The AXIS Community Science Book represents the collective effort of 592 scientists worldwide to define the transformative science enabled by the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), a next-generation X-ray mission selected by NASA's Astrophysics Probe Program for Phase A study. AXIS will advance the legacy of high-angular-resolution X-ray astronomy with ~1.5'' imaging over a wide 24' field of view and an order of magnitude greater collecting area than Chandra in the 0.3-12 keV band. Combining sharp imaging, high throughput, and rapid response capabilities, AXIS will open new windows on virtually every aspect of modern astrophysics, exploring the birth and growth of supermassive black holes, the feedback processes that shape galaxies, the life cycles of stars and exoplanet environments, and the nature of compact stellar remnants, supernova remnants, and explosive transients. This book compiles 138 community-contributed science cases developed by five Science Working Groups focused on AGN and supermassive black holes, galaxy evolution and feedback, compact objects and supernova remnants, stellar physics and exoplanets, and time-domain and multi-messenger astrophysics. Together, these studies establish the scientific foundation for next-generation X-ray exploration in the 2030s and highlight strong synergies with facilities of the 2030s, such as JWST, Roman, Rubin/LSST, SKA, ALMA, ngVLA, and next-generation gravitational-wave and neutrino networks.

Koss, Michael, Nafisa, Aftab, Steven W., Allen, Roberta, Amato, Hongjun, An, Igor, Andreoni, Timo, Anguita, Riccardo, Arcodia, Thomas, Ayres, Matteo, Bachetti, Maria, Cristina Baglio, Arash, Bahramian, Marco, Balboni, Ranieri D., Baldi, Solen, Balman, Aya, Bamba, Eduardo, Banados, Tong, Bao, Iacopo, Bartalucci, Antara, Basu-Zych, Rebeca, Batalha, Lorenzo, Battistini, Franz, Erik Bauer, Andy, Beardmore, Werner, Becker, Ehud, Behar, Andrea, Belfiore, Paz, Beniamini, Elena, Bertola, Vinicius, Bessa, Henry, Best, Stefano, Bianchi, N., Biava, Breanna A., Binder, Elizabeth L., Blanton, Arash, Bodaghee, Tamara, Bogdanovic, David, Bogensberger, A., Bonafede, Matteo, Bonetti, Pol, Bordas, Alice, Borghese, Andrea, Botteon, Stella, Boula, Enrico, Bozzo, Marica, Branchesi, William, Nielsen Brandt, Joel, Bregman, Fabrizio, Brighenti, Ettore, Bronzini, Giulia, Brunelli, Marcella, Brusa, Esra, Bulbul, Kevin, Burdge, Alessandro, Caccianiga, Michael, Calzadilla, Sergio, Campana, Milvia, Capalbi, Fiamma, Capitanio, Nico, Cappelluti, Jonathan, Carney, Sabrina, Casanova, Daniel, Castro, S., Bradley Cenko, Joheen, Chakraborty, Priyanka, Chakraborty, George, Chartas, Arka, Chatterjee, Prakriti, Pal Choudhury, Raven, Cilley, Francesca, Civano, Andrea, Comastri, Thomas, Connor, Michael F., Corcoran, Lia, Corrales, Francesco, Coti Zelati, Weiguang, Cui, Filippo, D'Ammando, Kristen, Dage, Tansu, Daylan, Sabrina, De Grandi, Alessandra, De Rosa, Roberto, Decarli, Anne, Decourchelle, Nathalie, Degenaar, Antonino, Del Popolo, Alessandro, Di Marco, Tiziana, Di Salvo, Simone, Dichiara, Stephen, Dikerby, Steven, Dillmann, Neil, Doerksen, Paul, Draghis, Jeremy J., Drake, Lorenzo, Ducci, Renato, Dupke, Joseph, Durbak, Girish M., Duvvuri, Hannah, Dykaar, Dominique, Eckert, Martin, Elvis, Catherine, Espaillat, Paolo, Esposito, Felix, Furst, Giuseppina, Fabbiano, Joshua, Fagin, Abraham, Falcone, Elena, Fedorova, Adina, Feinstein, Jorge, Fernandez