XACT facility - Proposals

1. G.F. Bignami, ....., G. Peres, S. Sciortino, et al.,"EPIC: European (X-ray) Photon Counting Imaging Camera for the XMM Cornerstone Mission", 1988, Proposal submitted to ESA and selected for XMM Cornerstone Mission.

2. G. Chincarini, R. Burg, O. Citterio, R. Giacconi, T. Maccacaro, U. Ponzi, S. Sciortino, 1990, "Proposta per Payload, Satellite e Lancio di una missione per Survey usando un Telescopio X a grande campo (Wide Field X Ray Telescope, WFXRT)", Proposal to the Agenzia Spaziale italiana.

3. G. Chincarini (PI), O. Citterio, P. Conconi, T. Maccacaro, L. Stella, G. Tagliaferri, G. Trinchieri, A. Wolter, G. F. Bignami, F. Bocchino, A. Maggio, G. Micela, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, A. Collura, P. Giommi, L. Maraschi, R. Pallavicini, S. Pellegrini, G. Peres, 1993, "A 15-30 arcsec Resolution Replica X-ray Optics fo AXAF-S", Proposal submitted to NASA and ASI.

4. G. Chincarini, S. Murray, J. Truemper, A. Wells, O. Citterio, G. Tagliaferri, S. Sciortino, "WAXS/WFXT Proposal", 1998, Proposal Presented to the ASI Small Satellite Program.

5. E. Silver (PI), H. Schnopper, S. Murray, S. Bandler, S. Romaine, J. Bookbinder, C. Jones, W. Forman, G. Tucker, J. Hughes, N. Madden, J. Beeman, E. Haller, F. Christensen, N. Westergaard, J. Fabegrat, V. Reglero, A. Gimenez, N. Brosh, E. Leibowitz, E. Churazov, A. Collura, J. Raymond, A. Ulla, M. Barbera, R. Brissnden, C. Budtz-Jorgensen, L. David, J. Drake, M. Markevitch, J. McClintock, C. Sarazin, S. Sciortino, G. Skinner, P. Slane, A. Vikhlinin, M. van Pamelen, M. Juda, C. Eyles, P. Green, A. Hussain, A. Lopez, T. Ruiz, "XRASE-X-ray Spectroscopic Explorer", 1998, Proposal submitted to the NASA MIDEX program AO-98-03-OSS-036.

6. E. Silver (PI), M. Barbera, N. Madden, A. Collura, G. Tucker, S. Bandler, S. Murray, C. Jones, J. Fabregat, F. Christensen, J. Beeman, E. Haller, A. Gimenez, V. Reglero, W. Forman, H. Schnopper, S. Romaine, J. Grindlay, S. Woosley, R. Diehl, P. Slane, D. Smith, B. Ramsey, "B-MINE Baloon-Borne Microcalorimeter Nuclear Line Explorer", 2000d, Proposal submitted to the NASA SMEX program A0-99-05-OSS-048.

7. G. Peres (PI), M. Barbera, S. Orlando, E. Costa, "CALOS (Calorimetri per Osservazioni Solari)", 2001, Proposal for a scientific satellite presented to the ASI Bando Nuove Idee - March 2001.

8. E.H. Silver (PI), L. Baldini, R. Bandiera, S. Bandler, M. Barbera, J. Beeman, R. Bellazzini, P. Blasi, J.A. Bookbinder, A. Brez, N. Brickhouse, N. Brosh, F.E. Christensen, L.R. Cominsky, E. Churazov, E. Costa, L.P. David, J.J. Drake, A. Fabian, J. Fabregat, M. Feroci, K.A. Flanagan, W.R. Forman, B.M. Gaensler, M. Gilfanov, P.J. Green, E.E. Haller, J.P. Hughes, C. Jones, P. Kaaret, R.P. Kraft, N.W. Madden, M.L. Markevitch, L.A. Marschall, H.L. Marshall, E. Massaro, G. Matt, J.E. Mcclintock, S.S. Murray, H. Netzer, N. Omodei, L. Pacciani, J.C. Raymond, V. Reglero, S.E. Romaine, M. Salvati, H.W. Schnopper, P.O. Slane, R.K. Smith, P. Soffitta, G. Spandre, H.D. Tananbaum, A.A. Vikhlinin, S.D. Vrtilek, "INSPIRE-INternational Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging x-Ray Explorer", 2001c, Proposal submitted to the NASA MIDEX program AO-01-OSS-03.

9. D.N. Burrows (PI), M. Barbera, N. Brandt, L. Brown, M. Chester, M. Eracleous, W.R. Forman, J. Hill, C. Jones, K. Mukerjee, S.S. Murray, B. Paul, A.R. Rao, H.W. Schnopper, K.P. Singh, M. Turner, M.N. Vahia, R. Wade, M.J. Ward, A. Wells, J.S. Yadav, "ASTROSAT Soft X-ray Telescope", 2001, Proposal submitted to the NASA MIDEX program AO-01-OSS-03 as a mission of opportunity on-board the Indian satellite ASTROSAT.