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SolpeX: the soft X-ray flare polarimeter–spectrometer for the ISS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2015

Janusz Sylwester ,
Stefan Płocieniak ,
Jarosław Bakała ,
Żaneta Szaforz ,
Marek Stȩślicki ,
Daniel Ścisłowski ,
Mirosław Kowaliński ,
Piotr Podgórski ,
Jose Hernandez  and
Sergey Shestov
Janusz Sylwester
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51-622 Wrocław, ul. Kopernika 11, Poland email: [email protected]
Stefan Płocieniak
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51-622 Wrocław, ul. Kopernika 11, Poland email: [email protected]
Jarosław Bakała
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51-622 Wrocław, ul. Kopernika 11, Poland email: [email protected]
Żaneta Szaforz
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51-622 Wrocław, ul. Kopernika 11, Poland email: [email protected]
Marek Stȩślicki
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51-622 Wrocław, ul. Kopernika 11, Poland email: [email protected]
Daniel Ścisłowski
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51-622 Wrocław, ul. Kopernika 11, Poland email: [email protected]
Mirosław Kowaliński
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51-622 Wrocław, ul. Kopernika 11, Poland email: [email protected]
Piotr Podgórski
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51-622 Wrocław, ul. Kopernika 11, Poland email: [email protected]
Jose Hernandez
Affiliation:
Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 51-622 Wrocław, ul. Kopernika 11, Poland email: [email protected]
Sergey Shestov
Affiliation:
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 53 Leninskij Prospekt, 119991, Moscow, Russia email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We present the innovative soft X-ray spectro-polarimeter, SolpeX. This instrument consists of three functionally independent blocks. They are to be included into the Russian instrument KORTES, to be mounted onboard the ISS. The three SolpeX units are: a simple pin-hole X-ray spectral imager, a polarimeter, and a fast-rotating drum multiple-flat-crystal Bragg spectrometer. Such a combination of measuring blocks will offer a new opportunity to reliably measure possible X-ray polarization and spectra of solar flares, in particular during the impulsive phase. Polarized Bremsstrahlung and line emission due to the presence of directed particle beams will be detected, and measurements of the velocities of evaporated hot plasma will be made. In this paper we discuss the details of the construction of the SolpeX units. The delivery of KORTES with SolpeX to the ISS is expected to happen in 2017/2018.

Keywords

solar flaressoft X-rayspolarimetryspectroscopyISS
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Symposium S305: Polarimetry: From the Sun to Stars and Stellar Environments , December 2014 , pp. 114 - 120
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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