Fernandez, Gilles, Ferrand, Anthony M., Flores, N., Foo, Nicholas, Foo, Adi, Foord, Alessia, Franchini, Federico, Fraschetti, Brenda L., Frye, James D., Lowenthal, Chris, Fryer, Shin-ichiro, Fujimoto, Seth, Gagnon, Luigi, Gallo, Carlos, Garcia Diaz, Massimo, Gaspari, Fabio, Gastaldello, Joseph D., Gelfand, Suvi, Gezari, Simona, Ghizzardi, Simona, Giacintucci, A., Gill, Roberto, Gilli, Myriam, Gitti, Margherita, Giustini, Andrea, Gnarini, Paola, Grandi, Arran, Gross, Liyi, Gu, Sean, Gunderson, Hans, Moritz Gunther, Daryl, Haggard, Kenji, Hamaguchi, Jeremy, Hare, Kevin C., Harrington, Craig, Heinke, Sebastian, Heinz, Julie, Hlavacek-Larrondo, Wynn C. G., Ho, Edmund, Hodges-Kluck, Jeroen, Homan, R., Huang, Luca, Ighina, Alessandro, Ignesti, Matteo, Imbrogno, Christopher, Irwin, Jimmy, Irwin, Nazma, Islam, Gian, Luca Israel, Wynn, Jacobson-Galan, Chetana, Jain, Arghajit, Jana, Amruta, Jaodand, Fred, Jennings, Jiachen, Jiang, Eric F., Jimenez-Andrade, Y., Jimenez-Teja, S., Johnson, Peter, Jonker, Patrick S., Kamieneski, Elias, Kammoun, Erin, Kara, Oleg, Kargaltsev, George W., King, Demet, Kirmizibayrak, Noel, Klingler, Albert K. H., Kong, Marina, Kounkel, Manish, Kumar, Alexander, Kutyrev, Rebecca, Kyer, Fabio, La Monaca, Erini, Lambrides, Giorgio, Lanzuisi, Wonki, Lee, Bret, Lehmer, Elisa, Lentini, Marika, Lepore, Jiangtao, Li, Carey M., Lisse, Daizhong, Liu, Tingting, Liu, Monica, Isla Llave, Nicola, Locatelli, Laura A., Lopez, Sebastian, Lopez, Lorenzo, Lovisari, Elisabeta, Lusso, Brydyn, Mac Intyre, Austin, Macmaster, Roberto, Maiolino, Jaya, Maithil, Chandreyee, Maitra, Walid, Majid, Daniele, Bjorn Malesani, Julie, Malewicz, Labani, Mallick, Shifra, Mandel, Antonios, Manousakis, Adam, Mantz, Stefano, Marchesi, Maxim, Markevitch, Tatsuya, Matsumoto, James, Matthews, Martin G. F., Mayer, Giovanni, Mazzolari, Chiara, Mazzucchelli, Michael, Mcdonald, Eileen T., Meyer, Riccardo, Middei, Giulia, Migliori, Martin, Millon, Giovanni, Miniutti, Mohammad, Mirakhor, Silvano, Molendi, Erik B., Monson, Alberto, Moretti, Christopher, Morgan, Kaya, Mori, R., Glenn Morris, Sachindra, Naik, Preethi, Nair, Emanuele, Nardini, Yael, Naze, Michela, Negro, Favio, Neira, Chi, Yung Ng, Mason, Ng, Thong T. Q., Nguyen, Scott C., Noble, Brendan, O'Connor, Ewan, O'Sullivan, Matthew, O'Dowd, Kwangmin, Oh, Laura, Olivera-Nieto, Marina, Orio, Lidia M., Oskinova, Rachel, Osten, Fabio, Pacucci, Dany, Page, Eric, Paic, Belen, Alcalde Pampliega, Abby, Pan, Francesca, Panessa, Manali, Parvatikar, Massimo, Pascale, Dheeraj, Pasham, Biswajit, Paul, Aaron B., Pearlman, Alessandro, Peca, Eric S., Perlman, Maria, Petropoulou, Pierre-Olivier, Petrucci, Ryan W., Pfeifle, Enrico, Piconcelli, Annalisa, Pillepich, Ciro, Pinto, Tsvi, Piran, Andrealuna, Pizzetti, Gabriele, Ponti, Bettina, Posselt, Pragati, Pradhan, David A., Principe, Marine, Prunier, Andrew, Ptak, Giovanna, Pugliese, Jonathan, Quirola-Vasquez, Kamlesh, Rajpurohit, Scott W., Randall, Chris, Reynolds, Mark T., Reynolds, Lauren, Rhodes, Angelo, Ricarte, Claudio, Ricci, Roberto, Ricci, Fabio, Rigamonti, Ketan, Rikame, Guido, Risaliti, Giacomo, Riva, Liliana, Rivera Sandoval, Guillermo, Andres Rodriguez-Castillo, Daniele, Rogantini, Patrizia, Romano, Piero, Rosati, Mariachiara, Rossetti, Barry, Rothberg, Alicia, Rouco