The scientific instruments on-board XMM - Technical highlights

Authors
Bagnasco, G Eggel, H Giannini, F Thurey, S
Citation
G. Bagnasco et al., The scientific instruments on-board XMM - Technical highlights, ESA B, (100), 1999, pp. 21-29
Categorie Soggetti
Aereospace Engineering
Journal title
ESA BULLETIN-EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
ISSN journal
03764265 → ACNP
Issue
100
Year of publication
1999
Pages
21 - 29
Database
ISI
SICI code
0376-4265(199912):100<21:TSIOX->2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The payload carried by the X-Ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM), the second Cor nerstone of the ESA Horizon 2000 Science Programme, consists of three scien tific instruments: the Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS), the European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC), and the Optical Monitor (OM). This article pr ovides a general overview of the main characteristics of all three instrume nts.