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MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

TECHNICAL APPENDIX

(Otherwise known as APPENDIX F)

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Chaper 1: INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 2: THE ROSAT MISSION: OVERVIEW
  • 2.1 Mission History
  • 2.2 Mission Goals
  • 2.3 3 Payload Description
  • 2.4 Mission Phases
• Chapter 3: THE ROSAT SPACECRAFT
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2The AMCS
  • 3.3 Star Sensors
  • 3.4 Pointing Performance
  • 3.5 Data Storage and Data Transmission
• Chapter 4: THE X-RAY TELESCOPE
  • 4.1 The X-ray mirror assembly
    • 4.1.1 Overview
    • 4.1.2 Performance
      • 4.1.2.1 Mirror Areas
      • 4.1.2.2 Angular resolution
  • 4.2 The PSPC
    • 4.2.1 Overview
    • 4.2.2 Performance
      • 4.2.2.1 Quantum efficiency
      • 4.2.2.2 Energy resolution
      • 4.2.2.3 Position resolution
      • 4.2.2.4 Background
      • 4.2.2.5 Window support structure
      • 4.2.2.6 UV transmission
      • 4.2.2.7 Gain
      • 4.2.2.8 Timing
      • 4.2.2.9 Boron filter
  • 4.3 The High Resolution Imager (HRI)
    • 4.3.1 Overview
    • 4.3.2 Performance
      • 4.3.2.1 Field of View
      • 4.3.2.2 Quantum Efficiency
      • 4.3.2.3 UV/Ion Filter and Electrostatic Shield
      • 4.3.2.4 Spatial Resolution
      • 4.3.2.5 Timing
      • 4.3.2.6 Background
• Chapter 5: THE WIDE FIELD CAMERA
  • 5.1 Description
  • 5.2 Performance
  • 5.3 Operational modes
    • 5.3.1 ZOOM:
    • 5.3.2 DATA RATE:
    • 5.3.3 ELECTRONIC WINDOWING:
• Chapter 6: THE ROSAT ALL-SKY SURVEY
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 The XRT all-sky survey
    • 6.2.1 The XRT all-sky survey: Exposure Times
    • 6.2.2 The XRT all-sky survey: Point Source Sensitivity
    • 6.2.3 The XRT all-sky survey: Point Source Location
  • 6.3 The WFC all-sky XUV Survey
• Chapter 7: POINTED OBSERVATIONS: OBSERVING CONSTRAINTS
  • 7.1 Sun
  • 7.2 Earth Occultation
  • 7.3 South Atlantic Anomaly and Radiation Belts
  • 7.4 Atomic Oxygen
  • 7.5 ROSAT position in orbit
  • 7.6 Strong X-ray Sources
  • 7.7 Moon
  • 7.8 Background
    • 7.8.1 General considerations
    • 7.8.2 Background PSPC
    • 7.8.3 Background - HRI
    • 7.8.4 Background WFC
  • 7.9 Detector changes
• Chapter 8: PROPOSAL SUBMISSION, SELECTION AND SCHEDULING
  • P8.1 roposal Submission
    • 8.1.1 Who
    • 8.1.2 When
    • 8.1.3 Where
  • 8.2 Proposal evaluation
    • 8.2.1 National proposal evaluation
    • 8.2.2 International proposal evaluation
  • 8.3 Mission Planning and Scheduling
• Chapter 9: HOW TO FILL OUT A ROSAT OBSERVING PROPOSAL
  • 9.1 The Cover Page
  • 9.2 The General Form
  • 9.3 The Scientific Justification
  • 9.4 The Target Form
  • 9.5 The Constraints Form
    • 9.5.1 Coordinated Observations
    • 9.5.2 Monitoring Observations
    • 9.5.3 Phase dependent observations
    • 9.5.4 Contiguous observations
  • 9.6 Checklist
• Chapter 10: FEASIBILITY: XMA+PSPC
  • 10.1 Minimum detectable count rates
  • 10.2 Expected Count Rates
  • 10.3 Spectral Capabilities
  • 10.4 Positional accuracy
  • 10.5 Off-axis performance
  • 10.6 Time variability studies
  • 10.7 Comparison to the Einstein IPC.
• Chapter 11: FEASIBILITY: XMA + HRI
  • 11.1 General Assumptions
  • 11.2 Point Source Sensitivity
  • 11.3 Expected Count Rates
    • 11.3.1 Examples
  • 11.4 Spatial Resolution
  • 11.5 Off-axis Performance
  • 11.6 Time Variability Studies
• Chapter 12: FEASIBILITY: THE WIDE FIELD CAMERA
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Minimum detectable count rates
  • 12.3 Flux conversions
    • 12.3.1 General considerations
    • 12.3.2 Count rate predictions for simple spectra
    • 12.3.3 Count rate predictions for model atmosphere spectra
  • 12.4 Spectral capability of the WFC: filter spectroscopy
  • 12.5 Comparison with the EXOSAT CMA
  • 12.6 Ultraviolet sensitivity of the WFC: the ``UV leak''
  • 12.7 Variability studies with the WFC
  • 12.8 Positional accuracy and spatial resolution
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