CUBIC - A non-dispersive Diffuse X-ray Background spectrometer

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Oct 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992spie.1743...72b&link_type=abstract

In: EUV, X-ray, and gamma-ray instrumentation for astronomy III; Proceedings of the Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 22-24, 1992 (A9

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Charge Coupled Devices, Radiation Damage, X Ray Detectors, X Ray Spectroscopy, Calibrating, Collimators, Design Analysis, Diffuse Radiation, Pixels

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The Cosmic Unresolved X-ray Background Instrument using CCDs (CUBIC) is designed to obtain spectral observations of the Diffuse X-ray Background (DXRB) with moderate spectral resolution over the energy range 0.2-10 keV, using mechanically-collimated CCDs. At this time, it is the only planned satellite payload devoted to the study of the spectrum of the DXRB. Over the anticipated 3 year lifetime of the satellite, CUBIC will be able to study up to 50 percent of the sky with 5 x 5 deg spatial resolution for the subkilovolt Galactic diffuse background, and with 10 x 10 deg spatial resolution for the extragalactic diffuse background above 2 keV. CUBIC will obtain high quality nondispersive spectra of soft X-ray emission from the interstellar medium, supernova remnants, and some bright sources, and will make a sensitive seach for line emission or other features in the extragalactic cosmic X-ray background from 2-10 keV.

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