X-ray facility for the ground calibration of the X-ray monitor JEM-X on board INTEGRAL

G. Loffredo, C. Pelliciari, F. Frontera, V. Carassiti, S. Chiozzi, F. Evangelisti, L. Landi, M. Melchiorri, S. Squerzanti, Søren Kristian Brandt, Carl Budtz-Jørgensen, Steen Laursen, Niels Lund, Jozef Polny, Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt Westergaard

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    Abstract

    We describe the X-ray facility developed for the calibration of the X-ray monitor JEM-X on board the INTEGRAL satellite. The apparatus allowed the scanning of the detector geometric area with a pencil beam of desired energy over the major part of the passband of the instrument. The monochromatic radiation is obtained with the use of a double crystal monochromator at fixed exit. We discuss the facility performance.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics
    Volume411
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)L239-L242
    ISSN0004-6361
    Publication statusPublished - 2003

    Keywords

    • techniques : miscellaneous
    • methods : laboratory
    • instrumentation : detectors
    • instrumentation : miscellaneous

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