Coronal-Temperature-Diagnostic Capability of the Hinode/X-Ray Telescope Based on Self-Consistent Calibration

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作者
Narukage, N. [1 ]
Sakao, T. [2 ]
Kano, R. [1 ]
Hara, H. [1 ]
Shimojo, M. [3 ]
Bando, T. [1 ]
Urayama, F. [4 ]
DeLuca, E. [5 ]
Golub, L. [5 ]
Weber, M. [5 ]
Grigis, P. [5 ]
Cirtain, J. [6 ]
Tsuneta, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Astron Observ Japan NAOJ, Mitaka, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
[2] Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy ISAS JAXA, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
[3] Natl Astron Observ Japan, Nobeyama Solar Radio Observ, Minamisa Ku, Nagano 3841305, Japan
[4] Space Engn Dev Co Ltd, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050032, Japan
[5] Smithsonian Astrophys Observ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[6] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA
关键词
Corona; Instrumentation and data management; SOLAR-A MISSION; EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET; ATOMIC DATABASE; EMISSION-LINES; ELEMENTS HYDROGEN; ACTIVE REGIONS; CHIANTI; YOHKOH; XRT; PERFORMANCE;
D O I
10.1007/s11207-010-9685-2
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The X-Ray Telescope (XRT) onboard the Hinode satellite is an X-ray imager that observes the solar corona with unprecedentedly high angular resolution (consistent with its 1 '' pixel size). XRT has nine X-ray analysis filters with different temperature responses. One of the most significant scientific features of this telescope is its capability of diagnosing coronal temperatures from less than 1 MK to more than 10 MK, which has never been accomplished before. To make full use of this capability, accurate calibration of the coronal temperature response of XRT is indispensable and is presented in this article. The effect of on-orbit contamination is also taken into account in the calibration. On the basis of our calibration results, we review the coronal-temperature-diagnostic capability of XRT.
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页数:68
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