EXOSS - A hard X-ray and soft gamma-ray astronomy mission

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Nov 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990spie.1344..454c&link_type=abstract

IN: EUV, X-ray, and Gamma-ray instrumentation for astronomy; Proceedings of the Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 11-13, 1990 (A92-20

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Gamma Ray Astronomy, Space Station Payloads, Spaceborne Astronomy, X Ray Astronomy, Angular Resolution, Energetic Particles, Radiation Counters, Telescopes

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The Energetic X-ray Observatory on Space Station (EXOSS) is a mission concept for high-sensitivity coded-aperture sky surveys and studies of the spectral and temporal behavior of astrophysical sources from approximately 3 keV to 1 MeV. The scientific motivation for the mission and the instrument requirements, including the need for high angular resolution to resolve and identify numerous detectable sources, are summarized. Two baseline telescopes are described: one employing a 1.4-sq-m array of Xe gas imaging proportional counters to cover the 3 to 100 keV range with 1 arcmin resolution; the second using a 2.8-sq-m array of NaI/CsI imaging phoswich detectors to span the 20 keV to MeV range with 12 arcmin resolution.

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