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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY ©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Telescopes for High Energy Astrophysics
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Telescopes for High Energy Astrophysics A bit of history Playing billiards with photons An example: Swift gamma ray burst mission A new, more efficient technique The J-PEX mission
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Rocket Payload (1962) Rocket Payload (1962) Geiger Counters
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Gas Counters on Satellites Ariel 1 – 1962 –Solar and ionospheric satellite observatory Late 1960s – birth of X-ray Astronomy Ariel 5 – 1975, first UK X-ray satellite
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Grazing X-ray telescopes Grazing X-ray telescopes Wolter mirror
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 6 Techniques Two candidates –Replicated shells… used for XMM –Square pore optics manufactured from glass or Si
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009
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Si Technology (ESTEC)
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Coded Aperture Imaging Source casts gamma-ray shadow on detector Location of shadow yields location of source Coded aperture mask pattern 5mm square Pb tiles
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Swift Mission Concept Gammay ray burst studies Wide field gamma- ray imager Sensitive narrow field X-ray and UV- Optical instruments to follow the afterglow BAT XRT Spacecraft UVOT BAT UVOT XRT
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) BAT Characteristics BAT Detector Array Coded Aperture Mask
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 BAT XRT UVOT SWIFT Optical Bench
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 BAT Burst Image T~10 sec Observing Scenario BAT Error Circle XRT Image T~100 secT~300 sec UVOT Image
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 X-Ray Telescope
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 XRT Data Cas A: (13 ks)
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 The J-PEX Spectrometer Ion etched, blazed grating. MoSi multilayers for high reflection Spherical figure, 2.2m focal length
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Telescope aperture
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Rocket Operations
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 White Sands Missile Range T-minus 2 weeks
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Carlton TV ©
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Carlton TV ©
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009
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Cut Down! The payload functioned well We did not get any data We recovered the telescope intact Chance to fly again
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 NASA/WSMR
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Black Brant burnout Despin Payload Separation Payload door open Payload switch on Go to Sirius Detector door open Go to Capella Blind offset > G191-B2B Telescope on Telescope/payload off Black Brant impact Parachute deployment Payload impact T + 50 T + 60 T + 70 T + 80 T + 90 T + 100 T + 110 T + 120 T + 130 T + 140 T + 150 T + 160 T + 170 T + 180 T + 190 T + 200 T + 250 T + 300 T + 350 T + 400 T + 450 T + 520 T + 610 T + 860
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Carlton TV ©
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009
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Nitrogen IV Oxygen IV Helium II
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Conclusion We have obtained the best X-ray spectrum ever! This shows that there is helium present in interstellar space and possibly in the star Third J-PEX flight October 2008 Hopefully a satellite mission
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Flight 3 – October 21 st 2008
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©M.A.Barstow – 2009 APEX/SAGE
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY ©M.A.Barstow – 2009 Telescopes for High Energy Astrophysics
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