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dc.contributor.authorHarrison, Fiona A.
dc.contributor.authorCraig, William W.
dc.contributor.authorChristensen, Finn E.
dc.contributor.authorHailey, Charles J.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, William W.
dc.contributor.authorBoggs, Steven E.
dc.contributor.authorStern, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorCook, W. Rick
dc.contributor.authorForster, Karl
dc.contributor.authorGiommi, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorGrefenstette, Brian W.
dc.contributor.authorKim, Yunjin
dc.contributor.authorKitaguchi, Takao
dc.contributor.authorKoglin, Jason E.
dc.contributor.authorMadsen, Kristin K.
dc.contributor.authorMao, Peter H.
dc.contributor.authorMiyasaka, Hiromasa
dc.contributor.authorMori, Kaya
dc.contributor.authorPerri, Matteo
dc.contributor.authorPivovaroff, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorPuccetti, Simonetta
dc.contributor.authorRana, Vikram R.
dc.contributor.authorWestergaard, Niels J.
dc.contributor.authorWillis, Jason
dc.contributor.authorZoglauer, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorAn, Hongjun
dc.contributor.authorBachetti, Matteo
dc.contributor.authorBarrière, Nicolas M.
dc.contributor.authorBellm, Eric C.
dc.contributor.authorBhalerao, Varun
dc.contributor.authorBrejnholt, Nicolai F.
dc.contributor.authorFuerst, Felix
dc.contributor.authorLiebe, Carl C.
dc.contributor.authorMarkwardt, Craig B.
dc.contributor.authorNynka, Melania
dc.contributor.authorVogel, Julia K.
dc.contributor.authorWalton, Dominic J.
dc.contributor.authorWik, Daniel R.
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, David M.
dc.contributor.authorCominsky, Lynn R.
dc.contributor.authorHornschemeier, Ann E.
dc.contributor.authorHornstrup, Allan
dc.contributor.authorKaspi, Victoria M.
dc.contributor.authorMadejski, Greg M.
dc.contributor.authorMatt, Giorgio
dc.contributor.authorMolendi, Silvano
dc.contributor.authorSmith, David M.
dc.contributor.authorTomsick, John A.
dc.contributor.authorAjello, Marco
dc.contributor.authorBallantyne, David R.
dc.contributor.authorBaloković, Mislav
dc.contributor.authorBarret, Didier
dc.contributor.authorBauer, Franz E.
dc.contributor.authorBlandford, Roger D.
dc.contributor.authorBrandt, W. Niel
dc.contributor.authorBrenneman, Laura W.
dc.contributor.authorChiang, James
dc.contributor.authorChakrabarty, Deepto
dc.contributor.authorChenevez, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorComastri, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorDufour, Francois
dc.contributor.authorElvis, Martin S.
dc.contributor.authorFabian, Andrew C.
dc.contributor.authorFarrah, Duncan
dc.contributor.authorFryer, Chris L.
dc.contributor.authorGotthelf, Eric V.
dc.contributor.authorGrindlay, Jonathan E.
dc.contributor.authorHelfand, David J.
dc.contributor.authorKrivonos, Roman
dc.contributor.authorMeier, David L.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Jon M.
dc.contributor.authorNatalucci, Lorenzo
dc.contributor.authorOgle, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorOfek, Eran O.
dc.contributor.authorPtak, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Stephen P.
dc.contributor.authorRigby, Jane R.
dc.contributor.authorTagliaferri, Gianpiero
dc.contributor.authorThorsett, Stephen E.
dc.contributor.authorTreister, Ezequiel
dc.contributor.authorUrry, C. Megan
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-07T20:16:56Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationHarrison, Fiona A., William W. Craig, Finn E. Christensen, Charles J. Hailey, William W. Zhang, Steven E. Boggs, Daniel Stern, et al. 2013. “THENUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY(NuSTAR) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION.” The Astrophysical Journal 770 (2) (May 30): 103. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/770/2/103.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-637Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:34795469
dc.description.abstractThe Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission, launched on 2012 June 13, is the first focusing high-energy X-ray telescope in orbit. NuSTAR operates in the band from 3 to 79 keV, extending the sensitivity of focusing far beyond the ~10 keV high-energy cutoff achieved by all previous X-ray satellites. The inherently low background associated with concentrating the X-ray light enables NuSTAR to probe the hard X-ray sky with a more than 100-fold improvement in sensitivity over the collimated or coded mask instruments that have operated in this bandpass. Using its unprecedented combination of sensitivity and spatial and spectral resolution, NuSTAR will pursue five primary scientific objectives: (1) probe obscured active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity out to the peak epoch of galaxy assembly in the universe (at z lsim 2) by surveying selected regions of the sky; (2) study the population of hard X-ray-emitting compact objects in the Galaxy by mapping the central regions of the Milky Way; (3) study the non-thermal radiation in young supernova remnants, both the hard X-ray continuum and the emission from the radioactive element 44Ti; (4) observe blazars contemporaneously with ground-based radio, optical, and TeV telescopes, as well as with Fermi and Swift, to constrain the structure of AGN jets; and (5) observe line and continuum emission from core-collapse supernovae in the Local Group, and from nearby Type Ia events, to constrain explosion models. During its baseline two-year mission, NuSTAR will also undertake a broad program of targeted observations. The observatory consists of two co-aligned grazing-incidence X-ray telescopes pointed at celestial targets by a three-axis stabilized spacecraft. Deployed into a 600 km, near-circular, 6° inclination orbit, the observatory has now completed commissioning, and is performing consistent with pre-launch expectations. NuSTAR is now executing its primary science mission, and with an expected orbit lifetime of 10 yr, we anticipate proposing a guest investigator program, to begin in late 2014.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAstronomyen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1088/0004-637X/770/2/103en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://arxiv.org/pdf/1301.7307v1.pdfen_US
dash.licenseLAA
dc.subjectspace vehicles: instrumentsen_US
dc.subjectX-rays: generalen_US
dc.titleThe Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) High-Energy X-Ray Missionen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionVersion of Recorden_US
dc.relation.journalThe Astrophysical Journalen_US
dash.depositing.authorGrindlay, Jonathan E.
dc.date.available2018-02-07T20:16:56Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0004-637X/770/2/103*
dash.authorsorderedfalse
dash.contributor.affiliatedGrindlay, Jonathan
dash.contributor.affiliatedElvis, Martin
dash.contributor.affiliatedBrenneman, Laura


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