Balloon-borne hard X-ray spectrometer for flare observations

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Kobayashi, K [1 ]
Tsuneta, S [1 ]
Tamura, T [1 ]
Kumagai, K [1 ]
Katsukawa, Y [1 ]
Kubo, S [1 ]
Yamagami, T [1 ]
Saitoh, Y [1 ]
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[1] Univ Tokyo, Mitaka, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
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We have developed a balloon-borne hard X-ray detector system for observing high resolution hard X-ray spectra of solar flares. The instrument consists of 16 cadmium telluride detectors, each 10 x 10 x 0.5 mm in size. It has a 3 keV energy resolution over the energy range of 15-100 keV. The first flight of this instrument took place from Sanriku, Japan on August 29, 2001. While no large flares occurred during the 3 hours of level flight, detector performance was verified, and one possible microflare detected.
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