Studies of auroral X-ray imaging from high altitude spacecraft

Details Studies of auroral X-ray imaging from high altitude spacecraft Studies of auroral X-ray imaging from high altitude spacecraft

Jun 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980aero.rept.....m&link_type=abstract

Final Report Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA. Space Sciences Lab.

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Auroras, Cameras, Collimators, Imaging Techniques, Spacecraft Instruments, X Ray Telescopes, Airglow, Atmospheric Radiation, Imagery, Satellite-Borne Photography, X Ray Spectra

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Results of a study of techniques for imaging the aurora from a high altitude satellite at X-ray wavelengths are summarized. The X-ray observations allow the straightforward derivation of the primary auroral X-ray spectrum and can be made at all local times, day and night. Five candidate imaging systems are identified: X-ray telescope, multiple pinhole camera, coded aperture, rastered collimator, and imaging collimator. Examples of each are specified, subject to common weight and size limits which allow them to be intercompared. The imaging ability of each system is tested using a wide variety of sample spectra which are based on previous satellite observations. The study shows that the pinhole camera and coded aperture are both good auroral imaging systems. The two collimated detectors are significantly less sensitive. The X-ray telescope provides better image quality than the other systems in almost all cases, but a limitation to energies below about 4 keV prevents this system from providing the spectra data essential to deriving electron spectra, energy input to the atmosphere, and atmospheric densities and conductivities. The orbit selection requires a tradeoff between spatial resolution and duty cycle.

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