The Spektr-RG x-ray calorimeter
| Autor: | F. Scott Porter, Y. Takei, R. A. Sunyaev, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, N. Semena, F. Zwart, Peter Friedrich, Keisuke Shinozaki, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, C. van Baren, L. Dubbeldam, M. Buntov, D. McCammon, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Masahide Murakami, A. Tkachenko, Jean Cottam, K. D. Kuntz, Marat Gilfanov, C. P. de Vries, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Takao Nakagawa, R. L. Kelley, Robert Petre, H. Aarts, Jelle Kaastra, N. E. White, Elisa Costantini, E. M. Churazov, M. N. Pavlinsky, J. W. den Herder, Hiroyuki Sugita, R. Smith, Y. Sato, Jacco Vink, S. L. Snowden, Takaya Ohashi, Noriko Y. Yamasaki, R. F. Mushotzky, Yuichiro Ezoe, Peter Predehl |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Physics
Calorimeter (particle physics) Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena media_common.quotation_subject Detector Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Astronomy Astrophysics Galaxy Interstellar medium Supernova Galaxy groups and clusters Sky Spectral resolution Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| Popis: | Spatially resolved X-ray spectroscopy with high spectral resolution allows the study of astrophysical processes in extended sources with unprecedented sensitivity. This includes the measurement of abundances, temperatures, densities, ionisation stages as well as turbulence and velocity structures in these sources. An X-ray calorimeter is planned for the Russian mission Spektr Rontgen-Gamma (SRG), to be launched in 2011. During the first half year (pointed phase) it will study the dynamics and composition of of the hot gas in massive clusters of galaxies and in supernova remnants (SNR). During the survey phase it will produce the first all sky maps of line-rich spectra of the interstellar medium (ISM). Spectral analysis will be feasible for typically every 5° x 5° region on the sky. Considering the very short time-scale for the development of this instrument it consists of a combination of well developed systems. For the optics an extra eROSITA mirror, also part of the Spektr-RG payload, will be used. The detector will be based on spare parts of the detector flown on Suzaku combined with a rebuild of the electronics and the cooler will be based on the design for the Japanese mission NeXT. In this paper we will present the science and give an overview of the instrument. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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