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

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Main Authors: Christe, Steven, Glesener, Lindsay, Buitrago-Casas, Camilo, Ishikawa, Shin-Nosuke, Ramsey, Brian, Gubarev, Mikhail, Kilaru, Kiranmayee, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., Watanabe, Shin, Takahashi, Tadayuki, Tajima, Hiroyasu, Turin, Paul, Shourt, Van, Foster, Natalie, Krucker, Sam
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author Christe, Steven
Glesener, Lindsay
Buitrago-Casas, Camilo
Ishikawa, Shin-Nosuke
Ramsey, Brian
Gubarev, Mikhail
Kilaru, Kiranmayee
Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.
Watanabe, Shin
Takahashi, Tadayuki
Tajima, Hiroyasu
Turin, Paul
Shourt, Van
Foster, Natalie
Krucker, Sam
author_facet Christe, Steven
Glesener, Lindsay
Buitrago-Casas, Camilo
Ishikawa, Shin-Nosuke
Ramsey, Brian
Gubarev, Mikhail
Kilaru, Kiranmayee
Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.
Watanabe, Shin
Takahashi, Tadayuki
Tajima, Hiroyasu
Turin, Paul
Shourt, Van
Foster, Natalie
Krucker, Sam
contents 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.
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spellingShingle FOXSI-2: Upgrades of the Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager for its Second Flight
Christe, Steven
Glesener, Lindsay
Buitrago-Casas, Camilo
Ishikawa, Shin-Nosuke
Ramsey, Brian
Gubarev, Mikhail
Kilaru, Kiranmayee
Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.
Watanabe, Shin
Takahashi, Tadayuki
Tajima, Hiroyasu
Turin, Paul
Shourt, Van
Foster, Natalie
Krucker, Sam
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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.
title FOXSI-2: Upgrades of the Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager for its Second Flight
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07610