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The Development of UAT Rocket Instrumentation for X-ray Astronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. J. Francey ,
A. G. Fenton ,
K. B. Fenton ,
D. J. Cooke ,
L. R. Barnden ,
L. E. Doherty ,
A. G. Gregory ,
K. G. McCracken  and
I. R. Tuohy
R. J. Francey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
A. G. Fenton
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
K. B. Fenton
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
D. J. Cooke
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Tasmania
L. R. Barnden
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
L. E. Doherty
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
A. G. Gregory
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
K. G. McCracken
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
I. R. Tuohy
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Adelaide
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The Universities of Adelaide and Tasmania (UAT) have now collaborated in the preparation of four experiments on British Skylark rockets. Two independent X-ray detectors of total sensitive area 40 cm2 were flown on each of two rocket flights launched in April, 1967. The most significant result of these measurements was the discovery of Cen XR-2 and the measurement of the variation in its intensity and spectrum. The third flight, launched in December 1967, carried three X-ray detectors of total area 140 cm2. One of the main results from this flight, evidence for a new X-ray source at high galactic latitude, will be presented in the following paper.

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 1 , Issue 5 , March 1969 , pp. 240 - 242
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1969

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1 Harries, J. R. and Francey, R. J., Aust. J. Phys., 21, 715 (1968).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2 Barnden, L. R. and Francey, R. J., Proc. ASA, 1, 236 (1969).Google Scholar

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