ESA Science & Technology - ATHENA assessment study report (Yellow Book), ESA SRE(2011)17

Publication date: 13 January 2012

Page: 1-126
Year: 2012

Copyright: ESA

Reference: ESA/SRE(2011)17

The ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics) concept results from the reformulation of the IXO mission into a European-led mission.

This report, the so-called Yellow Book, contains the results of ESA's assessment study (Phase 0/A) of the candidate L-class Cosmic Vision mission ATHENA.