Solar-B

National Astoronomical Observatory of Japan

National Institute of Natural Sciences

X-Ray Telescope - Fact sheet

Optics

X-Ray Optics
Optic Design Optimized Wolter-I grazing incidence optics
Spatial Resolution Encircled energy of 68% within 2" @ 0.523keV
Focal Length2708mm
Micro-Roughness6Å (expected)
Aperture Size> 340mm
Band Width2 - 200Å
Effective Area> 1.0cm2 @ 0.523keV
Visible Light Optics
Focal Length2708mm
Wavelength4305Å (G-band)
Field of View>30'

Camera performances

CCD Typeback-illuminated CCD (E2V/CCD 42-40)
Pixel Format2048 × 2048 pixels
Pixel Size13.5 × 13.5 micron (corresponding to 1" × 1")
Field of View34' × 34'
Pixel Binning Mode1×1, 2×2, 4×4, and 8×8
Dark Current0.1 e-/sec/pixel @ -65 C
CCD Temperaturepassive cooling: < -43 C
CTE (Parallel)>0.999996
CTE (Serial)>0.999999 (-93 C < T < -50 C)
QE (X-ray/EUV) 0.93 @ 13Å, 0.61 @ 45Å, 0.46 @ 116Å, 0.56 @ 304Å
QE (Visible Light)0.44 @ 4000Å, 0.66 @ 5000Å
Full-well Capacity2.0 × 105 e-
System Gain57 e-/DN
System Noise<30 e-
Output Data Resolution12 bit
    (*) "SOLAR-B Soft X-ray Telescope (XRT) Flight CCD Camera System (XRT-S, XRT-E) Data Package"

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