Overview of the SAX x-ray instruments development

Primo Attina; Ezio Alippi; P. Casoli; Anna Lenti; Franco Monzani; Jens Michael Poulsen

doi:10.1117/12.224919

16 October 1995 Overview of the SAX x-ray instruments development

Primo Attina, Ezio Alippi, P. Casoli, Anna Lenti, Franco Monzani, Jens Michael Poulsen

Proceedings Volume 2517, X-Ray and EUV/FUV Spectroscopy and Polarimetry; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.224919
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

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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Primo Attina, Ezio Alippi, P. Casoli, Anna Lenti, Franco Monzani, and Jens Michael Poulsen "Overview of the SAX x-ray instruments development", Proc. SPIE 2517, X-Ray and EUV/FUV Spectroscopy and Polarimetry, (16 October 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.224919

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