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The X-ray gas scintillation spectrometer experiment on the first spacelab flight
B. FalconiS. KellockP. LambS. ReR. D. AndresenJ. RaymontG. ManzoM.r. SimsG. VillaE. A. LeimannR. M. RobbaJ. C. IvesG. Boellasubject
PhysicsScintillationCOSMIC cancer databaseSpectrometerPayloadbusiness.industryAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaAstrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsAstronomyProportional counterAstronomy and AstrophysicsCosmologyAstronomical spectroscopyOpticsSpace and Planetary ScienceScintillation counterbusinessdescription
The First Spacelab mission, launched on Space ShuttleFlight STS-9 in November 1983 carried a multidisciplinary payload which was intended to demonstrate that valuable scientific results can be achieved from such short duration missions. The payload complement included a spectrometer to undertake observations of the brighter cosmic X-ray sources. The primary scientific objectives of this experiment were the study of detailed spectral features in cosmic X-ray sources and their associated temporal variations over a wide energy range from about 2 up to 30 keV. The instrument based on the gas scintillation proportional counter had an effective area of some 180 cm2 with an energy resolution of ∼9% at 7 keV.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-01-01 | Astrophysics and Space Science |