HaloSat -- A CubeSat to Study the Hot Galactic Halo

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: HaloSat -- A CubeSat to Study the Hot Galactic Halo
المؤلفون: Kaaret, P., Zajczyk, A., LaRocca, D. M., Ringuette, R., Bluem, J., Fuelberth, W., Gulick, H., Jahoda, K., Johnson, T. E., Kirchner, D. L., Koutroumpa, D., Kuntz, K. D., McCurdy, R., Miles, D. M., Robison, W. T., Silich, E. M.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: Astrophysics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
الوصف: HaloSat is a small satellite (CubeSat) designed to map soft X-ray oxygen line emission across the sky in order to constrain the mass and spatial distribution of hot gas in the Milky Way. The goal of HaloSat is to help determine if hot gas gravitationally bound to individual galaxies makes a significant contribution to the cosmological baryon budget. HaloSat was deployed from the International Space Station in July 2018 and began routine science operations in October 2018. We describe the goals and design of the mission, the on-orbit performance of the science instrument, and initial observations.
Comment: to appear in the Astrophysical Journal, 11 pages corrected arXiv author list
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab4193
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1909.13822
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1909.13822
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/ab4193