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Calibration of the Lunar Orbital X-ray Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer (LOXIA) of Chang'E-1 satellite at INAF-OAPA
Xingzhu CuiJiawei YangAlfonso ColluraRoberto CandiaSalvo VariscoChengmo ZhangWenxi PengGaspare Di CiccaXuelei CaoMarco BarberaXiaohua LiangHuan Yu Wangsubject
PhysicsX-rays Instrumentation Spectroscopy Space missions MoonPhotonSpacecraftSpectrometerbusiness.industryAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaImaging spectrometerPhoton energyOpticsBeamlineAngle of incidence (optics)Physics::Space PhysicsSatelliteAstrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysicsbusinessdescription
The Lunar Orbital X-ray Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer (LOXIA) designed and constructed at the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to perform chemical composition analysis of the Moon surface will operate on-board the Chang'E-1 mission, the first Chinese lunar spacecraft to be launched in 2007. We report the main results of the calibration measurements that we have performed using the X-ray beamline of the XACT facility of INAFOsservatorio Astronomico di Palermo G.S. Vaiana to determine the quantum efficiency of the XRS detector in the soft X-rays as a function of photon energy and angle of incidence.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-09-13 |