Table 6: HRMA/HETG/HXDS

Test Name, Description and Accuracy Requirement
( 1 )

Justification

Off-axis

angles

Focal Plane Included Angles (radius)

T, °C

Energy Sampling Interval (E)

Estimated Integration Time

Detector

4.
4.1 Vignetting

X, Y & Z axes. Out of focus x-ray images will be used to measure vignetting due to X, Y and Z axis misalignment. Assume 27 positions.

Accuracy: 0.5 mm for Y,Z, 0.3 mm for X.

Required for alignment

on-axis

3 positions

nominal

Al K

4.7 hr (see §3.1.1 )

HSI, BND(FPCs, SSS), FMS

4.2 R, PSF

On-axis response

Use beamceny: 20 point 1-D scans.

Accuracy: 2%(??)

Fine details of grating PRF not possible with HRC or ACIS

on-axis

6 Pinholesa : 0.1 0.22, 0.6, 1.1, 2.8, 13 arcsec.

nominal

Al K

4.2.1

6.5 hr (see §3.2.1 )

Scanning photometer, BND(FPCs, SSS), FMS

4.3 Find best focus

Accuracy: 50 m in X

Find optimum focus

on-axis

0, +x1, +x2, -x1, -x2

nominal

Al K

4.3.1

0.1 hr (see §3.3.1 )

HSI, BND(FPCs, SSS), FMS

4.4 R, PSF

On-axis response

Use beamceny: 20 point 1-D scans.

Accuracy: 2%(??)

Fine details of grating PRF not possible with HRC or ACIS

on-axis

6 Pinholes: 0.1 0.22, 0.6, 1.1, 2.8, 13 arcsec.

nominal

Al IV 131A, C K, Al K

13.5 hr (see §3.4.1 )

Scanning photometer, BND(FPCs, SSS), FMS

4.5 Survey for strange edges in mirror/grating response

Accuracy: 1% in 1000 resolution elements.

Molecular contamination search

on-axis

full imager field, 5 fields of 18 mm each covering a total of 100 mm of dispersed spectrum.

nominal

bremsstrahlung continuum 0.35 - 6 keV

0.4 hrb (see §3.5.1 )

HSI, BND(FPCs, SSS), FMS

4.6 Total Data Acquisition Time for HRMA/HETG/HXDS

1.1 days


a. See predicted encircled energy curve by JPH, 5/29/92.

b. See notation on "VETA-I Post Mortem" report by EMK, 7/2/92.




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