Development of a hard x-ray polycapillary telescope

Michael H. Vartanian

doi:10.1117/12.256030

31 October 1996 Development of a hard x-ray polycapillary telescope

Michael H. Vartanian

Proceedings Volume 2808, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256030
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

A development plan for an x-ray telescope based on polycapillary fiber optic technology is presented. The payload may be flown on either a sounding rocket for initial tests or on a balloon platform. For the latter, Fourier aperture synthesis imaging provides arcminute resolution over a fifteen arcminute field. The field-of-view is controllable to permit sensitive follow-up observations of localized sources. In this non-imaging mode, the telescope features high resolution spectrometry over an instrument bandpass from 3 to greater than or equal to 60 keV at a background level less than or equal to 5 milliCrab. Its continuum sensitivity for a 10⁵ second observation with 1 keV binning is better than or comparable to HEXTE below 60 keV.

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Michael H. Vartanian "Development of a hard x-ray polycapillary telescope", Proc. SPIE 2808, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, (31 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256030

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