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Prototyping a global soft X‐ray imaging instrument for heliophysics,planetary science,and astrophysics science |
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| Authors: | M.R. Collier F.S. Porter D.G. Sibeck J.A. Carter M.P. Chiao Dj. Chornay T. Cravens M. Galeazzi J.W. Keller D. Koutroumpa K. Kuntz A.M. Read I.P. Robertson S. Sembay S. Snowden N. Thomas |
| Abstract: | We describe current progress in the development of a prototype wide field‐of‐view soft X‐ray imager that employs Lobster‐eye optics and targets heliophysics, planetary, and astrophysics science. The prototype will provide proof‐of‐concept for a future flight instrument capable of imaging the entire dayside magnetosheath from outside the magnetosphere. Such an instrument was proposed for the ESA AXIOM mission (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |
| Keywords: | interplanetary medium solar‐terrestrial relations solar wind X‐rays: diffuse background |