Progress on the Micro-X rocket payload
Progress on the Micro-X rocket payload
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Micro-X 火箭有效载荷的进展
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10.1117/12.789904
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2008
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J. Ullom
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作者：
E. Figueroa;P. Wikus;J. Adams;S. Bandler;M. Bautz;K. Boyce;G. Brown;S. Deiker;W. Doriese;K. Flanagan;M. Galeazzi;G. Hilton;U. Hwang;K. Irwin;T. Kallman;R. Kelley;C. Kilbourne;S. Kissel;S. Leman;A. Levine;M. Lowenstein;D. Martínez;D. McCammon;R. Mushotzky;R. Petre;F. Porter;C. Reintsema;J. Rutherford;T. Saab;P. Serlemitsos;N. Schulz;R. Smith;J. Ullom
Micro-X高分辨率微热量计x射线成像火箭是一项探空火箭实验，将过渡边缘传感器x射线微热量计阵列与锥形成像镜相结合，以获得扩展和点x射线源的高光谱分辨率图像。我们的第一个目标是Puppis A超新星遗迹，它将在2011年1月被观测到。对Puppis A明亮的东部结的Micro-X观测将在0.3-2.5 keV波段以2 eV分辨率在300秒内收集到多达90,000个计数的线主导光谱。Micro-X将利用等离子体诊断来确定等离子体的热力学和电离状态，寻找与动力学过程相关的线移和展宽，并寻找喷射增强的证据。我们描述了在开发这种有效载荷方面取得的进展，包括探测器、低温系统和电子组件。已经进行了详细的建模工作，以设计具有足够磁屏蔽的火箭载绝热退磁制冷机，以允许过渡边缘传感器稳定运行，并已对相关的火箭电子设备进行了原型制作和测试。
The Micro-X High Resolution Microcalorimeter X-ray Imaging Rocket is sounding rocket experiment that will combine a transition-edge-sensor X-ray-microcalorimeter array with a conical imaging mirror to obtain high-spectral-resolution images of extended and point X-ray sources. Our first target is the Puppis A supernova remnant, which will be observed in January 2011. The Micro-X observation of the bright eastern knot of Puppis A will obtain a line-dominated spectrum with up to 90,000 counts collected in 300 seconds at 2 eV resolution across the 0.3-2.5 keV band. Micro-X will utilize plasma diagnostics to determine the thermodynamic and ionization state of the plasma, to search for line shifts and broadening associated with dynamical processes, and seek evidence of ejecta enhancement. We describe the progress made in developing this payload, including the detector, cryogenics, and electronics assemblies. A detailed modeling effort has been undertaken to design a rocket-bourne adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator with sufficient magnetic shielding to allow stable operation of transition edge sensors, and the associated rocket electronics have been prototyped and tested.