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Chaper 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2: THE ROSAT MISSION: OVERVIEW
2.1 Mission History
2.2 Mission Goals
2.3 3 Payload Description
2.4 Mission Phases
Chapter 3: THE ROSAT SPACECRAFT
3.1 Overview
3.2The AMCS
3.3 Star Sensors
3.4 Pointing Performance
3.5 Data Storage and Data Transmission
Chapter 4: THE X-RAY TELESCOPE
4.1 The X-ray mirror assembly
4.1.1 Overview
4.1.2 Performance
4.1.2.1 Mirror Areas
4.1.2.2 Angular resolution
4.2 The PSPC
4.2.1 Overview
4.2.2 Performance
4.2.2.1 Quantum efficiency
4.2.2.2 Energy resolution
4.2.2.3 Position resolution
4.2.2.4 Background
4.2.2.5 Window support structure
4.2.2.6 UV transmission
4.2.2.7 Gain
4.2.2.8 Timing
4.2.2.9 Boron filter
4.3 The High Resolution Imager (HRI)
4.3.1 Overview
4.3.2 Performance
4.3.2.1 Field of View
4.3.2.2 Quantum Efficiency
4.3.2.3 UV/Ion Filter and Electrostatic Shield
4.3.2.4 Spatial Resolution
4.3.2.5 Timing
4.3.2.6 Background
Chapter 5: THE WIDE FIELD CAMERA
5.1 Description
5.2 Performance
5.3 Operational modes
5.3.1 ZOOM:
5.3.2 DATA RATE:
5.3.3 ELECTRONIC WINDOWING:
Chapter 6: THE ROSAT ALL-SKY SURVEY
6.1 Overview
6.2 The XRT all-sky survey
6.2.1 The XRT all-sky survey: Exposure Times
6.2.2 The XRT all-sky survey: Point Source Sensitivity
6.2.3 The XRT all-sky survey: Point Source Location
6.3 The WFC all-sky XUV Survey
Chapter 7: POINTED OBSERVATIONS: OBSERVING CONSTRAINTS
7.1 Sun
7.2 Earth Occultation
7.3 South Atlantic Anomaly and Radiation Belts
7.4 Atomic Oxygen
7.5
ROSAT
position in orbit
7.6 Strong X-ray Sources
7.7 Moon
7.8 Background
7.8.1 General considerations
7.8.2 Background PSPC
7.8.3 Background - HRI
7.8.4 Background WFC
7.9 Detector changes
Chapter 8: PROPOSAL SUBMISSION, SELECTION AND SCHEDULING
P8.1 roposal Submission
8.1.1 Who
8.1.2 When
8.1.3 Where
8.2 Proposal evaluation
8.2.1 National proposal evaluation
8.2.2 International proposal evaluation
8.3 Mission Planning and Scheduling
Chapter 9: HOW TO FILL OUT A ROSAT OBSERVING PROPOSAL
9.1 The Cover Page
9.2 The General Form
9.3 The Scientific Justification
9.4 The Target Form
9.5 The Constraints Form
9.5.1 Coordinated Observations
9.5.2 Monitoring Observations
9.5.3 Phase dependent observations
9.5.4 Contiguous observations
9.6 Checklist
Chapter 10: FEASIBILITY: XMA+PSPC
10.1 Minimum detectable count rates
10.2 Expected Count Rates
10.3 Spectral Capabilities
10.4 Positional accuracy
10.5 Off-axis performance
10.6 Time variability studies
10.7 Comparison to the
Einstein
IPC.
Chapter 11: FEASIBILITY: XMA + HRI
11.1 General Assumptions
11.2 Point Source Sensitivity
11.3 Expected Count Rates
11.3.1 Examples
11.4 Spatial Resolution
11.5 Off-axis Performance
11.6 Time Variability Studies
Chapter 12: FEASIBILITY: THE WIDE FIELD CAMERA
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Minimum detectable count rates
12.3 Flux conversions
12.3.1 General considerations
12.3.2 Count rate predictions for simple spectra
12.3.3 Count rate predictions for model atmosphere spectra
12.4 Spectral capability of the WFC: filter spectroscopy
12.5 Comparison with the EXOSAT CMA
12.6 Ultraviolet sensitivity of the WFC: the ``UV leak''
12.7 Variability studies with the WFC
12.8 Positional accuracy and spatial resolution
About this document ...
Michael Arida
Mon Jun 10 14:42:17 EDT 1996
