Focal plane of the Arcus Probe X-ray spectrograph
The Arcus Probe mission concept provides high-resolution soft X-ray and ultraviolet spectroscopy to reveal feedback-driven structure and evolution throughout the universe with an agile response capability ideal for probing the physics of time-dependent phenomena. The X-ray spectrograph utilizes two nearly identical charge-coupled device (CCD) focal planes to detect and record X-ray photons from the dispersed spectra and zero-order of the critical angle transmission gratings. We describe the Arcus focal plane instrument and the CCDs, including laboratory performance results, which meet the observatory requirements.
Authors
- A. Falcone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5068-7344)
- Benjamin Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4876-7756)
- Beverly LaMarr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8127-4035)
- Eric D. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3031-2326)
- G. Prigozhin
- Richard F. Foster
- Andrew Malonis
- Catherine E. Grant
- Christopher Leitz
- M. W. Bautz
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems
- Published
- 2024-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jatis.11.1.011007
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.33
Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Nuclear Safety and Security Commission