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Superhero: design of a new hard x-ray focusing telescope
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Elsner, Ronald Kiranmayee, Kilaru Tennant, Allyn Wilson, Matthew Shih, Albert Stuchlik, David Ramsey, Brian Seller, Paul Gaskin, Jessica Weddendorf, Bruce Christe, Steven Wilson-Hodge, Colleen Swartz Sr., Douglas |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | SuperHERO is a hard x-ray (20-75 keV) balloon-borne telescope, currently in its proposal phase, that will utilize high angular-resolution grazing-incidence optics, coupled to novel CdTe multi-pixel, fine-pitch (250 micrometers) detectors. The high-resolution electroformed-nickel, grazing-incidence optics were developed at MSFC, and the detectors were developed at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK, and are being readied for flight at GSFC. SuperHERO will use two active pointing systems; one for carrying out astronomical observations and another for solar observations during the same flight. The telescope will reside on a light-weight, carbon-composite structure that will integrate the Wallops Arc Second Pointer into its frame, for arcsecond or better pointing. This configuration will allow for Long Duration Balloon flights that can last up to 4 weeks. This next generation design, which is based on the High Energy Replicated Optics (HERO) and HERO to Explore the Sun (HEROES) payloads, will be discussed, with emphasis on the core telescope components. |
| File Size | 1569292 |
| Page Count | 15 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150020499 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7mq01w32 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2015-03-07 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Superhero Balloon-borne Instruments High Resolution X Ray Detectors Angular Resolution Systems Engineering Grazing Incidence Cadmium Tellurides X Ray Astronomy Composite Structures X Ray Optics Pixels X Ray Telescopes Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
