Large-area reflection grating spectrometer for the Constellation-X mission

S. M. Kahn; F. B. Paerels; J. R. Peterson; A. P. Rasmussen; M. L. Schattenburg; G. R. Ricker; M. W. Bautz; J. P. Doty; G. Y. Prigozhin; J. A. Nousek; D. N. Burrows; J. E. Hill; W. C. Cash

Large-area reflection grating spectrometer for the Constellation-X mission

S. M. Kahn, F. B. Paerels, J. R. Peterson, A. P. Rasmussen, M. L. Schattenburg, G. R. Ricker, M. W. Bautz, J. P. Doty, G. Y. Prigozhin, J. A. Nousek, D. N. Burrows, J. E. Hill, W. C. Cash

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Abstract

The optical chain of the spectroscopic X-Ray telescopes aboard the Constellation-X spacecrafts employs a reflective grating spectrometer to provide high resolution (E/ΔE approx. 400) spectra for multiple spectra as a slitless spectrometer in the spectral feature rich, soft X-Ray band (0.2-2.3 keV). As a part of the spectroscopic readout array, we provide a zero-order camera that images the sky in the soft band inaccessible to the microcalorimeters. Technological enhancements required for producing the RGS instruments are described, along with prototype development progress, fabrication and testing results.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	94-103
Number of pages	10
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	3765
State	Published - 1999
Event	Proceedings of the 1999 EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X - Denver, CO, USA Duration: Jul 21 1999 → Jul 23 1999

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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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Kahn, S. M., Paerels, F. B., Peterson, J. R., Rasmussen, A. P., Schattenburg, M. L., Ricker, G. R., Bautz, M. W., Doty, J. P., Prigozhin, G. Y., Nousek, J. A., Burrows, D. N., Hill, J. E., & Cash, W. C. (1999). Large-area reflection grating spectrometer for the Constellation-X mission. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3765, 94-103.

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Large-area reflection grating spectrometer for the Constellation-X mission

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