AXAF High-Resolution Camera (HRC): calibration and recalibration at XRCF and beyond

Stephen S. Murray; John H. Chappell; Almus T. Kenter; K. Kobayashi; Ralph Porter Kraft; G. R. Meehan; Martin V. Zombeck; George W. Fraser; James F. Pearson; John Ernest Lees; Adam N. Brunton; Sarah E. Pearce; Marco Barbera; Alfonso Collura; Salvatore Serio

doi:10.1117/12.283772

15 October 1997 AXAF High-Resolution Camera (HRC): calibration and recalibration at XRCF and beyond

Stephen S. Murray, John H. Chappell, Almus T. Kenter, K. Kobayashi, Ralph Porter Kraft, G. R. Meehan, Martin V. Zombeck, George W. Fraser, James F. Pearson, John Ernest Lees, Adam N. Brunton, Sarah E. Pearce, Marco Barbera, Alfonso Collura, Salvatore Serio

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Proceedings Volume 3114, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283772
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The high resolution camera (HRC) is a microchannel plate based imaging detector for the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) that will be placed in a high earth orbit scheduled for launch in August, 1998. An end-to-end calibration of the HRC and the AXAF high resolution mirror assembly (HRMA) was carried out at the Marshall Space Flight Center's X-Ray Calibration Facility (XRCF). This activity was followed by several modifications to the HRC to improve its performance, and a series of flat field calibrations. In this paper, and the following companion papers, we discuss the calibration plans, sequences, and results of these tests. At the time of this conference, the HRC has been fully flight qualified and is being integrated into the science instrument module (SIM) in preparation for integration into the AXAF spacecraft.

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Stephen S. Murray, John H. Chappell, Almus T. Kenter, K. Kobayashi, Ralph Porter Kraft, G. R. Meehan, Martin V. Zombeck, George W. Fraser, James F. Pearson, John Ernest Lees, Adam N. Brunton, Sarah E. Pearce, Marco Barbera, Alfonso Collura, and Salvatore Serio "AXAF High-Resolution Camera (HRC): calibration and recalibration at XRCF and beyond", Proc. SPIE 3114, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, (15 October 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283772

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