Photometric stability of STIS MAMA detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 389-400

  Argabright, Vic ^a   Franka, Steve ^a   Frank, Peter ^a   Lorman, George ^a   Van Houten, Charles ^a   Abraham, Jim ^a   Bybee, Richard ^a   Joseph, Charles ^b   Woodgate, Bruce ^c   Kimble, Randy ^c   Danks, Anthony ^d  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

MAMA; MCP; MCP detector; Photometric stability; STIS

Indexed keywords

DETECTION QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; GOOD ENGINEERING PRACTICES; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; ILLUMINATION CONDITIONS; IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH; MAMA; MCP; STIS;

DETECTORS; HYDROCARBON REFINING; IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE TELESCOPES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOCATHODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

STABILITY; RADIATION DETECTORS;

MULTI-ANODE MICROCHANNEL ARRAY (MAMA) DETECTORS; PHOTOMETRIC STABILITY;

EID: 0032302173     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324540     Document Type: Conference Paper

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