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The Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE) system overview
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Abstract
- The Off-plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE) is a sub-orbital rocket payload that will make the highest spectral resolution astronomical observation of the soft X-ray Universe to date. Capella, OGRE’s science target, has a well-defined line emission spectrum and is frequently used as a calibration source for X-ray observatories such as Chandra. This makes Capella an excellent target to test the technologies on OGRE, many of which have not previously flown. Through the use of state-of-the-art X-ray optics, co-aligned arrays of off-plane reflection gratings, and an X-ray camera based around four Electron Multiplying CCDs, OGRE will act as a proving ground for next generation X-ray spectrometers.
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- Database :
- OAIster
- Notes :
- application/pdf, Tutt, James H.; McEntaffer, Randall L.; Donovan, Benjamin D.; Schultz, Ted B.; Biskach, Michael P.; Chan, Kai-Wing; Kearney, John D.; Mazzarella, James R.; McClelland, Ryan S.; Riveros, Raul E.; Saha, Timo T.; Hlinka, Michal; Zhang, William W.; Soman, Matthew R.
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1081452155
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource