Hard x-ray telescope mission

摘要

Abstract: The Hard X-Ray Telescope was selected for study as apossible new intermediate size mission for the early21st century. Its principal attributes are: (1)multiwavelength observing with a system of focussingtelescopes that collectively observe from the UV toover 1 MeV, (2) much higher sensitivity and much betterangular resolution in the 10 - 100 keV band, and (3)higher sensitivity for detecting gamma ray lines ofknown energy in the 100 keV to 1 MeV band. This paperemphasizes the mission aspects of the concept studysuch as the payload configuration and launch vehicle.An engineering team at the Marshall Space Center isparticipating in these two key aspects of the study.!14