A Spacelab facility for spectroscopy and polarimetry of X-ray sources (EXSPOS).
Abstract
The Spacelab equipment for conducting high-resolution spectroscopic and polarimetric studies of X-ray sources is described. The system includes a Bragg crystal spectrometer and polarimeter, a transmission grating spectroscopy system, a nondispersive spectrometer, and a large-area nondispersive spectrometer. The expected performance of EXSPOS is characterized in a wavelength-spectral resolution plot, and the sensitivity is considered with reference to the expected strengths of X-ray sources. X-ray emission lines were detected in preliminary experiments using proportional counters on the OSO-8 and Ariel V satellites.
- Publication:
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ESA Journal
- Pub Date:
- 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977ESAJ....1..145M
- Keywords:
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- Crystal Optics;
- Polarimetry;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Spacelab;
- X Ray Spectroscopy;
- Ariel 5 Satellite;
- Bragg Angle;
- Gratings (Spectra);
- High Resolution;
- Oso-8;
- Proportional Counters;
- Satellite Observation;
- Spectral Resolution;
- Astronomy