First light of a hard-x-ray imaging experiment: the InFOC&#956;S balloon flight

Yasushi Ogasaka; Jack Tueller; Koujun Yamashita; Peter Serlemitsos; Ryo Shibata; Keisuke Tamura; Akihiro Furuzawa; Takuya Miyazawa; Rika Takahashi; Machiko Sakashita; Kenta Shimoda; Yuzuru Tawara; Hideyo Kunieda; Takashi Okajima; Hans Krimm; Scott Barthelmy; Yang Soong; Kai-Wing Chan; Scott Owens; Marie Rex; Ed Chapin; Mark Devlin

doi:10.1117/12.616677

31 August 2005 First light of a hard-x-ray imaging experiment: the InFOCμS balloon flight

Yasushi Ogasaka, Jack Tueller, Koujun Yamashita, Peter Serlemitsos, Ryo Shibata, Keisuke Tamura, Akihiro Furuzawa, Takuya Miyazawa, Rika Takahashi, Machiko Sakashita, Kenta Shimoda, Yuzuru Tawara, Hideyo Kunieda, Takashi Okajima, Hans Krimm, Scott Barthelmy, Yang Soong, Kai-Wing Chan, Scott Owens, Marie Rex, Ed Chapin, Mark Devlin

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Proceedings Volume 5900, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy II; 59000R (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616677
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

As technological and scientific path-finder towards future observatory missions, a balloon-born hard X-ray imaging observation experiment InFOCμS has been developed. The payload has flown four times since 2000. In its 2004 Fall flight campaign InFOCμS successfully achieved first scientific observations of multiple astronomical objects from galactic compacts to cluster of galaxies. Significant signal has been detected from bright galactic objects while analysis of extragalactic objects is underway. InFOCμS plans additional and upgraded telescope-detector system as early as 2006. High energy telescope for nuclear gamma-ray line observations is under planning.

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Yasushi Ogasaka, Jack Tueller, Koujun Yamashita, Peter Serlemitsos, Ryo Shibata, Keisuke Tamura, Akihiro Furuzawa, Takuya Miyazawa, Rika Takahashi, Machiko Sakashita, Kenta Shimoda, Yuzuru Tawara, Hideyo Kunieda, Takashi Okajima, Hans Krimm, Scott Barthelmy, Yang Soong, Kai-Wing Chan, Scott Owens, Marie Rex, Ed Chapin, and Mark Devlin "First light of a hard-x-ray imaging experiment: the InFOCμS balloon flight", Proc. SPIE 5900, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy II, 59000R (31 August 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616677

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