The OGRESS sounding rocket payload

T. Rogers; Randall Lee McEntaffer; T. Schultz; B. Zeiger; P. Oakley; W. Cash

doi:10.1117/12.2023762

The OGRESS sounding rocket payload

T. Rogers, Randall Lee McEntaffer, T. Schultz, B. Zeiger, P. Oakley, W. Cash

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We present an overview of the Off-plane Grating Rocket for Extended Source Spectroscopy (OGRESS) sounding rocket payload based at the University of Iowa. OGRESS is designed to perform moderate resolution (R∼10- 40) spectroscopy of diffuse celestial X-ray sources between 0.3 - 1.2 keV. A wire grid focuser constrains light from diffuse sources into a converging beam that feeds an array of diffraction gratings in the extreme off-plane mount. The spectrum is focused onto Gaseous Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors. Scheduled to launch in 2014, OGRESS will obtain accurate physical diagnostics of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant and will increase the technical readiness level of GEMs. OGRESS is the fourth-generation of similar payloads from the partnership between the University of Iowa and the University of Colorado, with higher throughput, and improved noise characteristics over its predecessors.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023762
State	Published - Nov 7 2013
Event	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 25 2013 → Aug 26 2013

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8859
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	8/25/13 → 8/26/13

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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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Rogers, T, McEntaffer, RL, Schultz, T, Zeiger, B, Oakley, P & Cash, W 2013, The OGRESS sounding rocket payload. in UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII., 885911, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8859, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XVIII, San Diego, CA, United States, 8/25/13. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023762

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