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Do you know what the device described in the following details is used for?

Asked by Brian1946 (32288points) April 27th, 2015

It weighs about 2000 kg.

It has 5 m^2 proportional counters in all-sky as well as pointing operational mode, 5000 cm^2 ‘semiwich’ detectors with He proportional counters, to have spectro-polarimetric capabilities and a 500 cm^2 focusing detector with Silicon Drift Detectors, which will operate in the 0.5 – 30.0 keV region.

This will enable the detailed spectral, timing, and polarization studies of a large number of X-ray sources.

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