Description and performance of the low-energy transmission grating spectrometer on board Chandra

A. C. Brinkman; Theo Gunsing; Jelle S. Kaastra; Rob van der Meer; Rolf Mewe; Frits B. S. Paerels; Ton Raassen; Jan van Rooijen; Heinrich W. Braeuninger; Vadim Burwitz; Gisela D. Hartner; Guenther Kettenring; Peter Predehl; Jeremy J. Drake; C. Olivia Johnson; Almus T. Kenter; Ralph Porter Kraft; Stephen S. Murray; Peter W. Ratzlaff; Bradford J. Wargelin

doi:10.1117/12.391599

18 July 2000 Description and performance of the low-energy transmission grating spectrometer on board Chandra

A. C. Brinkman, Theo Gunsing, Jelle S. Kaastra, Rob van der Meer, Rolf Mewe, Frits B. S. Paerels, Ton Raassen, Jan van Rooijen, Heinrich W. Braeuninger, Vadim Burwitz, Gisela D. Hartner, Guenther Kettenring, Peter Predehl, Jeremy J. Drake, C. Olivia Johnson, Almus T. Kenter, Ralph Porter Kraft, Stephen S. Murray, Peter W. Ratzlaff, Bradford J. Wargelin

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Proceedings Volume 4012, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions III; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391599
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The Chandra spacecraft has been launched successfully on July 23, 1999. The payload consists of a high resolution X- ray telescope, two imaging detector systems in the focal plane and two transmission gratings. Each one of the two gratings can be put in the beam behind the telescope and the grating spectrometers are optimized for high and low energy, respectively. The Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer consists of three parts: the high-resolution telescope, the transmission grating array and the detector, to read-out the spectral image.

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A. C. Brinkman, Theo Gunsing, Jelle S. Kaastra, Rob van der Meer, Rolf Mewe, Frits B. S. Paerels, Ton Raassen, Jan van Rooijen, Heinrich W. Braeuninger, Vadim Burwitz, Gisela D. Hartner, Guenther Kettenring, Peter Predehl, Jeremy J. Drake, C. Olivia Johnson, Almus T. Kenter, Ralph Porter Kraft, Stephen S. Murray, Peter W. Ratzlaff, and Bradford J. Wargelin "Description and performance of the low-energy transmission grating spectrometer on board Chandra", Proc. SPIE 4012, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions III, (18 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391599

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