The spectrometer telescope for imaging x-rays on board the Solar Orbiter mission

A. O. Benz; S. Krucker; G. J. Hurford; N. G. Arnold; P. Orleanski; H.-P. Gröbelbauer; S. Klober; L. Iseli; H. J. Wiehl; A. Csillaghy; L. Etesi; N. Hochmuth; M. Battaglia; M. Bednarzik; R. Resanovic; O. Grimm; G. Viertel; V. Commichau; A. Meuris; O. Limousin; S. Brun; N. Vilmer; K. R. Skup; R. Graczyk; M. Stolarski; M. Michalska; W. Nowosielski; A. Cichocki; M. Mosdorf; K. Seweryn; A. Przepiórka; J. Sylwester; M. Kowalinski; T. Mrozek; P. Podgorski; G. Mann; H. Aurass; E. Popow; H. Önel; F. Dionies; S. Bauer; J. Rendtel; A. Warmuth; M. Woche; D. Plüschke; W. Bittner; J. Paschke; D. Wolker; H. F. Van Beek; F. Farnik; J. Kasparova; A. M. Veronig; I. W. Kienreich; P. T. Gallagher; D. S. Bloomfield; M. Piana; A. M. Massone; B. R. Dennis; R. A. Schwarz; R. P. Lin

doi:10.1117/12.927793

17 September 2012 The spectrometer telescope for imaging x-rays on board the Solar Orbiter mission

A. O. Benz, S. Krucker, G. J. Hurford, N. G. Arnold, P. Orleanski, H.-P. Gröbelbauer, S. Klober, L. Iseli, H. J. Wiehl, A. Csillaghy, L. Etesi, N. Hochmuth, M. Battaglia, M. Bednarzik, R. Resanovic, O. Grimm, G. Viertel, V. Commichau, A. Meuris, O. Limousin, S. Brun, N. Vilmer, K. R. Skup, R. Graczyk, M. Stolarski, M. Michalska, W. Nowosielski, A. Cichocki, M. Mosdorf, K. Seweryn, A. Przepiórka, J. Sylwester, M. Kowalinski, T. Mrozek, P. Podgorski, G. Mann, H. Aurass, E. Popow, H. Önel, F. Dionies, S. Bauer, J. Rendtel, A. Warmuth, M. Woche, D. Plüschke, W. Bittner, J. Paschke, D. Wolker, H. F. Van Beek, F. Farnik, J. Kasparova, A. M. Veronig, I. W. Kienreich, P. T. Gallagher, D. S. Bloomfield, M. Piana, A. M. Massone, B. R. Dennis, R. A. Schwarz, R. P. Lin

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Proceedings Volume 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 84433L (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927793
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The Spectrometer Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) is one of 10 instruments on board Solar Orbiter, a confirmed Mclass mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) within the Cosmic Vision program scheduled to be launched in 2017. STIX applies a Fourier-imaging technique using a set of tungsten grids (at pitches from 0.038 to 1 mm) in front of 32 pixelized CdTe detectors to provide imaging spectroscopy of solar thermal and non-thermal hard X-ray emissions from 4 to 150 keV. The status of the instrument reviewed in this paper is based on the design that passed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in early 2012. Particular emphasis is given to the first light of the detector system called Caliste-SO.

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A. O. Benz, S. Krucker, G. J. Hurford, N. G. Arnold, P. Orleanski, H.-P. Gröbelbauer, S. Klober, L. Iseli, H. J. Wiehl, A. Csillaghy, L. Etesi, N. Hochmuth, M. Battaglia, M. Bednarzik, R. Resanovic, O. Grimm, G. Viertel, V. Commichau, A. Meuris, O. Limousin, S. Brun, N. Vilmer, K. R. Skup, R. Graczyk, M. Stolarski, M. Michalska, W. Nowosielski, A. Cichocki, M. Mosdorf, K. Seweryn, A. Przepiórka, J. Sylwester, M. Kowalinski, T. Mrozek, P. Podgorski, G. Mann, H. Aurass, E. Popow, H. Önel, F. Dionies, S. Bauer, J. Rendtel, A. Warmuth, M. Woche, D. Plüschke, W. Bittner, J. Paschke, D. Wolker, H. F. Van Beek, F. Farnik, J. Kasparova, A. M. Veronig, I. W. Kienreich, P. T. Gallagher, D. S. Bloomfield, M. Piana, A. M. Massone, B. R. Dennis, R. A. Schwarz, and R. P. Lin "The spectrometer telescope for imaging x-rays on board the Solar Orbiter mission", Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 84433L (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927793

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