FOXSI-2: Upgrades of the Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager for its Second Flight

Steven Christe; Lindsay Glesener; Camilo Buitrago-Casas; Shin Nosuke Ishikawa; Brian Ramsey; Mikhail Gubarev; Kiranmayee Kilaru; Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak; Shin Watanabe; Tadayuki Takahashi; Hiroyasu Tajima; Paul Turin; Van Shourt; Natalie Foster; Sam Krucker

doi:10.1142/S2251171716400055

FOXSI-2: Upgrades of the Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager for its Second Flight

Steven Christe, Lindsay Glesener, Camilo Buitrago-Casas, Shin Nosuke Ishikawa, Brian Ramsey, Mikhail Gubarev, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Shin Watanabe, Tadayuki Takahashi, Hiroyasu Tajima, Paul Turin, Van Shourt, Natalie Foster, Sam Krucker

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI) sounding rocket payload flew for the second time on 2014 December 11. To enable direct Hard X-Ray (HXR) imaging spectroscopy, FOXSI makes use of grazing-incidence replicated focusing optics combined with fine-pitch solid-state detectors. FOXSI's first flight provided the first HXR focused images of the Sun. For FOXSI's second flight several updates were made to the instrument including updating the optics and detectors as well as adding a new Solar Aspect and Alignment System (SAAS). This paper provides an overview of these updates as well as a discussion of their measured performance.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1640005
Journal	Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171716400055
State	Published - Mar 1 2016

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Sun: X-rays
gamma rays
instrumentation: detectors
rockets
telescopes

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Christe, S., Glesener, L., Buitrago-Casas, C., Ishikawa, S. N., Ramsey, B., Gubarev, M., Kilaru, K., Kolodziejczak, J. J., Watanabe, S., Takahashi, T., Tajima, H., Turin, P., Shourt, V., Foster, N., & Krucker, S. (2016). FOXSI-2: Upgrades of the Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager for its Second Flight. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 5(1), Article 1640005. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171716400055

Christe, S, Glesener, L, Buitrago-Casas, C, Ishikawa, SN, Ramsey, B, Gubarev, M, Kilaru, K, Kolodziejczak, JJ, Watanabe, S, Takahashi, T, Tajima, H, Turin, P, Shourt, V, Foster, N & Krucker, S 2016, 'FOXSI-2: Upgrades of the Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager for its Second Flight', Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, vol. 5, no. 1, 1640005. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171716400055

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