NIXT High Resolution Observations

  • L. Golub
Conference paper
Part of the Astrophysics and Space Science Library book series (ASSL, volume 183)

Abstract

Progress in x-ray optics, beginning in the 1960’s and continuing to the present day, has been intimately tied to progress in our understanding of the coronae of the Sun and of solar-like stars. Innovative instrumentation, first used on sounding rockets and then flown on satellites, has been the most productive route for progress. This paper presents an overview of the status of coronal x-ray imaging research at the time that Skylab was launched in 1973, and of the contributions made by Skylab and by the Einstein Observatory. We then discuss the new technique of multilayer imaging for soft x-rays and the contributions which the NIXT experiment is making to our understanding of the structuring and heating of the corona.

Key words

Sun corona X-rays 
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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993

Authors and Affiliations

  • L. Golub
    • 1
  1. 1.Smithsonian Astrophysical ObservatoryCambridgeUSA

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