The soft X-ray telescope for the SOLAR-A mission

Tsuneta, S.; Acton, L.; Bruner, M.; Lemen, J.; Brown, W.; Caravalho, R.; Catura, R.; Freeland, S.; Jurcevich, B.; Owens, J.

The Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) of the SOLAR-A mission is designed to produce X-ray movies of flares with excellent angular and time resolution as well as full-disk X-ray images for general studies. A selection of thin metal filters provide a measure of temperature discrimination and aid in obtaining the wide dynamic range required for solar observing. The co-aligned SXT aspect telescope will yield optical images for aspect reference, white-light flare and sunspot studies, and, possibly, helioseismology. This paper describes the capabilities and characteristics of the SXT for scientific observing.

Document ID

19920036804

Document Type

Reprint (Version printed in journal)

External Source(s)

doi:10.1007/BF00151694

Authors

Tsuneta, S. (Tokyo, University Mitaka, Japan)

Acton, L. (Tokyo Univ. Mitake, Japan)

Bruner, M. (Tokyo Univ. Mitake, Japan)

Lemen, J. (Tokyo Univ. Mitake, Japan)

Brown, W. (Tokyo Univ. Mitake, Japan)

Caravalho, R. (Tokyo Univ. Mitake, Japan)

Catura, R. (Tokyo Univ. Mitake, Japan)

Freeland, S. (Tokyo Univ. Mitake, Japan)

Jurcevich, B. (Lockheed Research Laboratories Palo Alto, CA, United States)

Owens, J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)

Date Acquired

August 15, 2013

Publication Date

November 1, 1991

Publication Information

Publication: Solar Physics

Volume: 136

ISSN: 0038-0938

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