NuSTAR ground calibration: The Rainwater Memorial Calibration Facility (RaMCaF)

Nicolai F. Brejnholt; Finn E. Christensen; Anders C. Jakobsen; Charles J. Hailey; Jason E. Koglin; Kenneth L. Blaedel; Marcela Stern; Doug Thornhill; Clio Sleator; Shuo Zhang; William W. Craig; Kristin K. Madsen; Todd Decker; Michael J. Pivovaroff; Julia K. Vogel

doi:10.1117/12.894659

6 October 2011 NuSTAR ground calibration: The Rainwater Memorial Calibration Facility (RaMCaF)

Nicolai F. Brejnholt, Finn E. Christensen, Anders C. Jakobsen, Charles J. Hailey, Jason E. Koglin, Kenneth L. Blaedel, Marcela Stern, Doug Thornhill, Clio Sleator, Shuo Zhang, William W. Craig, Kristin K. Madsen, Todd Decker, Michael J. Pivovaroff, Julia K. Vogel

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Proceedings Volume 8147, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy V; 81470I (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894659
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is a NASA Small Explorer mission that will carry the first focusing hard X-ray (5-80 keV ) telescope to orbit. The ground calibration of the three flight optics was carried out at the Rainwater Memorial Calibration Facility (RaMCaF) built for this purpose. In this article we present the facility and its use for the ground calibration of the three optics.

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Nicolai F. Brejnholt, Finn E. Christensen, Anders C. Jakobsen, Charles J. Hailey, Jason E. Koglin, Kenneth L. Blaedel, Marcela Stern, Doug Thornhill, Clio Sleator, Shuo Zhang, William W. Craig, Kristin K. Madsen, Todd Decker, Michael J. Pivovaroff, and Julia K. Vogel "NuSTAR ground calibration: The Rainwater Memorial Calibration Facility (RaMCaF)", Proc. SPIE 8147, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy V, 81470I (6 October 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894659

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