The USA X-ray Timing Experiment

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dc.creatorRay, P. S.
dc.creatorWood, K. S.
dc.creatorFritz, G.
dc.creatorHertz, P.
dc.creatorKowalski, M.
dc.creatorJohnson, W. N.
dc.creatorLovellette, M. N.
dc.creatorWolff, M. T.
dc.creatorYentis, D.
dc.creatorBandyopadhyay, R. M.
dc.creatorBloom, E. D.
dc.creatorGiebels, B.
dc.creatorGodfrey, G.
dc.creatorReilly, K.
dc.creatorParkinson, P. Saz
dc.creatorShabad, G.
dc.creatorMichelson, P.
dc.creatorRoberts, M.
dc.creatorLeahy, D. A.
dc.creatorCominsky, L.
dc.creatorScargle, J.
dc.creatorBeall, J.
dc.creatorChakrabarty, D.
dc.creatorKim, Y.
dc.date1999-11-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:34:23Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:34:23Z
dc.descriptionThe USA Experiment is a new X-ray timing experiment with large collecting area and microsecond time resolution capable of conducting a broad program of studies of galactic X-ray binaries. USA is one of nine experiments aboard the Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite which was launched February 23, 1999. USA is a collimated proportional counter X-ray telescope with about 1000 cm$^2$ of effective area per detector with two detectors sensitive to photons in the energy range 1-15 keV. A unique feature of USA is that photon events are time tagged by reference to an onboard GPS receiver allowing precise absolute time and location determination. We will present an overview of the USA instrument, capabilities, and scientific observing plan as well as the current status of the instrument.
dc.descriptionProceedings of X-ray Astronomy 1999, Bologna, 10 pages, 3 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9911236
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9911236
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/15225
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThe USA X-ray Timing Experiment
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