Calibration of the AXAF observatory: Overview

被引：46

作者：

Weisskopf, MC ^{[1
]}

ODell, SL ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NASA, GEORGE C MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CTR, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35812 USA

来源：

GRAZING INCIDENCE AND MULTILAYER X-RAY OPTICAL SYSTEMS | 1997年 / 3113卷

关键词：

x rays; calibration; grazing-incidence optics; gratings; detectors; x-ray imaging; x-ray spectroscopy;

D O I：

10.1117/12.278838

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) will soon begin its exploration of the x-fay universe, providing unprecedented angular and spectral resolution. Also unprecedented is the ambitious goal of calibrating the AXAF observatory to an accuracy of a few percent. Toward this end, AXAF science and engineering teams undertook an extensive calibration program at component, subsystem, and system levels. This paper is an overview of the system-level calibration activities, conducted over the past year at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) X-Ta,ay Calibration Facility (XRCF).

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