Large coded aperture mask for spaceflight hard X-ray images

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1326-1335

  Vigneau, Danielle N ^a   Robinson, David W ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst Alert Telescope; Coded Aperture Mask; Hard X rays; Swift

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASKS; SPACE FLIGHT; VACUUM; X RAYS;

X-RAY IMAGES;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 0037957082     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461162     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. The Swift website can be found at http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/
2. An excellent source on coded aperture mask literature is: http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cai/coded_intr.html
3. INTEGRAL's masks are detailed at: http://pollux.uv.es/integral/Masks/integralhome.htm
4. th Int'l SAMPE Technical Conference, to be held November, 2002.
5. NASA News Release: 02-044, 3/13/02, NASA Gamma-Ray Burst Satellite Team Assembles World's Largest Telescope Mask.