The First Results from the Solar X-ray Spectrometer (SOXS) Mission

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Jan 2005

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Highlights of Astronomy, Vol. 13, as presented at the XXVth General Assembly of the IAU - 2003 [Sydney, Australia, 13 - 26 July

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The Solar X-ray Spectrometer (SOXS) is integrated and tested successfully over the GSAT-2 Indian Mission which is scheduled to launch in Marchl 2003. The SOXS aims to observe full disk integrated X-ray emission from the Sun in the energy range 4 keV to 3 MeV with superb spectral and temporal resolution below 60 keV. These observations will improve our present understanding on the energy release and particle acceleration in solar flares as well as to measure the break energy point between thermal and non-thermal emissions. The SOXS is composed of two independent payloads viz. SOXS Low Energy Detector (SLD) payload and SOXS High Energy Detector (SHD) payload. The SLD consists of two solid state detectors Si PIN and CZT which cover the energy range 4-60 keV and reveal subkeV energy resolution that required to study the characteristic X-ray lines emitted during solar flares. We present the first results from those interesting observations which we expect from SLD payload in view of its instrumental potentialities in the first few months after deployment of the GSAT-2 spacecraft in the geosynchronous orbit.

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