Escorial, Helen, Russell, Geoffrey, Ryan, Andrea, Sacchi, Samar, Safi-Harb, Takanori, Sakamoto, Chiara, Salvaggio, Ruben, Salvaterra, Francesco, Salvestrini, Isabel, Sander, Arnab, Sarkar, Manami, Sasaki, Gerrit, Schellenberger, Eric, Schlegel, Jeremy D., Schnittman, Emma, Schwartzman, Roberto, Serafinelli, Alberto, Sesana, Paola, Severgnini, Rahul, Sharma, Yue, Shen, Timothy, Shimwell, Avi, Shporer, Matilde, Signorini, Jasbir, Singh, Julia, Sisk-Reynes, Dominique, Sluse, Taweewat, Somboonpanyakul, Roberto, Soria, Navin, Sridhar, Keivan G., Stassun, Robert, Stein, Nathan, Steinle, Daniel, Stern, Ceaser, Stringfield, Haley, Stueber, Yuanyuan, Su, Janette, Suherli, Nial, Tanvir, Antonella, Tarana, Yukikatsu, Terada, Ira, Thorpe, Andrea, Tiengo, Francesco, Tombesi, Nuria, Torres-Alba, Eleonora, Torresi, Alessia, Tortosa, Lee, Townsend, Paolo, Tozzi, Cole, Treyturik, Anna, Trindade Falcao, Eleonora, Troja, Naomi, Tsuji, Aysegul, Tumer, Francesco, Ubertosi, Hendrik, Van Eerten, Reinout, Van Weeren, Georgios, Vasilopoulos, Susanna D., Vergani, Georgios, Vernardos, Benjamin, Vigneron, Amit, Vishwas, Fabio, Vito, Zorawar, Wadiasingh, Stephen, Walker, Dominic J., Walton, F., Wang, Q., Daniel Wang, Kimberly, Weaver, Peter J., Wheatley, Rudy, Wijnands, Dan, Wilkins, Brian J., Williams, Scott, Wolk, Anna, Wolter, Ka-Wah, Wong, Jooyun, Woo, Tyrone, Woods, Kinwah, Wu, Yerong, Xu, Muskan, Yadav, Hui, Yang, J., Yang, Yuhan, Yao, Michael, Yeung, George, Younes, Andrew, Young, Mihoko, Yukita, Min S., Yun, Silvia, Zane, Luca, Zappacosta, Stephen, Zepf, Bing, Zhang, Congyao, Zhang, Shuo, Zhang, Xiying, Zhang, Yuexin, Zhang, Xiurui, Zhao, Xueying, Zheng, Dazhi, Zhou, Mingyang, Zhuang, Fan, Zou e John, Zuhone. "The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) Community Science Book" Working paper, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.00253

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) Community Science Book

Massimo Gaspari;
2025

Abstract

The AXIS Community Science Book represents the collective effort of 592 scientists worldwide to define the transformative science enabled by the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), a next-generation X-ray mission selected by NASA's Astrophysics Probe Program for Phase A study. AXIS will advance the legacy of high-angular-resolution X-ray astronomy with ~1.5'' imaging over a wide 24' field of view and an order of magnitude greater collecting area than Chandra in the 0.3-12 keV band. Combining sharp imaging, high throughput, and rapid response capabilities, AXIS will open new windows on virtually every aspect of modern astrophysics, exploring the birth and growth of supermassive black holes, the feedback processes that shape galaxies, the life cycles of stars and exoplanet environments, and the nature of compact stellar remnants, supernova remnants, and explosive transients. This book compiles 138 community-contributed science cases developed by five Science Working Groups focused on AGN and supermassive black holes, galaxy evolution and feedback, compact objects and supernova remnants, stellar physics and exoplanets, and time-domain and multi-messenger astrophysics. Together, these studies establish the scientific foundation for next-generation X-ray exploration in the 2030s and highlight strong synergies with facilities of the 2030s, such as JWST, Roman, Rubin/LSST, SKA, ALMA, ngVLA, and next-generation gravitational-wave and neutrino networks.
