Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) instrumentation

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Jan 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986aiaa.meetx....w&link_type=abstract

AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 24th, Reno, NV, Jan. 6-9, 1986. 12 p.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Astronomical Observatories, Spaceborne Astronomy, X Ray Astrophysics Facility, Cameras, Charge Coupled Devices, Grazing Incidence Telescopes, High Resolution, Instrument Packages, Spectrometers, X Ray Spectroscopy

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The instrumentation planned for the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), a space-based observation platform for the 1990s, is described. The AXAF will feature a grazing incidence telescope at the end of the observatory and four independently selected instruments at the other end, including: a CCD imaging spectrometer; a Bragg crystal spectrometer; and two transmission grating spectrometers located directly behind the telescope to detect first order spectral images. The instruments are currently in the definition phase to be followed by design and development starting in the late 1980s. A detailed schematic diagram of the Bragg crystal imaging spectrometer is provided.

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