The EUV/X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing Facility at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo 'G. S. Vaiana'

Details The EUV/X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing Facility at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo 'G. S. Vaiana' The EUV/X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing Facility at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo 'G. S. Vaiana'

Jan 1997

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The Next Generation of X-Ray Observatories, p. 153

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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X Ray Astronomy, Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Calibrating, X Ray Astrophysics Facility, Test Facilities, High Resolution, Cameras, Ultraviolet Detectors, Cryogenics, Monochromators, X Ray Sources, X Ray Detectors

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The X ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing facility (XACT) set-up at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo "G.S. Vaiana" for the development and calibration of instrumentation for Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV)/X ray astronomy, includes a 14 (expandable to 17) meter long stainless-steel vacuum beam line, a 1 meter diameter cylindrical test chamber opening to a class 1000 clean-room, and X ray and EUV sources, detectors and monochromators covering the energy range approximately 0.005-10 keV (wavelength range approximately 1-3000 A). The XACT facility is presently employed in the calibration of the UV/Ion shields of the High Resolution Camera (HRC) on AXAF, in the development of the filters for the EPIC camera on XMM and in the calibration of the JET-X detector. Additions to the basic equipment are planned for the development of cryogenic detectors. A description of the facility can be found at the WWW site: http://www.astropa.unipa.it/XACT/XACT.html

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