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IR and X-ray Astronomy - Coggle Diagram
IR and X-ray Astronomy
IR Astronomy
Mechanism
Dust
Star formation
Obseravation
Only a few atmospheric windows
Y, J, K, H
Chopping and nodding
Telescope
SOFIA
NASA IRTF
Kuiper
IRAS
Spitzer
0.9 meter, 3-160 µm
Herschel
3.5 meter primary Cassegrain
JWST
6.5m, 0.6 µm - 28 µm
Detector
Near- and Mid- Infrared:
Resistivity changes
PbS, InSb, HgCdTe
Far-IR
Conductivity Changes
X-rays Astronomy
Definition
Soft: 0.1-2 keV
Medium (“standard”) X-rays: 2-10 keV
Hard X-rays 20-200 keV
Absorption
Photoelectric effects
Scatter
Electron-position pair production
Mechanism
Probing Accretion Physics
Thermal emission
Disk emission upscattered
Coronal emission reflected
Emission lines
Telescope
Uhuhu
Einstein
ROSAT
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
POLAR
HXMT
Detector
Grazing Incidence Mirrors （e.g. Chandra)
Coded Mask