FAR_XITE: First Use of True Imaging Above 20 keV

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May 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aas...192.3505r&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 192nd AAS Meeting, #35.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.861

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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We propose to make the first true imaging, high energy resolution observations between 20-90 keV using a novel combination of multilayer grazing incidence mirrors and semiconductor focal plane detector arrays. This new instrument, the Fine Angular Resolution X-ray Imaging TelescopE (FAR_XITE) will be flown on 2 long duration balloons. FAR_XITE's combination of high sensitivity (10X better than current hard X-ray missions), good spatial resolution (<1', with 10'' localizations), and excellent energy resolution will allow spatially resolved spectral studies of: Sgr A* and accreting X-ray binary sources in the galactic center region, the hot diffuse flux near Sgr A*, weak field, low luminosity bursters, and cyclotron line shapes in accreting X-ray pulsars.

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