X-ray Lobster Eye all-sky monitor for rocket experiment

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21340/17:00311889

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2277515" target="_blank" >10.1117/12.2277515</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

X-ray Lobster Eye all-sky monitor for rocket experiment

Original language description

This paper presents a Lobster Eye (LE) X-ray telescope developed for the Water Recovery X-ray Rocket (WRX-R) experiment. The primary payload of the rocket experiment is a soft X-ray spectroscope developed by the Pennsylvania State University (PSU), USA. The Czech team participates by hard LE X-ray telescope as a secondary payload. The astrophysical objective of the rocket experiment is the Vela Supernova of size about 8deg &times; 8deg. In the center of the nebula is a neutron star with a strong magnetic field, roughly the mass of the Sun and a diameter of about 20 kilometers forming the Vela pulsar. The primary objective of WRX-R is the spectral measurement of the outer part of the nebula in soft X-ray and FOV of 3.25deg &times; 3.25deg. The secondary objective (hard LE X-ray telescope) is the Vela neutron star observation. The hard LE telescope consists of two X-ray telescopes with the Timepix detector. First telescope uses 2D LE Schmidt optics (2D-LE-REX) with focal length over 1m and 4 Timepix detectors (2 &times; 2 matrix). The telescope FOV is 1.5deg &times; 1.5deg with spectral range from 3keV to 60keV. The second telescope uses 1D LE Schmidt optics (1D-LE-REX) with focal length of 25cm and one Timepix detector. The telescope is made as a wide field with FOV 4.5deg &times; 3.5deg and spectral range from 3keV to 40keV. The rocket experiment serves as a technology demonstration mission for the payloads. The LE X-ray telescopes can be in the future used as all-sky monitor/surveyor. The astrophysical observation can cover the hard X-ray observation of astrophysical sources in time-domain, the GRBs surveying or the exploration of the gravitational wave sources.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20304 - Aerospace engineering

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proc. SPIE 10235, EUV and X-ray Optics: Synergy between Laboratory and Space V

ISBN

978-1-5106-0972-3

ISSN

0277-786X

e-ISSN

1996-756X

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

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Publisher name

The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

Place of publication

Bellingham WA

Event location

Praha

Event date

Apr 24, 2017

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000406801200001