An update on the rockets for extended-source X-ray spectroscopy

Drew M. Miles; James H. Tutt; Ross McCurdy; Tyler B. Anderson; Logan Baker; Fabien Grisé; Christopher Hillman; Keir Hunter; Bridget O'Meara; Daniel Washington; Joseph Weston; Natalie M. Zinski; Randall L. McEntaffer

doi:10.1117/12.2594291

24 August 2021 An update on the rockets for extended-source X-ray spectroscopy

Drew M. Miles, James H. Tutt, Ross McCurdy, Tyler B. Anderson, Logan Baker, Fabien Grisé, Christopher Hillman, Keir Hunter, Bridget O'Meara, Daniel Washington, Joseph Weston, Natalie M. Zinski, Randall L. McEntaffer

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Proceedings Volume 11821, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXII; 118210K (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594291
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2021, San Diego, California, United States

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The Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy (tREXS) are a funded series of sounding rocket instruments to detect diffuse soft X-ray emission from astrophysical sources. The first launch of tREXS is scheduled for Q4 2021, with a goal to observe the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant. tREXS house a four-channel grating spectrometer that uses passive, mechanical focusers, arrays of reflection gratings, and an extended focal plane based around Teledyne CIS 113 CMOS sensors. We present here an update on the instrument design, build, and calibrations in advance of the launch later this year.

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Drew M. Miles, James H. Tutt, Ross McCurdy, Tyler B. Anderson, Logan Baker, Fabien Grisé, Christopher Hillman, Keir Hunter, Bridget O'Meara, Daniel Washington, Joseph Weston, Natalie M. Zinski, and Randall L. McEntaffer "An update on the rockets for extended-source X-ray spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 11821, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXII, 118210K (24 August 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594291

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