Broadband and large-area x-ray omni sky monitor (BLOSM)

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Oct 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997spie.3114..466z&link_type=abstract

Proc. SPIE Vol. 3114, p. 466-480, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, Oswald H. Siegmund; Mark A. Gumm

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We present a conceptual design for a new x-ray all sky monitor (ASM). Compared with previous ASMs, its salient features are: (1) it has a focusing capability that increases the signal to background ratio by a factor of 3; (2) it has a broad-band width: 200 eV to 15 keV; (3) it has a large x-ray collection area: approximately 10(superscript 2) cm(superscript 2); (4) it has a duty cycle of nearly 100%, and (5) it can measure the position of a new source with an accuracy of a few minutes of arc. These features combined open up an opportunity for discovering new phenomena as well as monitoring existing phenomena with unprecedented coverage and sensitivity.

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