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Extreme Physics via X-rays from Black Holes and `Neutron' Stars
A combination of microchannel plate optics and a 32x32 pixel microcalorimeter
would allow the successor to the Rossi XTE to explore new domains of
spectroscopic timing in a MIDEX class mission. With ~10 times the area and ~100
times the spectral resolution of the PCA (and 10 times that of silicon
detectors) such a mission would be able to explore redshifts and plasma
conditions in weak line features over a wide range of celestial sources. This
would allow several tests of basic physics, both QED/QCD and GR.Comment: 3 pages, 0 figures; for procedings of the `2nd International
Conference on Particle and Fundamental Physics in Space