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The XMM-mission is one of the four cornerstone projects in the ESA long term programme for space science. The satellite obseratory comprises a high throughput facility for x-ray spectroscopy with the aid of dispersive and non-dispersive imaging spectrometers. The areas of major impact for astrophysical research are briefly reviewed, subsequently the diagnostic power of such a facility for the study of several sites of hot thin astrophysical plasma is illustrated with a few computer simulations, based on the configuration of a model payload.
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Bleeker, J.A.M., Peacock, A. (1988). The XMM-Mission. In: Pallavicini, R. (eds) Hot Thin Plasmas in Astrophysics. NATO ASI Series, vol 249. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3065-0_29
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