Status of the micro-X sounding rocket x-ray spectrometer

Status of the micro-X sounding rocket x-ray spectrometer

Micro-X is a sounding rocket borne X-ray telescope that utilizes transition edge sensors to perform imaging spectroscopy with a high level of energy resolution. Its 2.1m focal length X-ray optic has an effective area of 300 cm 2 , a field of view of 11.8 arcmin, and a bandpass of 0.1-2.5 keV. The de...

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Main Authors: Doriese, W. B., Eckart, M. E., Hilton, G. C., Hubbard, A. J. F., Kelley, R. L., Kilbourne, C. A., McCammon, D., Okajima, T., Porter, F. S., Reintsema, C. D., Serlemitsos, P., Smith, S. J., Wikus, P., Goldfinger, David C., Adams, Joseph S, Baker, Robert P, Bandler, Suri C., Danowski, Meredith E, Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali, Heine, Sarah N.T., Wikus, Patrick
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory
Format: Article
Published: SPIE, the International Society of Optical Engineering 2018
Subjects:
Microcalorimeter, Sounding Rocket, Transition Edge Sensors, Micro-X, X-ray astronomy, Cryogenics
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116367
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5268-8423
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9285-5556
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4081-6322
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Summary:Micro-X is a sounding rocket borne X-ray telescope that utilizes transition edge sensors to perform imaging spectroscopy with a high level of energy resolution. Its 2.1m focal length X-ray optic has an effective area of 300 cm 2 , a field of view of 11.8 arcmin, and a bandpass of 0.1-2.5 keV. The detector array has 128 pixels and an intrinsic energy resolution of 4.5 eV FWHM. The integration of the system has progressed with functional tests of the detectors and electronics complete, and performance characterization of the detectors is underway. We present an update of ongoing progress in preparation for the upcoming launch of the instrument.

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