Abstract The Japanese SOLAR-A mission for the study of high energy solar physics is timed to observe the sun during the next activity maximum. This small spacecraft includes a carefully coordinated complement of instruments for flare studies. In particular, the soft X-ray telescope (SXT) will provide X-ray images of flares with higher sensitivity and time resolution than have been available before. This paper describes the scientific capabilities of the SXT and illustrates it application to the study of an impulsive compact flare.


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    Title :

    The SOLAR-A soft X-ray telescope experiment


    Contributors:
    Acton, L. (author) / Bruner, M. (author) / Brown, W. (author) / Lemen, J. (author) / Hirayama, T. (author) / Tsuneta, S. (author) / Watanabe, T. (author) / Ogawara, Y. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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