A rocket borne instrument for the study of soft X-ray emission from cosmic X-ray sourcesDetails about a rocket-borne instrument designed for studying the various characteristics of soft X-ray emission from cosmic X-ray sources in the energy range of 0.2 to 3 keV are presented. The X-ray detector consists of a bank of four multilayer, wall-less proportional counters, each with an area of 400 sq cm. The detectors are covered by windows of 1.4-micron polypropylene and are maintained at a constant pressure in flight using a gas control system. Two of the detectors are equipped with 0.4- by 10-deg collimators for mapping the spatial distribution of soft X-rays from extended X-ray sources. A pair of balanced filters consisting of oxygen and CF4 are used for detecting oxygen emission lines.
Document ID
19740048438
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Agrawal, P. C.
Moore, W. E.
Garmire, G. P. (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, Calif., United States)