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Fourth time’s a XARM

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Arguably, no mission changed X-ray astronomy in as short a time as did Hitomi. The planned X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission, XARM, will carry its legacy forward.

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Fig. 1: The Hitomi spectrum of the Perseus cluster around the strongest emission transitions of ionized iron (Fe xxv).
Fig. 2: The parameter space opened up by the microcalorimeters on XARM and Hitomi.

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