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The hard x-ray burst spectrometer on the solar maximum mission
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Frost, K. J. Dennis, B. R. Orwig, L. E. |
| Copyright Year | 1979 |
| Description | The primary scientific objective of the spectrometer is to provide a greater understanding of the role of energetic electrons in solar flares. This will be achieved by observations of high energy X-rays in the energy range from 20 to 200 keV with time resolution of 0.128s on a continuous basis and as short as 1 ms for limited intervals. The X-ray detector is an actively shielded CsI(Na) crystal with a thickness of 0.635 cm and a sensitive area of 71 sq cm. In the first year after launch, it is expected that approximately 1000 flares above the sensitivity threshold of 0.2 photons/(sq cm s) lasting for one second, will be detected. |
| File Size | 1615157 |
| Page Count | 25 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19790025972 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1rg0jf5k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1979-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Solar Physics Solar X-rays Solar Flares Radiation Detectors Solar Electrons Spectrometers Crystals Photons Cesium Iodides X Ray Astronomy Solar Maximum Mission Energetic Particles Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
