Gaskin

TL;DR: The Lynx architecture enables a broad range of unique and compelling science to be carried out mainly through a General Observer Program, envisioned to include detecting the very first seed black holes, revealing the high-energy drivers of galaxy formation and evolution, and characterizing the mechanisms that govern stellar evolution and stellar ecosystems.

TL;DR: A pixellated high energy X-ray detector instrument to be used in a variety of imaging applications and the novel interconnect technology is described and how the system is performing in several target applications is described.

TL;DR: The X-ray Surveyor (X-S) as discussed by the authors is a large-scale mission with a high-resolution mirror assembly and an instrument set, which may include an x-ray microcalorimeter, a highdefinition imager, and a dispersive grating spectrometer and its readout.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel grating fabrication method that utilizes common lithographic and microfabrication techniques to produce the high fidelity groove profile necessary to achieve high resolving power grating spectrometers is presented.

TL;DR: Lynx, one of four strategic mission concepts under study for the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey, will provide leaps in capability over previous and planned X-ray missions, and will provide synergistic observations in the 2030s to a multitude of space- and ground-based observatories across all wavelengths.