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SphinX: The Solar Photometer in X-Rays
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2013.
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Abstract
- Solar Photometer in X-rays (SphinX) was a spectrophotometer developed to observe the Sun in soft X-rays. The instrument observed in the energy range ≈ 1 – 15 keV with resolution ≈ 0.4 keV. SphinX was flown on the Russian CORONAS–PHOTON satellite placed inside the TESIS EUV and X telescope assembly. The spacecraft launch took place on 30 January 2009 at 13:30 UT at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. The SphinX experiment mission began a couple of weeks later on 20 February 2009 when the first telemetry dumps were received. The mission ended nine months later on 29 November 2009 when data transmission was terminated. SphinX provided an excellent set of observations during very low solar activity. This was indeed the period in which solar activity dropped to the lowest level observed in X-rays ever. The SphinX instrument design, construction, and operation principle are described. Information on SphinX data repositories, dissemination methods, format, and calibration is given together with general recommendations for data users. Scientific research areas in which SphinX data find application are reviewed.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Sphinx
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Astronomy
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Photometer
01 natural sciences
law.invention
Telescope
Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia E Astrofisica
Space and Planetary Science
law
0103 physical sciences
Satellite
Instrument design
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Remote sensing
Solar corona, Solar instrumentation, X-rays
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....93b92aa2f3cd99cadd7f765c1cdf3624