British X-ray astronomy

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Sep 1986

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Royal Astronomical Society, Quarterly Journal (ISSN 0035-8738), vol. 27, Sept. 1986, p. 435-444.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Cosmic Rays, Solar X-Rays, United Kingdom, X Ray Astronomy, Proportional Counters, Radiation Detectors, Spaceborne Astronomy, X Ray Spectroscopy

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The development of solar and cosmic X-ray studies in the UK, in particular the Skylark and Ariel programs, is discussed. The characteristics and capabilities of the X-ray emulsion detector developed to monitor the solar X-radiation in the Skylark program, and of the proportional counter spectrometer developed for solar X-ray measurements on the Ariel I satellite are described. The designs and functions of the pin-hole camera, the Bragg crystal spectrometer, and the X-ray spectroheliograph are exmained. The Skylark observations of cosmic X-ray sources and high-resolution solar spectra, and the Ariel 5 data on cosmic X-ray sources are presented. Consideration is given to the Ariel 6, the U.S. Einstein Observatory, Exosat, and ASTRO-C.

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