In-flight performance and calibration of the Chandra high resolution camera imager (HRC-I)

被引：12

作者：

Kenter, A ^{[1
]}

Chappell, JH ^{[1
]}

Kraft, R ^{[1
]}

Meehan, G ^{[1
]}

Murray, SS ^{[1
]}

Zombeck, M ^{[1
]}

Hole, KT ^{[1
]}

Juda, M ^{[1
]}

Donnelly, RH ^{[1
]}

Patnaude, D ^{[1
]}

Pease, D ^{[1
]}

Wilton, C ^{[1
]}

Zhao, P ^{[1
]}

Austin, G ^{[1
]}

Fraser, G ^{[1
]}

Pearson, J ^{[1
]}

Lees, J ^{[1
]}

Brunton, A ^{[1
]}

Barbera, M ^{[1
]}

Collura, A ^{[1
]}

Serio, S ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Smithsonian Astrophys Observ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

X-RAY OPTICS, INSTRUMENTS, AND MISSIONS III | 2000年 / 4012卷

关键词：

Chandra; AXAF; high resolution camera;

D O I：

10.1117/12.391585

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

The High Resolution Camera (HRC) is one of the two focal plane instruments on the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) which was successfully launched on July 23, 1999. The CXO performs high resolution spectroscopy and imaging in the X-ray band of 0.07 to 10 keV. The HRC instrument consists of two detectors, HRC-I for imaging and HRC-S for spectroscopy. The other focal plane instrument is the Chandra CCD Imaging Spectrometer (AGIS). Each HRC detector consists of a thin aluminized polyimide window, a chevron pair of microchannel plates (MCPs) and a crossed grid charge readout. The HRC-I is an similar to 100 x 100 mm detector optimized for high resolution imaging and timing, the HRC-S is an similar to 20 x 300 mm detector optimized to function as the readout for the Low Energy Transmission Grating (LETG). In this paper we present and compare flight results with the latest results of the ground calibration for the HRC-I detector. In particular we will compare ground and in flight data on detector background, effective area, quantum efficiency and point spread response function. The development of the HRC is a collaborative effort between The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, University of Leicester UK and the Osservatorio Astronomico, G.S. Vaiana, Palermo Italy.

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页码：467 / 492

页数：26

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