Calibration of the XRT-SOLARB flight filters at the XACT facility of INAF-OAPA

Marco Barbera; Maria Antonella Artale; Roberto Candia; Alfonso Collura; Giuseppe Lullo; Giovanni Peres; Emanuele Perinati; Salvatore Varisco; J. A. Bookbinder; Peter N. Cheimets; Mario L. Cosmo; Edward E. DeLuca; Leon Golub; Mark A. Weber

doi:10.1117/12.553127

11 October 2004 Calibration of the XRT-SOLARB flight filters at the XACT facility of INAF-OAPA

Marco Barbera, Maria Antonella Artale, Roberto Candia, Alfonso Collura, Giuseppe Lullo, Giovanni Peres, Emanuele Perinati, Salvatore Varisco, J. A. Bookbinder, Peter N. Cheimets, Mario L. Cosmo, Edward E. DeLuca, Leon Golub, Mark A. Weber

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Proceedings Volume 5488, UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553127
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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The X-Ray Telescope (XRT) experiment on-board the Japanese satellite SOLAR-B (launch in 2006) aimed at providing full Sun field of view at ~ 1.5" angular resolution, will be equipped with two wheels of focal-plane filters to select spectral features of X-ray emission from the Solar corona, and a front-end filter to significantly reduce the visible light contamination. We present the results of the X-ray calibrations of the XRT flight filters performed at the X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing (XACT) facility of INAF-OAPA. We describe the instrumental set-up, the adopted measurement technique, and present the transmission vs. energy and position measurements.

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Marco Barbera, Maria Antonella Artale, Roberto Candia, Alfonso Collura, Giuseppe Lullo, Giovanni Peres, Emanuele Perinati, Salvatore Varisco, J. A. Bookbinder, Peter N. Cheimets, Mario L. Cosmo, Edward E. DeLuca, Leon Golub, and Mark A. Weber "Calibration of the XRT-SOLARB flight filters at the XACT facility of INAF-OAPA", Proc. SPIE 5488, UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems, (11 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553127

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