HEAO 1 A4 Spectra

The UCSD/MIT Hard X-Ray and Low-Energy Gamma-Ray Instrument, A4, was flown on the HEAO 1 satellite, between August 1977 until January 1979. The experiment consisted of a collection of collimated sodium iodide scintillators, two of which the Low Energy detectors (LED, LED-3 and LED-6), were optimized for the lower energy part of the hard X-ray range between 13 to 180 keV. The first 6-months of mission were dedicated to an all-sky scan after which a pointing phase started. In pointing mode the A4-LED instrument look axis was kept in a 1 deg dead band centered on the target position. Instead in the "ping-pong" mode the look axis was regularly alternated with a secondary target a few degrees away, usually for background determination. This database table accesses the spectra (and associated files) obtained from the A4-LED detectors in the ping-pong mode. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .

Identifier
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/nasa.heasarc/a4spectra
Related Identifier https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/all/a4spectra.html
Related Identifier https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/W3Browse/w3query.pl?tablehead=name=heasarc_a4spectra&Action=More+Options&Action=Parameter+Search&ConeAdd=1
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://nasa.heasarc/a4spectra
Provenance
Creator Gruber; HEASARC
Publisher NASA/GSFC HEASARC
Publication Year 2024
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics