Coates, Prof. Andrew John, (born 26 Aug. 1957), Professor of Physics, since 2007, and Deputy Director (formerly Co-Director) (Solar System), since 2011, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Space Science ◽  
Deputy Director ◽  
Science Laboratory ◽  
University College ◽  
University College London ◽  
Space Science Laboratory

scholarly journals The Potential of the Wide Field Camera on ROSAT for Investigations of the XUV Background

1990 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 463-464
Author(s):  
Alan W. Harris ◽  
Helen J. Walker ◽  
Timothy J. Sumner
Keyword(s):  
Grazing Incidence ◽  
Space Science ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
Science Laboratory ◽  
Joint Project ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Sky Survey ◽  
Space Science Laboratory

The ROSAT X-ray astronomy satellite, due to be launched in early 1990, will carry two separate and complementary grazing-incidence telescopes with co-aligned axes. The German X-ray telescope (XRT) will cover the soft X-ray region in the range 0.15–2 keV (6–80 Å), while the U.K. XUV Wide Field Camera (WFC) will extend coverage to beyond 200 Å. The WFC is a joint project of Leicester and Birmingham Universities, the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, and the authors' institutes. The primary objective of ROSAT is to perform an all-sky survey over a period of six months. This will be followed by a guest-observer, “pointed” phase. We briefly discuss the sensitivity of the WFC to the soft X-ray/XUV background (SXRB) and the problems and techniques associated with distinguishing the astronomical background from other sources of background.

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