In-flight performances of grazing incidence x-ray optics on board the x-ray astronomy satellite BeppoSAX

Giancarlo Conti; Lucio Chiappetti; Silvano Molendi; Bruno Sacco; Giancarlo Cusumano; Giovanni La Rosa; Maria Concetta Maccarone; T. Mineo; Giuliano Boella; Oberto Citterio

doi:10.1117/12.278870

11 July 1997 In-flight performances of grazing incidence x-ray optics on board the x-ray astronomy satellite BeppoSAX

Giancarlo Conti, Lucio Chiappetti, Silvano Molendi, Bruno Sacco, Giancarlo Cusumano, Giovanni La Rosa, Maria Concetta Maccarone, T. Mineo, Giuliano Boella, Oberto Citterio

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Proceedings Volume 3113, Grazing Incidence and Multilayer X-Ray Optical Systems; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.278870
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The scientific instrumentation on board the x-ray astronomy satellite BeppoSAX, launched at the end of April 1996, includes four identical mirror units, each composed of 30 nested grazing incidence mirrors. The focal plane detectors are 3 identical position sensitive medium energy gas scintillation proportional counters, operating in the energy range 1.3 - 10 keV and 1 low energy gas scintillation proportional counter in the range 0.1 - 10 keV. During the science verification phase (July-November 96) a selected number of x-ray targets has been observed in order to have an in-flight calibration of the instrument. This paper describes some results with particular emphasis to the on axis and off axis behavior of the optical systems.

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Giancarlo Conti, Lucio Chiappetti, Silvano Molendi, Bruno Sacco, Giancarlo Cusumano, Giovanni La Rosa, Maria Concetta Maccarone, T. Mineo, Giuliano Boella, and Oberto Citterio "In-flight performances of grazing incidence x-ray optics on board the x-ray astronomy satellite BeppoSAX", Proc. SPIE 3113, Grazing Incidence and Multilayer X-Ray Optical Systems, (11 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.278870

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