The Bragg Crystal Spectrometer for SOLAR-A
The Bragg Crystal Spectrometer for SOLAR-A
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00151696
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发表时间:
1991-11
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2.8
通讯作者:
J. Culhane;E. Hiei;G. Doschek;A. M. Cruise;Y. Ogawara;Y. Uchida;R. Bentley;C. M. Brown;J. Lang;T. Watanabe;J. Bowles;R. Deslattes;U. Feldman;A. Fludra;P. Guttridge;A. Henins;J. Lapington;J. Magraw;J. Mariska;J. Payne;K. Phillips;P. Sheather;K. Slater;K. Tanaka;E. Towndrow;M. Trow;A. Yamaguchi
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作者:
J. Culhane;E. Hiei;G. Doschek;A. M. Cruise;Y. Ogawara;Y. Uchida;R. Bentley;C. M. Brown;J. Lang;T. Watanabe;J. Bowles;R. Deslattes;U. Feldman;A. Fludra;P. Guttridge;A. Henins;J. Lapington;J. Magraw;J. Mariska;J. Payne;K. Phillips;P. Sheather;K. Slater;K. Tanaka;E. Towndrow;M. Trow;A. Yamaguchi
The Bragg Crystal Spectrometer (BCS) is one of the instruments which makes up the scientific payload of the SOLAR-A mission. The spectrometer employs four bent germanium crystals, views the whole Sun and observes the resonance line complexes of H-like Fexxviand He-like Fexxv, Caxix, and Sxvin four narrow wavelength ranges with a resolving power (λ/Δλ) of between 3000 and 6000. The spectrometer has approaching ten times better sensitivity than that of previous instruments thus permitting a time resolution of better than 1 s to be achieved. The principal aim is the measurement of the properties of the 10 to 50 million K plasma created in solar flares with special emphasis on the heating and dynamics of the plasma during the impulsive phase. This paper summarizes the scientific objectives of the BCS and describes the design, characteristics, and performance of the spectrometers.