Objective double-crystal spectrometer

Arthur B. C. Walker II; Thomas D. Willis; Richard B. Hoover

doi:10.1117/12.51242

1 January 1992 Objective double-crystal spectrometer

Arthur B. C. Walker II, Thomas D. Willis, Richard B. Hoover

Proceedings Volume 1546, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51242
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The solar corona, supernova remnants, the hot diffuse interstellar gas in the Galaxy, galactic halos, and the hot intracluster gas in rich clusters of galaxies, are examples of extended astrophysical plasmas which emit line-rich spectra in the X-ray spectral range from 1.5 to 25 A. These phenomena represent a significant fraction of the baryonic matter in the universe. The study of the composition, structure and dynamics of these astrophysical plasmas requires observations with both high spectral and spatial resolution simultaneously. The Objective Double Crystal Spectrometer, coupled with a grazing incidence X-ray telescope, represents a stigmatic instrument which is highly efficient for the study of such sources. We describe the configuration and performance (spatial resolution, spectral resolution and efficiency) of the Objective Double Crystal spectrometer.

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Arthur B. C. Walker II, Thomas D. Willis, and Richard B. Hoover "Objective double-crystal spectrometer", Proc. SPIE 1546, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics, (1 January 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51242

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