AURORAL DIAGNOSTICS FOR POGOLITE ASTROPHYSICAL BALLOON

• Main Authors: O. Jokiaho, N. Ivchenko, H. Dahlgren, D. Whiter, M. Alaniz
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Kiruna; Tilting
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.630.3799; http://www.ee.kth.se/php/modules/publications/reports/2009/IR-EE-SPP_2009_059.pdf

The PoGOLite balloon experiment, to be launched from Kiruna in August 2010 will investigate polarisation of X-rays from astrophysical objects. Auroral emissions in the measured wavelength range enhance the background level for the experiment, but also constitute an interesting object of their own. T...