A gas scintillation proportional counter for the x-ray astronomy satellite SAX

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 57-61

  Smith, A ^a   Peacock, A ^a   Kowalskil, T Z ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITES - ASTRONOMICAL; TELESCOPES; X-RAYS - MEASUREMENTS;

X-RAY ASTRONOMY SATELLITE SAX;

PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS;

EID: 0022664413     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1987.4337301     Document Type: Article

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