The First Flight of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS)
Sabrina L. Savage, Amy R. Winebarger, Ken Kobayashi, P. S. Athiray,, Dyana Beabout, Leon Golub, Robert W. Walsh, Brent Beabout, Stephen Bradshaw,, Alexander R. Bruccoleri, Patrick R. Champey, Peter Cheimets, Jonathan, Cirtain, Edward DeLuca, Giulio Del Zanna, Anthony Guillory

TL;DR
MaGIXS is a pioneering solar X-ray spectrometer that captured high-resolution spectral images of the solar corona, enabling advanced plasma diagnostics and insights into coronal heating.
Contribution
This paper introduces the first flight and results of MaGIXS, a novel instrument with unique spatially resolved X-ray spectral imaging capabilities for solar observations.
Findings
First successful flight of MaGIXS instrument
High-quality X-ray spectral images of solar coronal regions obtained
Initial data analysis reveals new insights into coronal heating mechanisms
Abstract
The Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (MaGIXS) sounding rocket experiment launched on July 30, 2021 from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. MaGIXS is a unique solar observing telescope developed to capture X-ray spectral images, in the 6 - 24 Angstrom wavelength range, of coronal active regions. Its novel design takes advantage of recent technological advances related to fabricating and optimizing X-ray optical systems as well as breakthroughs in inversion methodologies necessary to create spectrally pure maps from overlapping spectral images. MaGIXS is the first instrument of its kind to provide spatially resolved soft X-ray spectra across a wide field of view. The plasma diagnostics available in this spectral regime make this instrument a powerful tool for probing solar coronal heating. This paper presents details from the first MaGIXS flight, the captured…
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Taxonomy
TopicsSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Calibration and Measurement Techniques