2025
Ottobre
http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.00253v2
Koss, Michael; Aftab, Nafisa; Allen, Steven W.; Amato, Roberta; An, Hongjun; Andreoni, Igor; Anguita, Timo; Arcodia, Riccardo; Ayres, Thomas; Bachetti...espandi
Koss, Michael, Nafisa, Aftab, Steven W., Allen, Roberta, Amato, Hongjun, An, Igor, Andreoni, Timo, Anguita, Riccardo, Arcodia, Thomas, Ayres, Matteo, Bachetti, Maria, Cristina Baglio, Arash, Bahramian, Marco, Balboni, Ranieri D., Baldi, Solen, Balman, Aya, Bamba, Eduardo, Banados, Tong, Bao, Iacopo, Bartalucci, Antara, Basu-Zych, Rebeca, Batalha, Lorenzo, Battistini, Franz, Erik Bauer, Andy, Beardmore, Werner, Becker, Ehud, Behar, Andrea, Belfiore, Paz, Beniamini, Elena, Bertola, Vinicius, Bessa, Henry, Best, Stefano, Bianchi, N., Biava, Breanna A., Binder, Elizabeth L., Blanton, Arash, Bodaghee, Tamara, Bogdanovic, David, Bogensberger, A., Bonafede, Matteo, Bonetti, Pol, Bordas, Alice, Borghese, Andrea, Botteon, Stella, Boula, Enrico, Bozzo, Marica, Branchesi, William, Nielsen Brandt, Joel, Bregman, Fabrizio, Brighenti, Ettore, Bronzini, Giulia, Brunelli, Marcella, Brusa, Esra, Bulbul, Kevin, Burdge, Alessandro, Caccianiga, Michael, Calzadilla, Sergio, Campana, Milvia, Capalbi, Fiamma, Capitanio, Nico, Cappelluti, Jonathan, Carney, Sabrina, Casanova, Daniel, Castro, S., Bradley Cenko, Joheen, Chakraborty, Priyanka, Chakraborty, George, Chartas, Arka, Chatterjee, Prakriti, Pal Choudhury, Raven, Cilley, Francesca, Civano, Andrea, Comastri, Thomas, Connor, Michael F., Corcoran, Lia, Corrales, Francesco, Coti Zelati, Weiguang, Cui, Filippo, D'Ammando, Kristen, Dage, Tansu, Daylan, Sabrina, De Grandi, Alessandra, De Rosa, Roberto, Decarli, Anne, Decourchelle, Nathalie, Degenaar, Antonino, Del Popolo, Alessandro, Di Marco, Tiziana, Di Salvo, Simone, Dichiara, Stephen, Dikerby, Steven, Dillmann, Neil, Doerksen, Paul, Draghis, Jeremy J., Drake, Lorenzo, Ducci, Renato, Dupke, Joseph, Durbak, Girish M., Duvvuri, Hannah, Dykaar, Dominique, Eckert, Martin, Elvis, Catherine, Espaillat, Paolo, Esposito, Felix, Furst, Giuseppina, Fabbiano, Joshua, Fagin, Abraham, Falcone, Elena, Fedorova, Adina, Feinstein, Jorge, Fernandez Fernandez, Gilles, Ferrand, Anthony M., Flores, N., Foo, Nicholas, Foo, Adi, Foord, Alessia, Franchini, Federico, Fraschetti, Brenda L., Frye, James D., Lowenthal, Chris, Fryer, Shin-ichiro, Fujimoto, Seth, Gagnon, Luigi, Gallo, Carlos, Garcia Diaz, Massimo, Gaspari, Fabio, Gastaldello, Joseph