• DocumentCode
    909928
  • Title

    The Energetic X-Ray Imaging Telescope Experiment (EXITE)

  • Author

    Grindlay, J.E. ; Garcia, M.R. ; Burg, R.I. ; Murray, S.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St. Cambridge, Mass. 02138
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    750
  • Lastpage
    754
  • Abstract
    A new position-sensitive scintillation detector (NaI(Tl)), coded mask, and precision pointing system (¿ 1 arcmin) are being developed for balloon-borne imaging and spectral studies of cosmic x-ray sources in the 20-300 keV band. The scientific objectives of EXITE as well as the general design of the detector, telescope and balloon gondola systems are presented.
  • Keywords
    Collimators; Cyclotrons; Detectors; Electronic equipment testing; Energy resolution; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Scintillation counters; Telescopes; X-ray imaging;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1986.4337207
  • Filename
    4337207