HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.
Comparison of Future and Present X-ray Missions
|
Comparison of Various X-ray Observatories
|
|---|
| Observatory |
XMM |
Chandra |
Suzaku |
Constellation X |
ASCA |
ROSAT |
RXTE |
|---|
| Detector |
EPIC MOS | EPIC PN | RGS
| ACIS back | ACIS
front | HRC | HETG | LETG
| XRS | XIS
| Calori- meter | Grating
| SIS | GIS
| PSPC | HRI | PCA
|
|---|
| Energy Range (keV) |
0.2-12 | 0.2-12 | 0.4-2.5
| 0.1-10 | 0.4-10 | 0.1-10 | 0.6-10
| 0.1-6 | 0.3-12 | 0.2-12
| 0.2-10 | 0.2-2
| 0.4-12
| 0.6-12 | 0.1-2.4 |
0.1-2.4 | 2-60 |
| Effective Area (cm2) |
|
| @0.25 keV |
133 | 460 | -
| 30 | -
| 150 | - | 25
| - | -
| 3081 | 1235
| - | -
| 240 | 40
| - |
| @0.4 keV
| 360 | 771 | 44
| 120 | 35
| 50 | - | 12
| - | -
| 864 | 2000
| 15 | -
| 7 | 11
| - |
| @0.6 keV | 591
| 1061 | 94 | 345 | 70
| 65 | - | 25
| |
| 5127 | 3720
| 35
| - | 70 | 8
| - |
| @1.0 keV
| 922 | 1227 | 185
| 615 | 385 | 215 | 10 |
55 | 100 | 1600
| 11274 | 5327
| 230 | 50
| 210 | 80 | - |
| @1.5 keV
| 1180 | 1304 | 160
| 500 | 525 | 162 | 45 |
105 | |
| 13362 | 4100
| 300
| 145 | 180 | 60 | -
|
| @2.5 keV
| 696 | 779 | -
| 320 | 320 | 65 | 20 |
50 | |
| 7765 | -
| 195
| 125
| - | - | 700 |
| @6.0 keV
| 768 | 851 | -
| 205 | 235 | 45 | 25 |
20 | 150 | 1000 | 6600 | -
| 160 | 125
| - | - | 5000 |
| @8.0 keV
| 390 | 557 | -
| 45 | 60
| 10 | 7 | 4
| |
| 4277 | -
| 55
| 60 | - | - | 6000 |
| @12.0 keV
| 19 | 56 | -
| - | - | - | - | -
| |
| 638 | -
| - |
- | - | - | 4000 |
| Energy Resolution (eV) |
|
| @0.25 keV
| 35 | 35 | -
| 130 | 37 | - | - |
0.4 | - | -
| 2 | 0.25
| - | - |
250 | - | - |
| @0.4 keV
| 45 | 45 | 0.5
| 120 | 42 | - | - | 0.8
| 6.5 | 30
| 2 | 0.65
| 75 | - |
350 | - | - |
| @1.0 keV
| 55 | 55 | 2.9 | 100
| 56 | - | 1.0 | 5.4 | 6.5
| 50 | 2 | 4.1
| 100 | 190 | 500 | -
| - |
| @2.5 keV
| 85 | 85 | 17 | 120
| 82 | - | 5.2 | 34 |
6.5 | 80 | 2 | -
| 135 | 300 | - |
- | 725 |
| @6.0 keV
| 130 | 130 | - | 170
| 130 | - | 29 | - | 6.5
| 120 | 2 | -
| 240 | 460 | - | -
| 1125 |
| @8.0 keV
| 150 | 150 | - | 190
| 150 | - | 50 | - | 6.5
| 140 | 2 | -
| 265 | 540 | - | -
| 1300 |
| Angular Resolution (FWHM)
| ~6" | ~6" | - | 1"
| 1" | <0.5" | - | -
| limited | <1.5' | 6" | -
| 1' | 1' |
15" | 5" | 1 deg |
| Field of View
| 30' | 30' | - | 17'x17'
| 17'x17' | 31'x31' | - | -
| 3'x3' | 19'x19' | 2.5' | -
| 22'x22' | 20'x20'
| 114' dia | 20'x20' | 1 deg |
[All Missions]
[by Time]
[by Energy]
Page authors: Lorella Angelini Jesse Allen
HEASARC Home |
Observatories |
Archive |
Calibration |
Software |
Tools |
Students/Teachers/Public
Last modified: Monday, 23-Oct-2023 16:39:43 EDT
HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.
|
