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SphinX: The Solar Photometer in X-Rays
František FárníkZ. KordylewskiSergey KuzinSzymon GburekW. TrzebińskiFabio RealeMarek SiarkowskiS. PłocieniakKenneth J. H. PhillipsJaroslaw BakalaPiotr PodgorskiYurij D. KotovJanusz SylwesterA. A. PertsovBarbara SylwesterMiroslaw Kowalinskisubject
PhysicsSphinx010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesAstronomyAstronomy and AstrophysicsPhotometer01 natural scienceslaw.inventionTelescopeSettore FIS/05 - Astronomia E AstrofisicaSpace and Planetary Sciencelaw0103 physical sciencesSatelliteInstrument design010303 astronomy & astrophysics0105 earth and related environmental sciencesRemote sensingSolar corona Solar instrumentation X-raysdescription
Solar Photometer in X-rays (SphinX) was a spectrophotometer developed to observe the Sun in soft X-rays. The instrument observed in the energy range ≈ 1 – 15 keV with resolution ≈ 0.4 keV. SphinX was flown on the Russian CORONAS–PHOTON satellite placed inside the TESIS EUV and X telescope assembly. The spacecraft launch took place on 30 January 2009 at 13:30 UT at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. The SphinX experiment mission began a couple of weeks later on 20 February 2009 when the first telemetry dumps were received. The mission ended nine months later on 29 November 2009 when data transmission was terminated. SphinX provided an excellent set of observations during very low solar activity. This was indeed the period in which solar activity dropped to the lowest level observed in X-rays ever. The SphinX instrument design, construction, and operation principle are described. Information on SphinX data repositories, dissemination methods, format, and calibration is given together with general recommendations for data users. Scientific research areas in which SphinX data find application are reviewed.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2012-12-13 |