Abstract The First Spacelab Flight - scheduled for September 1983 - will carry a multidisciplinary payload intended to demonstrate that valuable scientific results can be achieved with such short duration missions. The payload complement includes a spectrometer to undertake observations of the brighter cosmic X-ray sources. The primary scientific objectives of this experiment are the study of detailed spectral features in cosmic X-ray sources and their associated temporal variations over a wide energy range from about 2 keV up to 80 keV. The instrument based on the gas scintillation proportional counter, will have an effective area of some 180 cm2 with an energy resolution of ∼ 9% FWHM at 7 keV. The key performance parameters of the instrument, which include calibration results and the sensitivity of the planned observations, are discussed.


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    Title :

    The X-ray spectrometer experiment on the first spacelab flight


    Contributors:
    Andresen, R.D. (author) / Peacock, A. (author) / Sims, M.R. (author) / Taylor, B.G. (author) / Culhane, J.L. (author) / Ives, J.C. (author) / Kellock, S. (author) / Boella, G. (author) / Villa, G. (author) / Manzo, G. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1983-01-01


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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