Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987pht....40l..26o&link_type=abstract
Physics Today (ISSN 0031-9228), vol. 40, Dec. 1987, p. 26-33.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Japanese Space Program, Research Projects, Spaceborne Experiments, X Ray Astronomy, Black Holes (Astronomy), Bursts, Exos-D Satellite, Gamma Ray Bursts, Pulsars, Satellite-Borne Instruments
Scientific paper
Recent developments in Japanese space science are reviewed with particular emphasis on X-ray astronomy. After a brief discussion of the Hakucho and Tenma X-ray astronomy satellites, the paper gives detailed consideration to the Ginga satellite which is designed to make very sensitive observations of faint sources; its proportional counters are capable of detecting a source with a low X-ray flux, as low as 0.0001 of the X-ray intensity of the Crab Nebula. Observations of X-ray pulses, X-ray bursts, gamma-ray bursts, and black hole candidates are considered. Future prospects are also examined with particular emphasis on Exos-D which is intended to investigate auroral activity in the earth's upper atmosphere from polar orbit.
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