The One Square Meter Hard X-Ray (15-200 Kev) Sky Survey
Abstract
A long term program was started at IAS since 1979 to perform a survey of the hard X-ray sky using multiwire high pressure xenon filled spectroscopic proportional counters (SPC). The first payload consisting of two very large area SPC (2,700 sq cm each) was flown during summer 1980 from the Milo Base (Sicily, Italy). The instrument duplicated to reach 10,800 sq cm geometric area is expected to fly from northern (1981), southern (1982) and equatorial (1983) bases to perform a deep sky survey.
- Publication:
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International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981ICRC....8...25U
- Keywords:
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- Cosmic Rays;
- Proportional Counters;
- Satellite Observation;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Sky Surveys (Astronomy);
- X Ray Sources;
- Collimators;
- Deep Space;
- X Ray Spectroscopy;
- Astronomy;
- COSMIC RAYS;
- PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS;
- SATELLITE OBSERVATION;
- SATELLITE-BORNE INSTRUMENTS;
- SKY SURVEYS (ASTRONOMY);
- X RAY SOURCES;
- COLLIMATORS;
- DEEP SPACE;
- X RAY SPECTROSCOPY