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== STIX ==
 
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The Spectrometer Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on Solar Orbiter is a hard X-ray imaging spectrometer covering the energy range from 4 to 150 keV. STIX observes hard X-ray bremsstrahlung emissions from solar flares and therefore provides diagnostics of the hottest ('10 MK) flare plasma while quantifying the location, spectrum, and energy content of flare-accelerated nonthermal electrons.
 
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To accomplish this, STIX applies an indirect bigrid Fourier imaging technique using a set of tungsten grids (at pitches from 0.038 to 1 mm) in front of 32 coarsely pixelated CdTe detectors to provide information on angular scales from 7 to 180 arcsec with 1 keV energy resolution (at 6 keV). The imaging concept of STIX has intrinsically low telemetry requirements and it is therefore well-suited to the limited resources available to the Solar Orbiter payload. To further reduce the downlinked data volume, STIX data are binned on board into 32 selectable energy bins and dynamically-adjusted time bins with a typical duration of 1 second during flares.
 
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Through hard X-ray diagnostics, STIX provides critical information for understanding the acceleration of electrons at the Sun and their transport into interplanetary space and for determining the magnetic connection of Solar Orbiter back to the Sun. In this way, STIX serves to link Solar Orbiter’s remote and in-situ measurements.
 
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=== Instrumentation ===
 
=== Instrumentation ===
  
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Details about the STIX instrumentation can be found in the following paper:
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Details about the STIX instrumentation can be found in the following paper:  
  
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* The Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX)
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*Säm Krucker, G. J. Hurford,  et al., The Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX), A&A, 642 (2020), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937362 <br>
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Säm Krucker, G. J. Hurford, O. Grimm, S. Kögl, H.-P Gröbelbauer, L. Etesi, D. Casadei, A. Csillaghy, A. O. Benz, N. G. Arnold
 
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A&A, 642 (2020) A15
 
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Published online: 2020-09-30
 
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937362
 
  
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=== STIX data center ===
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An brief introduction to STIX data center: https://datacenter.stix.i4ds.net/introduction/#h.2ba6b5e5907f600e_60 <br>
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Details about the STIX data center can be found in the paper below:
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* Hualin Xiao, et al., The data center for the Spectrometer and Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter, 2023, A&A, 673, A142, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346031
  
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=== Tutorials ===
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=== STIX data analysis tutorials ===
  
 
STIX tutorials are available at [https://datacenter.stix.i4ds.net/wiki/index.php?title=STIX_Tutorials].
 
STIX tutorials are available at [https://datacenter.stix.i4ds.net/wiki/index.php?title=STIX_Tutorials].
  
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=== How to Cite Our Work ===
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=== Interacting STIX Data Center using python ===
  
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If you use STIX data in your research, please cite the following papers:
 
  
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* STIX instrumentation paper:
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Stixdcpy is a Python package that facilitates access and analysis of STIX data. It provides APIs to query and download data from the STIX data center and a set of tools for visualizing data and performing common analysis tasks. With stixdcpy, users can query and download the following types of data from the STIX data center:
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The Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX)
 
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Säm Krucker, G. J. Hurford, O. Grimm, S. Kögl, H.-P Gröbelbauer, L. Etesi, D. Casadei, A. Csillaghy, A. O. Benz, N. G. Arnold
 
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A&A, 642 (2020) A15
 
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Published online: 2020-09-30
 
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937362
 
  
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* Quick-look light curves
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* Housekeeping data
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* Science data
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* Energy calibration data
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* Auxiliary data
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* STIX solar flare list
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* STIX operational events"
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stixdcpy source code and the tutorial can be found at: https://github.com/i4ds/stixdcpy
  
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* STIX data center paper:
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=== Cite Our Work ===
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The data center for the Spectrometer and Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter
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see https://datacenter.stix.i4ds.net/wiki/index.php?title=Cite_our_work
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Hualin Xiao, Shane Maloney, Säm Krucker, Ewan Dickson, Paolo Massa, et al.
 
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346031
 

Latest revision as of 08:58, 2 May 2024

1 Instrumentation

Details about the STIX instrumentation can be found in the following paper:

2 STIX data center

An brief introduction to STIX data center: https://datacenter.stix.i4ds.net/introduction/#h.2ba6b5e5907f600e_60
Details about the STIX data center can be found in the paper below:

3 STIX data analysis tutorials

STIX tutorials are available at [1].

4 Interacting STIX Data Center using python

Stixdcpy is a Python package that facilitates access and analysis of STIX data. It provides APIs to query and download data from the STIX data center and a set of tools for visualizing data and performing common analysis tasks. With stixdcpy, users can query and download the following types of data from the STIX data center:

  • Quick-look light curves
  • Housekeeping data
  • Science data
  • Energy calibration data
  • Auxiliary data
  • STIX solar flare list
  • STIX operational events"

stixdcpy source code and the tutorial can be found at: https://github.com/i4ds/stixdcpy

5 Cite Our Work

see https://datacenter.stix.i4ds.net/wiki/index.php?title=Cite_our_work

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