The axaf ccd imaging spectrometer

G. P. Garmire; D. Burrows; C. Canizares; G. Clark; S. A. Sollins; E. Feigelson; J. Morrison; J. Nousek; S. H. Pravda; S. A. Rappaport; G. Ricker; G. R. Riegler; D. Weedmanl

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The axaf ccd imaging spectrometer

G. P. Garmire, D. Burrows, C. Canizares, G. Clark, S. A. Sollins, E. Feigelson, J. Morrison, J. Nousek, S. H. Pravda, S. A. Rappaport, G. Ricker, G. R. Riegler, D. Weedmanl

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The AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) is currently being defined as a possible focal plane instrument to be flown on the Advanced X -ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF). The imaging spectrometer consists of an array of charge coupled devices (CCD’s) to be placed at the focus of the AXAF mirrors. The array will provide high angular resolution (~ 0.5 arc seconds), moderate spectral resolution (~ 150 eV) over the energy range 0.1 to 10 keV, temporal resolution down to ~ 60 μ sec, and single photon quantum detection efficiencies of up to 90 %. X -ray sensitivity for a point source exceeds 10^-15 ergs /cm² sec for a 10⁵ sec exposure. When used in conjunction with the objective gratings, the array will yield wavelength resolution of up to λ/Δλ of about 200.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	261-266
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	597
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966590
State	Published - Jul 14 1986

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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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