Imaging the sun in hard x-rays: spatial and rotating modulation collimators

Jonathan W. Campbell; John M. Davis; A. Gordon Emslie

doi:10.1117/12.48336

1 October 1991 Imaging the sun in hard x-rays: spatial and rotating modulation collimators

Jonathan W. Campbell, John M. Davis, A. Gordon Emslie

Proceedings Volume 1549, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48336
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Several approaches to imaging hard X-rays emitted from solar flares have been proposed or are planned for the nineties including the spatial modulation collimator (SMC) and the rotating modulation collimator (RMC). A survey of current solar flare theoretical literature indicates the desirability of spatial resolutions down to 1 arcsecond, field of views greater than the full solar disk (i.e., 32 arcminutes), and temporal resolutions down to 1 second. Although the sun typically provides relatively high flux levels, the requirement for 1 second temporal resolution raises the question as to the viability of Fourier telescopes subject to the aforementioned constraints. A basic photon counting, Monte Carlo 'end-to-end' model telescope was employed using the Astronomical Image Processing System (AIPS) for image reconstruction. The resulting solar flare hard X-ray images compared against typical observations indicated that both telescopes show promise for the future.

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Jonathan W. Campbell, John M. Davis, and A. Gordon Emslie "Imaging the sun in hard x-rays: spatial and rotating modulation collimators", Proc. SPIE 1549, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy II, (1 October 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.48336

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