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The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS) Solar Sounding Rocket Campaign – Calibration and PerformanceThe Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS) is a sounding rocket experiment that is designed to observe, for the first time, soft X-ray spectra of high-temperature, low-emission plasma of coronal structures spatially resolved along a narrow slit.MaGIXS observation involves a set of high temperature spectral lines in soft X-rays from 0.5 - 2.0 keV from an active region core,which will extend the DEM coverage from 3MK to 10MK constraining the slope of the DEM fall-off. The novel instrument designincludes a Wolter-I type telescope and a 3-optic grazing-incidence spectrometer. The spectrometer consists of a finite conjugatemirror pair and a blazed planar, varied line spaced grating, which disperses the rays on to a CCD and provides a high spatial andspectral resolution. Component level instrument testing, integration of the instrument and end-to-end X-ray calibration are carriedout using the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. MaGIXS is scheduled for launch in2021. We will present the results of X-ray calibration tests for MaGIXS and discuss the expected inflight performance throughdifferent solar observation scenarios.
Document ID
20205010798
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Poster
Authors
P. S. Athiray
(Universities Space Research Association Columbia, Maryland, United States)
Amy Winebarger
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Patrick Champey
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Ken Kobayashi
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Sabrina Savage
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Gen Vigil
(Universities Space Research Association Columbia, Maryland, United States)
Leon Golub
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Peter Cheimets
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Edward Hertz
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Ernest R Wright
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Jeffrey R Kegley
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Harlan J Haight
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Steven C Johnson
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Brent L Beabout
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Dyana L Beabout
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
William D Hogue
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Anthony R Guillory
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Richard D Siler
(Marshall Space Flight Center Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, United States)
Date Acquired
November 30, 2020
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting
Location: Virtual
Country: US
Start Date: December 1, 2020
End Date: December 17, 2020
Sponsors: American Geophysical Union
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 791926.02.05.01.36
Distribution Limits
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