Science objectives of the Einstein Probe mission

doi:10.1007/s11433-024-2600-3

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	Science objectives of the Einstein Probe mission
	Yuan, Weimin 1,2; Dai, Lixin 3; Feng, Hua 4; Jin, Chichuan 1,2; Jonker, Peter 5,6; Kuulkers, Erik 7; Liu, Yuan 1; Nandra, Kirpal 8; O’Brien, Paul 9; Piro, Luigi 10; Rau, Arne 8; Rea, Nanda 11,12; Sanders, Jeremy 8; Tao, Lian 4; Wang, Junfeng 13; Wu, Xuefeng 14,15; Zhang, Bing 16,17; Zhang, Shuangnan 2,4; Ai, Shunke 18; Buchner, Johannes 8; Bulbul, Esra 8; Chen, Hechao 19; Chen, Minghua 2,20; Chen, Yong 4; Chen, Yu-Peng 4; Coleiro, Alexis 21; Zelati, Francesco Coti 11,12; Dai, Zigao 22; Fan, Xilong 18; Fan, Zhou 1,2; Friedrich, Susanne 8; Gao, He 23,24; Ge, Chong 13; Ge, Mingyu 4; Geng, Jinjun 14; Ghirlanda, Giancarlo 25,26; Gianfagna, Giulia 10,27; Gou, Lijun 1,2; Guillot, Sébastien 28; Hou X(侯贤)29,30 ; Hu, Jingwei 1; Huang, Yongfeng 31,32; Ji, Long 33; Jia, Shumei 2,4; Komossa, S.34; Kong, Albert K. H.35; Lan, Lin 1; Li, An 23,24; Li, Ang 13; Li, Chengkui 4; Li, Dongyue 1; Li, Jian 15,22; Li, Zhaosheng 36; Ling, Zhixing 1,2; Liu, Ang 8; Liu, Jinzhong 2,20; Liu, Liangduan 37,38; Liu, Zhu 8; Luo, Jiawei 39; Ma, Ruican 2,4; Maggi, Pierre 40; Maitra, Chandreyee 8; Marino, Alessio 11,12; Ng, Stephen Chi-Yung 3; Pan, Haiwu 1; Rukdee, Surangkhana 8; Soria, Roberto 2,41,42; Sun, Hui 1; Tam, Pak-Hin Thomas 33; Thakur, Aishwarya Linesh 10; Tian, Hui 43; Troja, Eleonora 10,44; Wang, Wei 18; Wang, Xiangyu 31; Wang, Yanan 1; Wei, Junjie 14,15; Wen, Sixiang 1; Wu, Jianfeng 13; Wu, Ting 20; Xiao, Di 14,15; Xu, Dong 1; Xu, Renxin 45,46; Xu, Yanjun 4; Xu, Yu 43; Yang, Haonan 1,2; You, Bei 18; Yu, Heng 24; Yu, Yunwei 37,38; Zhang, Binbin 14,31,32; Zhang, Chen 1,2; Zhang GB(张国宝)29,30 ; Zhang, Liang 4; Zhang, Wenda 1; Zhang, Yu 2,20; Zhou, Ping 31; Zou, Zecheng 31,32
发表期刊	SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY
	2025-03
卷号	68 期号:3
DOI	10.1007/s11433-024-2600-3
产权排序	第29完成单位
收录类别	SCI
关键词	Einstein Probe X-ray astronomy X-ray telescopes time-domain astronomy transients variability
摘要	The Einstein Probe (EP) is an interdisciplinary mission of time-domain and X-ray astronomy. Equipped with a wide-field lobster-eye X-ray focusing imager, EP will discover cosmic X-ray transients and monitor the X-ray variability of known sources in 0.5-4 keV, at a combination of detecting sensitivity and cadence that is not accessible to the previous and current wide-field monitoring missions. EP can perform quick characterisation of transients or outbursts with a Wolter-I X-ray telescope onboard. In this paper, the science objectives of the EP mission are presented. EP is expected to enlarge the sample of previously known or predicted but rare types of transients with a wide range of timescales. Among them, fast extragalactic transients will be surveyed systematically in soft X-rays, which include gamma-ray bursts and their variants, supernova shock breakouts, and the predicted X-ray transients associated with binary neutron star mergers. EP will detect X-ray tidal disruption events and outbursts from active galactic nuclei, possibly at an early phase of the flares for some. EP will monitor the variability and outbursts of X-rays from white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes in our and neighbouring galaxies at flux levels fainter than those detectable by the current instruments, and is expected to discover new objects. A large sample of stellar X-ray flares will also be detected and characterised. In the era of multi-messenger astronomy, EP has the potential of detecting the possible X-ray counterparts of gravitational wave events, neutrino sources, and ultra-high energy gamma-ray and cosmic ray sources. EP is expected to help advance the studies of extreme objects and phenomena revealed in the dynamic X-ray universe, and their underlying physical processes. Besides EP's strength in time-domain science, its follow-up telescope, with excellent performance, will also enable advances in many areas of X-ray astronomy.
资助项目	Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences; ESA; ESA; ESA; MPE; MPE; MPE; CNES[XDA15310000]; CNES[XDA15052100]; CNES; CNES; National Natural Science Foundation of China[61234003]; National Natural Science Foundation of China[61434004]; National Natural Science Foundation of China[61504141]; National Natural Science Foundation of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China; CAS Interdisciplinary Project[KJZD-EW-L11-04]; CAS Interdisciplinary Project; CAS Interdisciplinary Project
项目资助者	Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; ESA ; ESA ; ESA ; MPE ; MPE ; MPE ; CNES[XDA15310000, XDA15052100] ; CNES ; CNES ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[61234003, 61434004, 61504141] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; CAS Interdisciplinary Project[KJZD-EW-L11-04] ; CAS Interdisciplinary Project ; CAS Interdisciplinary Project
语种	英语
学科领域	天文学 ; 天体物理学 ; 高能天体物理学 ; 星系与宇宙学
文章类型	Review
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
出版地	16 DONGHUANGCHENGGEN NORTH ST, BEIJING 100717, PEOPLES R CHINA
