Published December 21, 2013
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Journal article
The spectrometer/telescope for imaging X-rays on board the ESA Solar Orbiter spacecraft
Creators
- 1. Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley (United States)
- 2. University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch (Switzerland)
- 3. Space Research Center of Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
- 4. Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen (Switzerland)
- 5. ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
Description
Solar Orbiter is a Sun-observing mission led by the European Space Agency, addressing the interaction between the Sun and the heliosphere. It will carry ten instruments, among them the X-ray imaging spectrometer STIX. STIX will determine the intensity, spectrum, timing, and location of thermal and accelerated electrons near the Sun through their bremsstrahlung X-ray emission. This report gives a brief overview of the STIX scientific goals and covers in more detail the instrument design and challenges
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.050Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nima.2013.05.050;
- PII
- S0168-9002(13)00650-5;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
- Journal Volume
- 732
- Journal Page Range
- p. 295-298
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
- CODEN
- NIMAER
Conference
- Title
- 13. Vienna conference on instrumentation
- Dates
- 11-15 Feb 2013
- Place
- Vienna (Austria)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45051651
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BREMSSTRAHLUNG; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; DESIGN; ELECTRON DETECTION; HELIOSPHERE; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; SOLAR FLARES; TELESCOPE COUNTERS; X-RAY DETECTION; X-RAY SPECTROMETERS
- Descriptors DEC
- ATMOSPHERES; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR ATMOSPHERE; SPECTROMETERS; STELLAR ACTIVITY; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES; STELLAR FLARES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.