Crystal Spectrometer Studies of the Sun Employing a Rotation Modulation Collimator
Abstract
The use of rotating modulation collimators in high resolution solar X-ray spectroscopy is discussed with reference to the recent flight of a sounding rocket payload. This rocket carried an experiment which combined a modulation collimator and a Bragg crystal spectrometer to make moderately high resolution spectral and spatial measurements simultaneously. The response of the instrument to extended sources is described. It is shown that the technique is particularly suited to long term observations of active region emission, but that useful measurements can be made even during a short rocket flight.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- June 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00149918
- Bibcode:
- 1975SoPh...42..355B
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Photography;
- Collimators;
- Rocket-Borne Instruments;
- Solar Spectrometers;
- Solar X-Rays;
- X Ray Spectroscopy;
- Bragg Angle;
- Faculae;
- Microdensitometers;
- Photographic Recording;
- Point Sources;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar Spectra;
- Time Of Flight Spectrometers;
- Solar Physics;
- Flare;
- Active Region;
- Extended Source;
- Crystal Spectrometer;
- Rocket Flight