Pinhole/Occulter Facility
Abstract
To image X-radiation efficiently at energies above about 10 keV requires the use of 'shadow optics' techniques. The Pinhole/Occulter Facility (P/OF) represents an application of these techniques for observations in high-energy astrophysics, especially the study of solar coronal activity in hard X-rays and gamma rays. P/OF will achieve angular resolutions on the order of 0.2 arcsec for an instrument deployment length of 50 m. Because of this large structural scale, P/OF has been proposed as an attached payload for the Space Station. Meanwhile, several smaller-scale instruments are being developed.
- Publication:
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EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy and Atomic Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 1989
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.962590
- Bibcode:
- 1989SPIE.1159..318H
- Keywords:
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- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Image Intensifiers;
- Pinhole Occulter Facility;
- Spacecraft Instruments;
- X Ray Imagery;
- Gamma Ray Spectra;
- Imaging Techniques;
- Space Station Payloads;
- X Ray Astrophysics Facility;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation