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Solar Wind Charge Exchange and Local Hot Bubble X-Ray Emission with the DXL Sounding Rocket ExperimentThe Diffuse X-ray emission from the Local Galaxy (DXL) sounding rocket is a NASA approved mission with a scheduled first launch in December 2012. Its goal is to identify and separate the X-ray emission of the SWCX from that of the Local Hot Bubble (LHB) to improve our understanding of both. To separate the SWCX contribution from the LHB. DXL will use the SWCX signature due to the helium focusing cone at 1=185 deg, b=-18 deg, DXL uses large area propostionai counters, with an area of 1.000 sq cm and grasp of about 10 sq cm sr both in the 1/4 and 3/4 keY bands. Thanks to the large grasp, DXL will achieve in a 5 minule flight what cannot be achieved by current and future X-ray satellites.
Document ID
20120011916
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Galeazzi, M.
(Miami Univ. Coral Gables, FL, United States)
Collier, M. R.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cravens, T.
(Kansas Univ. Lawrence, KS, United States)
Koutroumpa, D.
Kuntz, K. D.
(Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Lepri, S.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
McCammon, D.
(Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Porter, F. S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Prasai, K.
(Miami Univ. Coral Gables, FL, United States)
Robertson, I.
(Kansas Univ. Lawrence, KS, United States)
Snowden, S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Thomas, N. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Uprety, Y.
(Miami Univ. Coral Gables, FL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 2012
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomical Notes
Volume: 333
Issue: 4
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.JA.01144.2012
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX11AF04G
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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