Uses of continuum radiation in the AXAF calibration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3113, Issue , 1997, Pages 65-76

  Kolodziejczak, J J ^a   Austin, R A ^a   Elsner, R F ^a   O'Dell, S L ^a   Sulkanen, M E ^a   Swartz, D A ^a   Tennant, A F ^a   Weisskopf, Martin C ^a   Zirnstein, G ^a   McDermott, W C ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Detectors; Grazing incidence optics; X rays; X ray sources

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON SOURCES; MIRRORS; OBSERVATORIES;

GRAZING INCIDENCE OPTICS;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 0010151592     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278889     Document Type: Conference Paper

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