HERMES: An imaging X-ray fluorescence spectrometer for the BepiColombo mission to Mercury

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4506, Issue , 2001, Pages 136-145

  Owens, Alan ^a   Bavdaz, M ^a   Beijersbergen, M ^a   Brunton, A N ^a   Fraser, G W ^a   Martin, D ^a   Nieminen, P ^a   Peacock, A ^a   Pia, M G ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compound semi conductors; Microchannel plate optics; Planetary physics; X rays

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SPACE RESEARCH; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETERS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035762291     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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