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W. V. Dixon, M. Hurwitz, P. Jelinsky, B. Y. Welsh, J. E. Edelstein, O. H. W. Siegmund, C. F. McKee, R. F. Malina, I. Hawkins, J. V. Vallerga (UCB/SSL), D. Breitschwerdt (MPI Garching), J. Slavin (NASA Ames)
The Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS), a University-Class Explorer (UNEX) mission, will carry out all-sky spectroscopy of the diffuse background at wavelengths from 90 to 260 Å\ with a peak resolution of \lambda / 150 (about 0.5 eV). CHIPS data will help determine the electron temperature, ionization conditions, and cooling mechanisms of the million-degree plasma believed to fill the local interstellar bubble. The majority of the luminosity from diffuse million-degree plasma is expected to emerge in the poorly-explored CHIPS band, making CHIPS data of relevance in a wide variety of Galactic and extragalactic astrophysical environments. The compact CHIPS instrument will be accommodated aboard a commercial FAISAT communications spacecraft currently scheduled for launch in mid to late 2001.
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