Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF): Calibration overview

被引：23

作者：

O'Dell, SL ^{[1
]}

Weisskopf, MC ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA

来源：

X-RAY OPTICS, INSTRUMENTS, AND MISSIONS | 1998年 / 3444卷

关键词：

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

D O I：

10.1117/12.331231

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), the x-ray component of NASA's Great Observatories, will launch in 1999. As integration and testing of the flight system are concluding, analysis of the ground calibration data continues. This analysis verifies AXAF's unique capabilities for high-resolution imaging and for high-resolution dispersive spectroscopy. However, it finds unexpectedly high (approximate to 10%) residuals between the data and the model for effective area of the AXAF optics. Reconciling the physical model with the data, to an accuracy of a few percent, remains a goal of the analysis and interpretation of the calibration data.

引用

页码：2 / 18

页数：17

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