Overview of the SAX x-ray instruments development

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Oct 1995

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Proc. SPIE Vol. 2517, p. 182-208, X-Ray and EUV/FUV Spectroscopy and Polarimetry, Silvano Fineschi; Ed.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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SAX is a scientific satellite devoted to x-ray astronomy whose launch is planned for the beginning of 1996, with a minimum operational life of two years. The characteristics of the x- ray detectors on board SAX have been defined in such a way as to have complete energy coverage of x-ray emission from cosmic sources (energy range 0.1 - 300 keV) with moderate angular resolution (1 arcmin). This scientific instrument package will allow spectroscopic and variability studies of the cosmic sources. The SAX scientific instrument package is made up of the following x-ray instruments: (1) An imaging medium energy concentrator spectrometer, energy range 1.3 - 10 keV; (2) An imaging low energy concentrator spectrometer, energy range 0.1 - 10 keV; (3) A high pressure gas scintillator proportional counter, energy range 3.5 - 120 keV; (4) A phoswich detector system, energy range 15 - 300 keV; (5) Two wide field cameras, energy range 2 - 30 keV. Specific design and development problems for these instruments are reported.

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