NICER
(Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer)
(space X-ray mission specifically to view neutron stars)
NICER (for Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer)
is an X-ray telescope deployed in 2017 on the International Space Station (ISS)
to observe X-rays from neutron stars.
Its one scientific instrument is XTI ("X-ray timing instrument").
XTI consists of fifty six X-ray sensors that are sensitive (through
grazing incidence optics) to a small portion of the sky. It does
not image, i.e., it is intended to view a point source,
but the sensors record photon energy (spectroscopy information)
and precise time of reception. The goal is to record the X-ray
light curve of pulses from X-ray pulsars.
(space,X-ray,NASA,neutron stars,telescope)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_Star_Interior_Composition_Explorer
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/nicer/
https://ait.mit.edu/instruments/nicer
http://nsmn1.uh.edu/rbellwied/ppt/Colloquium_Slides_Watts.pdf
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~srk/XC/Notes/NICER_NatureAstronomy.pdf
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~srk/XC/Notes/NICER_Mission_Guide.pdf
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~srk/XC/Notes/Sharma_NICER.pdf
http://aspen13.phys.wvu.edu/aspen_talks/Ray_LOFT+NICERatAspen2013.pdf
WaveL | Freq | Photon Energy | | |
103pm | 3.0EHz | 12keV | begin | NICER |
6.2nm | 48PHz | 0.2keV | end | NICER |
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Referenced by pages:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
HEASARC
International Space Station (ISS)
STROBE-X
X-ray
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