NuSTAR on-ground calibration: II. Effective area

Nicolai F. Brejnholt; Finn E. Christensen; Niels J. Westergaard; Charles J. Hailey; Jason E. Koglin; William W. Craig

doi:10.1117/12.925631

17 September 2012 NuSTAR on-ground calibration: II. Effective area

Nicolai F. Brejnholt, Finn E. Christensen, Niels J. Westergaard, Charles J. Hailey, Jason E. Koglin, William W. Craig

Proceedings Volume 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 84431Y (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925631
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope ARray (NuSTAR) was launched in June 2012 carrying the first focusing hard X-ray (5−80keV) optics to orbit. The multilayer coating was carried out at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Space). In this article we introduce the NuSTAR multilayer reference database and its implementation in the NuSTAR optic response model. The database and its implementation is validated using on-ground effective area calibration data and used to estimate in-orbit performance.

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Nicolai F. Brejnholt, Finn E. Christensen, Niels J. Westergaard, Charles J. Hailey, Jason E. Koglin, and William W. Craig "NuSTAR on-ground calibration: II. Effective area", Proc. SPIE 8443, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2012: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 84431Y (17 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925631

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