The CODEX sounding rocket payload

B. Zeiger; A. Shipley; W. Cash; T. Rogers; T. Schultz; R. McEntaffer; M. Kaiser

doi:10.1117/12.887058

4 May 2011 The CODEX sounding rocket payload

B. Zeiger, A. Shipley, W. Cash, T. Rogers, T. Schultz, R. McEntaffer, M. Kaiser

Proceedings Volume 8076, EUV and X-Ray Optics: Synergy between Laboratory and Space II; 80760S (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887058
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

We present the CODEX sounding rocket payload, a soft x-ray (0.1-1.0 keV) spectrometer designed to observe diffuse high-surface brightness astronomical sources. The payload is composed of two modules, each with a 3.25° x 3.25° field of view defined by a stack of wire grids that block light not coming to a 3.0 m focus and admit only nearly-collimated light onto an array of 67 diffraction gratings in an off-plane mount. After a 2.0 m throw, the spectrum is detected by offset large-format gaseous electron multiplier (GEM) detectors. CODEX will target the Vela supernova remnant later this year to measure the temperature and abundances and to determine the contributions of various soft x-ray emission mechanisms to the remnant's energy budget; resulting spectra will have resolution (E/▵E) ranging from 50 to 100 across the band. CODEX is the third-generation of similar payloads from the University of Colorado, with an increased bandpass, higher throughput, and a more robust mechanical structure than its predecessors.

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B. Zeiger, A. Shipley, W. Cash, T. Rogers, T. Schultz, R. McEntaffer, and M. Kaiser "The CODEX sounding rocket payload", Proc. SPIE 8076, EUV and X-Ray Optics: Synergy between Laboratory and Space II, 80760S (4 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.887058

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