The graphite crystal X-ray spectrometer on OSO-8.
Abstract
The large-area graphite crystal X-ray spectrometer aboard the OSO-8 satellite is described. The instrument can be used to measure continuum profiles over the energy band from 2 to 8 keV with a resolution of several tens of electron volts and to detect narrow line emission from strong X-ray sources with a limiting sensitivity (3 sigmas) of the order of 10-eV, equivalent width for a three-day observing period.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- December 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1086/154889
- Bibcode:
- 1976ApJ...210..805K
- Keywords:
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- Crystal Filters;
- Oso-8;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- X Ray Spectroscopy;
- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Bragg Angle;
- Graphite;
- Proportional Counters;
- Satellite Observation;
- Spectral Line Width;
- X Ray Sources;
- Instrumentation and Photography