MOXE: An x-ray all-sky monitor for Soviet Spectrum-X-Gamma Mission

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962576· OSTI ID:5856398

Priedhorsky, W; Fenimore, E E; Moss, C E; Kelley, R L; Holt, S S

We are developing a Monitoring X-Ray Equipment (MOXE) for the Soviet Spectrum-X-Gamma Mission. MOXE is an X-ray all-sky monitor based on array of pinhole cameras, to be provided via a collaboration between Goddard Space Flight Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Our objectives are to alert other observers on Spectrum-X-Gamma and other platforms of interesting transient activity, and to synoptically monitor the X-ray sky and study long-term changes in X-ray binaries. MOXE will be sensitive to sources as faint as 2 milliCrab (5/sigma/) in 1 day, and cover the 2-20 keV band. 30 refs., 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5856398
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-89-2246; CONF-8908120-2; ON: DE89015241
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 1159; Conference: SPIE conference on EUV, X-ray, and gamma ray instrumentation for astronomy and atomic physics, San Diego, CA, USA, 7-11 Aug 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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