| タイトル | First Images from HERO: A Hard-X-Ray Focusing Telescope |
| 著者（英） | Benson, Carl M.; Apple, Jeff A.; Whitaker, Ann F.; Engelhaupt, Darell E.; ODell, Stephen L.; Ghosh, Kajal K.; Dietz, Kurtis L.; Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.; Alexander, Cheryl D.; Ramsey, Brian D.; Elsner, Ronald F. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2001-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | We are developing a balloon-borne hard-x-ray telescope that utilizes grazing incidence optics. Termed HERO, for High-Energy Replicated Optics, the instrument will provide unprecented sensitivity in the hard-x-ray region and will achieve milliCrab-level sensitivity in a typical 3-hour balloon-flight observation and 50 microCrab sensitivity on ultra-long-duration flights. A recent proof-of-concept flight, featuring a small number of mirror shells captured the first focused hard-x-ray images of galactic x-ray sources. Full details of the payload, its expected future performance and its recent measurements are provided. |
| NASA分類 | Astronomy |
| 権利 | No Copyright |
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