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Focal plane of the Arcus Probe X-ray spectrograph

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The Arcus Probe mission concept provides high-resolution soft X-ray and ultraviolet spectroscopy to reveal feedback-driven structure and evolution throughout the universe with an agile response capability ideal for probing the physics of time-dependent phenomena. The X-ray spectrograph utilizes two nearly identical charge-coupled device (CCD) focal planes to detect and record X-ray photons from the dispersed spectra and zero-order of the critical angle transmission gratings. We describe the Arcus focal plane instrument and the CCDs, including laboratory performance results, which meet the observatory requirements.

Source: Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems

DOI: 10.1117/1.jatis.11.1.011007

Authors: Catherine E. Grant, Marshall W. Bautz, Eric D. Miller, Richard F. Foster, Beverly LaMarr, Andrew Malonis, Gregory Prigozhin, Benjamin Schneider, Christopher Leitz, Abraham D. Falcone

Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University

Language: English

Topic: Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Subfield: Instrumentation

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nuclear Safety and Security Commission

OpenAlex ID: W4404128985

FWCI: 0.231

Cites: 15

Cited by: 1

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