ISSN	1674-7348
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WOS记录号	WOS:001407830200001
WOS研究方向	Physics
WOS类目	Physics, Multidisciplinary
关键词[WOS]	GAMMA-RAY BURSTS ; TIDAL DISRUPTION EVENTS ; QUASI-PERIODIC ERUPTIONS ; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI ; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK-HOLE ; BLUE OPTICAL TRANSIENT ; CORONAL MASS EJECTION ; CHANGING-LOOK AGN ; EQUATORIAL-DEPTH SURVEY ; HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINO
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条目标识符	http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/28054
专题	星系类星体研究组中国科学院天体结构与演化重点实验室
作者单位	1.National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; 2.School of Astronomy and Space Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; 3.Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, 999077, China; 4.Key Laboratory of Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; 5.Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 6500 GL, the Netherlands; 6.SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, 2333 CA, the Netherlands; 7.ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, 2201 AZ, the Netherlands; 8.Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, 85748, Germany; 9.School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK; 10.INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Rome, 00133, Italy; 11.Institute of Space Sciences (ICE), CSIC, Campus UAB, Barcelona, E-08193, Spain; 12.Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), Barcelona, E-08034, Spain; 13.Department of Astronomy, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China; 14.Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210023, China; 15.School of Astronomy and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China; 16.Nevada Center for Astrophysics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA; 17.Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, 89154, USA; 18.Department of Astronomy, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China; 19.School of Physics and Astronomy, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China; 20.Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China; 21.CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Cité, Paris, F-75013, France; 22.Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China; 23.Institute for Frontier in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 102206, China; 24.Department of Astronomy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China; 25.INAF–Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, LC, I-23807, Italy; 26.INFN–sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, MI, I-20126, Italy; 27.Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma “Sapienza”, Roma, I-00185, Italy; 28.Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, UPS-OMP, CNRS, CNES, Toulouse Cedex 4, F-31028, France; 29.Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650216, China; 30.Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650216, China; 31.School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China; 32.Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nanjing University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210023, China; 33.School of Physics and Astronomy, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, China; 34.Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, 53121, Germany; 35.Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa City, Chiba, 277-8582, Japan; 36.Key Laboratory of Stars and Interstellar Medium, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, 411105, China; 37.Institute of Astrophysics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China; 38.Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics, Central China Normal University, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430079, China; 39.College of Physics and Hebei Key Laboratory of Photophysics Research and Application, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050024, China; 40.Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Strasbourg, F-67000, France; 41.INAF–Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Pino Torinese, Turin, I-10025, Italy; 42.Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia; 43.School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; 44.Department of Physics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, I-00133, Italy; 45.School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China; 46.Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yuan, Weimin,Dai, Lixin,Feng, Hua,et al. Science objectives of the Einstein Probe mission[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY,2025,68(3).
APA	Yuan, Weimin.,Dai, Lixin.,Feng, Hua.,Jin, Chichuan.,Jonker, Peter.,...&Zou, Zecheng.(2025).Science objectives of the Einstein Probe mission.SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY,68(3).
MLA	Yuan, Weimin,et al."Science objectives of the Einstein Probe mission".SCIENCE CHINA-PHYSICS MECHANICS & ASTRONOMY 68.3(2025).

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