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Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy from the X-Ray Polychromator on the Newly Repaired Solar Maximum Mission

Year: 1984

Type: article

Abstract: The X-Ray Polychromator (XRP) resumed operations on 24 April 1984 following the successful in-orbit repair of the Solar Maximum Mission Satellite. Since that time the two instruments that comprise the XRP, the Flat Crystal Spectrometer (FCS) and the Bent Crystal Spectrometer (BCS), have been used to obtain new spectroscopic data from active regions and flares. The FCS, in particular, has accumulated far more observations of soft X-ray line profiles than were obtained during SMM-I in 1980. For this short presentation, we have chosen two topics to illustrate the type of data that we have obtained since the repair.

Source: International Astronomical Union Colloquium

DOI: 10.1017/s0252921100085158

Authors: K.T. Strong, R.A. Stern, J.R. Lemen, K.J.H. Phillips

Institutions: Lockheed (United States), University College London, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

OpenAlex ID: W1614829344