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Rosat - An All-Sky X-Ray and EUV Survey of White Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M.A. Barstow
M.A. Barstow*
Affiliation:
X-ray Astronomy Group, Physics Department, University of Leicester University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK

Abstract

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The West German astronomy satellite ROSAT comprises two imaging telescopes - an X-ray instrument covering the energy band 0.15-2keV and an EUV instrument (provided by the UK) covering the range 0.02-0.21keV. A primary aim of the mission is to perform a sensitive all-sky survey with both telescopes (two ‘colours’ in the EUV) in the first 6 months. This will be followed by a least one year of pointed observations at specific targets. This paper briefly describes the ROSAT instrumentation and discusses the likely impact of the survey on white dwarf studies.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 114: White Dwarfs , 1989 , pp. 156 - 159
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1989

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