Year: 2012
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The Micro-X High Resolution Microcalorimeter X-ray Imaging Rocket is a 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 X-ray sources. The target for Micro-X’s first flight (slated for January 2013) is the Puppis A supernova remnant. The Micro-X observation of the bright eastern knot of Puppis A will obtain a line-dominated spectrum with up to 27,000 counts collected in 300 seconds at 2 eV resolution across the 0.3-2.5 keV band. Micro-X will determine the thermodynamic and ionization state of the plasma, 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.
DOI: 10.1117/12.927167
Authors: E. Figueroa-Feliciano, J. S. Adams, R. Baker, S. R. Bandler, D. Dewey, W. B. Doriese, M. E. Eckart, R. Hamersma, G. C. Hilton, U. Hwang, K. D. Irwin, R. L. Kelley, C. A. Kilbourne, S. E. Kissel, S. W. Leman, D. McCammon, P. H. H. Oakley, T. Okajima, R. H. O'Neal, R. Petre, F. S. Porter, C. D. Reintsema, J. M. Rutherford, T. Saab, P. Serlemitsos, Y. Soong, S. N. Trowbridge, P. Wikus
Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Maryland, College Park, National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Florida, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2542540301