CUBIC: a nondispersive diffuse x-ray background spectrometer

David N. Burrows; Mark A. Skinner; Alexander J. Antunes; Mark A. Catalano; Eric J. Cocklin; Leland G. Engel; Timothy Entingh; Gordon P. Garmire; Roland Green; Douglas A. Kelly; Ralph P. Kraft; David H. Lumb; Stacy L. Malakoff; Jeffrey A. Mendenhall; John A. Nousek

CUBIC: a nondispersive diffuse x-ray background spectrometer

David N. Burrows, Mark A. Skinner, Alexander J. Antunes, Mark A. Catalano, Eric J. Cocklin, Leland G. Engel, Timothy Entingh, Gordon P. Garmire, Roland Green, Douglas A. Kelly, Ralph P. Kraft, David H. Lumb, Stacy L. Malakoff, Jeffrey A. Mendenhall, John A. Nousek

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The Cosmic Unresolved X-ray Background Instrument using CCDs (CUBIC) is designed to obtain spectral observations of the Diffuse X-ray Background (DXRB) with moderate spectral resolution (E/ΔE approximately 10 - 60) over the energy range 0.2 - 10 keV using mechanically collimated CCDs. It will be launched on the NASA/Argentine minisat SAC-B in December 1994. At this time, it is the only planned satellite payload devoted to the study of the spectrum of the DXRB. Observations will consist of 1 - 2 day pointed exposures of each target direction, resulting in a series of high quality spectra. Over the anticipated 3 year lifetime of the satellite, CUBIC will be able to study up to 50% of the sky with 5° × 5× spatial resolution for the subkilovolt Galactic diffuse background, and with 10° × 10° spatial resolution for the extragalactic diffuse background above 2 keV. CUBIC will obtain high quality non-dispersive spectra of soft X-ray emission from the interstellar medium, supernova remnants, and some bright sources, and will make a sensitive search for line emission or other features in the extragalactic cosmic X-ray background from 2 - 10 keV.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Publisher	Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering
Pages	72-82
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	0819409162
State	Published - 1992
Event	EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III - San Diego, CA, USA Duration: Jul 22 1992 → Jul 24 1992

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	1743
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy III
City	San Diego, CA, USA
Period	7/22/92 → 7/24/92

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Burrows, D. N., Skinner, M. A., Antunes, A. J., Catalano, M. A., Cocklin, E. J., Engel, L. G., Entingh, T., Garmire, G. P., Green, R., Kelly, D. A., Kraft, R. P., Lumb, D. H., Malakoff, S. L., Mendenhall, J. A., & Nousek, J. A. (1992). CUBIC: a nondispersive diffuse x-ray background spectrometer. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (pp. 72-82). (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 1743). Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering.

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CUBIC: a nondispersive diffuse x-ray background spectrometer. / Burrows, David N.; Skinner, Mark A.; Antunes, Alexander J. et al.
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Publ by Int Soc for Optical Engineering, 1992. p. 72-82 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 1743).

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