Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1997
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Proc. SPIE Vol. 3113, p. 394-403, Grazing Incidence and Multilayer X-Ray Optical Systems, Richard B. Hoover; Arthur B. Walker; E
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
The scientific instrumentation on board the x-ray astronomy satellite BeppoSAX, launched at the end of April 1996, includes four identical mirror units, each composed of 30 nested grazing incidence mirrors. The focal plane detectors are 3 identical position sensitive medium energy gas scintillation proportional counters, operating in the energy range 1.3 - 10 keV and 1 low energy gas scintillation proportional counter in the range 0.1 - 10 keV. During the science verification phase (July-November 96) a selected number of x-ray targets has been observed in order to have an in-flight calibration of the instrument. This paper describes some results with particular emphasis to the on axis and off axis behavior of the optical systems.
Boella Giuliano
Chiappetti Lucio
Citterio Oberto
Conti Giancarlo
Cusumano Giancarlo
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