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Axel: A Balloon-borne X-ray Astronomy Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. K. Sood ,
J. Panettieri ,
D. Grey ,
G. Woods ,
J. Hoffmann ,
R. K. Manchanda ,
R. Staubert ,
E. Kendziorra  and
G. K. Rochester
R. K. Sood
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
J. Panettieri
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
D. Grey
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
G. Woods
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
J. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Australian Defence Force Academy, Northcott Drive, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
R. K. Manchanda
Affiliation:
Space Physics Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay 400005, India
R. Staubert
Affiliation:
Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Astronomie, Universität Tübingen, Waldhäuserstr. 64, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
E. Kendziorra
Affiliation:
Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Astronomie, Universität Tübingen, Waldhäuserstr. 64, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
G. K. Rochester
Affiliation:
Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BZ, UK
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Abstract

Following a successful program to investigate the physics of ultra-high-pressure proportional counters, a counter array has been developed for hard X-ray astronomy. A parallel investigation has evaluated the performance of a large-area phoswich scintillator detector for the same purpose. The two detectors have been integrated in a balloon-borne payload, the Astrophysical X-ray Experimental Laboratory (AXEL). This paper describes the instrumentation aboard the payload.

Keywords

instrumentation: detectorsmethods: observational
Type
Instruments, Techniques and Basic Measurements
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1996 , pp. 156 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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