D., Gelfand, Suvi, Gezari, Simona, Ghizzardi, Simona, Giacintucci, A., Gill, Roberto, Gilli, Myriam, Gitti, Margherita, Giustini, Andrea, Gnarini, Paola, Grandi, Arran, Gross, Liyi, Gu, Sean, Gunderson, Hans, Moritz Gunther, Daryl, Haggard, Kenji, Hamaguchi, Jeremy, Hare, Kevin C., Harrington, Craig, Heinke, Sebastian, Heinz, Julie, Hlavacek-Larrondo, Wynn C. G., Ho, Edmund, Hodges-Kluck, Jeroen, Homan, R., Huang, Luca, Ighina, Alessandro, Ignesti, Matteo, Imbrogno, Christopher, Irwin, Jimmy, Irwin, Nazma, Islam, Gian, Luca Israel, Wynn, Jacobson-Galan, Chetana, Jain, Arghajit, Jana, Amruta, Jaodand, Fred, Jennings, Jiachen, Jiang, Eric F., Jimenez-Andrade, Y., Jimenez-Teja, S., Johnson, Peter, Jonker, Patrick S., Kamieneski, Elias, Kammoun, Erin, Kara, Oleg, Kargaltsev, George W., King, Demet, Kirmizibayrak, Noel, Klingler, Albert K. H., Kong, Marina, Kounkel, Manish, Kumar, Alexander, Kutyrev, Rebecca, Kyer, Fabio, La Monaca, Erini, Lambrides, Giorgio, Lanzuisi, Wonki, Lee, Bret, Lehmer, Elisa, Lentini, Marika, Lepore, Jiangtao, Li, Carey M., Lisse, Daizhong, Liu, Tingting, Liu, Monica, Isla Llave, Nicola, Locatelli, Laura A., Lopez, Sebastian, Lopez, Lorenzo, Lovisari, Elisabeta, Lusso, Brydyn, Mac Intyre, Austin, Macmaster, Roberto, Maiolino, Jaya, Maithil, Chandreyee, Maitra, Walid, Majid, Daniele, Bjorn Malesani, Julie, Malewicz, Labani, Mallick, Shifra, Mandel, Antonios, Manousakis, Adam, Mantz, Stefano, Marchesi, Maxim, Markevitch, Tatsuya, Matsumoto, James, Matthews, Martin G. F., Mayer, Giovanni, Mazzolari, Chiara, Mazzucchelli, Michael, Mcdonald, Eileen T., Meyer, Riccardo, Middei, Giulia, Migliori, Martin, Millon, Giovanni, Miniutti, Mohammad, Mirakhor, Silvano, Molendi, Erik B., Monson, Alberto, Moretti, Christopher, Morgan, Kaya, Mori, R., Glenn Morris, Sachindra, Naik, Preethi, Nair, Emanuele, Nardini, Yael, Naze, Michela, Negro, Favio, Neira, Chi, Yung Ng, Mason, Ng, Thong T. Q., Nguyen, Scott C., Noble, Brendan, O'Connor, Ewan, O'Sullivan, Matthew, O'Dowd, Kwangmin, Oh, Laura, Olivera-Nieto, Marina, Orio, Lidia M., Oskinova, Rachel, Osten, Fabio, Pacucci, Dany, Page, Eric, Paic, Belen, Alcalde Pampliega, Abby, Pan, Francesca, Panessa, Manali, Parvatikar, Massimo, Pascale, Dheeraj, Pasham, Biswajit, Paul, Aaron B., Pearlman, Alessandro, Peca, Eric S., Perlman, Maria, Petropoulou, Pierre-Olivier, Petrucci, Ryan W., Pfeifle, Enrico, Piconcelli, Annalisa, Pillepich, Ciro, Pinto, Tsvi, Piran, Andrealuna, Pizzetti, Gabriele, Ponti, Bettina, Posselt, Pragati, Pradhan, David