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| different backend software packages, allowing for the easy processing of X-ray data to a scientifically useful | ||
| state; this is in addition to the ability to download pre-processed data from many of the data archives. | ||
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| Almost every sub-field of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology has | ||
| benefited significantly from X-ray coverage over the last three decades. The current workhorse X-ray observatories | ||
| (_XMM_-Newton and _Chandra_; other telescopes are online but are not as generally useful) are ageing however, with | ||
| _Chandra_ in particular experiencing a decline in low-energy sensitivity that limits possible science cases; these | ||
| missions cannot last forever. | ||
| Almost every sub-field of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology has benefited significantly from X-ray coverage over | ||
| the last three decades. The current workhorse X-ray observatories (_XMM_-Newton and _Chandra_; other telescopes are | ||
| online but are not as generally useful) are ageing however, with _Chandra_ in particular experiencing a decline in | ||
| low-energy sensitivity that limits possible science cases; these missions cannot last forever. If we are to enter an | ||
| 'X-ray desert', where the astrophysics community has only limited access to new X-ray observations from specialised | ||
| missions like Swift, NuSTAR, and XRISM, then archival data (and serendipitous studies) take on an even greater value | ||
| than they already hold. [Daxa]{.smallcaps} is part of an ecosystem of open-source software designed around the concept | ||
| of enabling serendipitous studies of X-ray emitting objects, and can download and prepare X-ray observations for use | ||
| with tools like 'X-ray: Generate and Analyse' ([Xga]{.smallcaps}) [@xga]. X-ray observations are perfectly suited | ||
| for the kind of archival study facilitated by [Daxa]{.smallcaps} and [Xga]{.smallcaps}, as they generally record the | ||
| time, position, and energy of each individual photon impacting the detector; this means that we can create images, | ||
| lightcurves, and spectra for any object within the field-of-view, even if it was not the target. | ||
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| Testing [@xga] | ||
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