A., Principe, Marine, Prunier, Andrew, Ptak, Giovanna, Pugliese, Jonathan, Quirola-Vasquez, Kamlesh, Rajpurohit, Scott W., Randall, Chris, Reynolds, Mark T., Reynolds, Lauren, Rhodes, Angelo, Ricarte, Claudio, Ricci, Roberto, Ricci, Fabio, Rigamonti, Ketan, Rikame, Guido, Risaliti, Giacomo, Riva, Liliana, Rivera Sandoval, Guillermo, Andres Rodriguez-Castillo, Daniele, Rogantini, Patrizia, Romano, Piero, Rosati, Mariachiara, Rossetti, Barry, Rothberg, Alicia, Rouco Escorial, Helen, Russell, Geoffrey, Ryan, Andrea, Sacchi, Samar, Safi-Harb, Takanori, Sakamoto, Chiara, Salvaggio, Ruben, Salvaterra, Francesco, Salvestrini, Isabel, Sander, Arnab, Sarkar, Manami, Sasaki, Gerrit, Schellenberger, Eric, Schlegel, Jeremy D., Schnittman, Emma, Schwartzman, Roberto, Serafinelli, Alberto, Sesana, Paola, Severgnini, Rahul, Sharma, Yue, Shen, Timothy, Shimwell, Avi, Shporer, Matilde, Signorini, Jasbir, Singh, Julia, Sisk-Reynes, Dominique, Sluse, Taweewat, Somboonpanyakul, Roberto, Soria, Navin, Sridhar, Keivan G., Stassun, Robert, Stein, Nathan, Steinle, Daniel, Stern, Ceaser, Stringfield, Haley, Stueber, Yuanyuan, Su, Janette, Suherli, Nial, Tanvir, Antonella, Tarana, Yukikatsu, Terada, Ira, Thorpe, Andrea, Tiengo, Francesco, Tombesi, Nuria, Torres-Alba, Eleonora, Torresi, Alessia, Tortosa, Lee, Townsend, Paolo, Tozzi, Cole, Treyturik, Anna, Trindade Falcao, Eleonora, Troja, Naomi, Tsuji, Aysegul, Tumer, Francesco, Ubertosi, Hendrik, Van Eerten, Reinout, Van Weeren, Georgios, Vasilopoulos, Susanna D., Vergani, Georgios, Vernardos, Benjamin, Vigneron, Amit, Vishwas, Fabio, Vito, Zorawar, Wadiasingh, Stephen, Walker, Dominic J., Walton, F., Wang, Q., Daniel Wang, Kimberly, Weaver, Peter J., Wheatley, Rudy, Wijnands, Dan, Wilkins, Brian J., Williams, Scott, Wolk, Anna, Wolter, Ka-Wah, Wong, Jooyun, Woo, Tyrone, Woods, Kinwah, Wu, Yerong, Xu, Muskan, Yadav, Hui, Yang, J., Yang, Yuhan, Yao, Michael, Yeung, George, Younes, Andrew, Young, Mihoko, Yukita, Min S., Yun, Silvia, Zane, Luca, Zappacosta, Stephen, Zepf, Bing, Zhang, Congyao, Zhang, Shuo, Zhang, Xiying, Zhang, Yuexin, Zhang, Xiurui, Zhao, Xueying, Zheng, Dazhi, Zhou, Mingyang, Zhuang, Fan, Zou e John, Zuhone. "The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) Community Science Book" Working paper, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.00253
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