X–ray telescope onboard astro–E. II. Ground–based x–ray characterization

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3762-3783

  Shibata, Ryo ^a   Ishida, Manabu ^a   Kunieda, Hideyo ^a   Endo, Takao ^a   Honda, Hirohiko ^a   Misaki, Kazutami ^a   Ishida, Jun’ichi ^a   Imamura, Kohsuke ^a   Hidaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Maeda, Masamichi ^a   Tawara, Yuzuru ^b   Ogasaka, Yasushi ^b   Furuzawa, Akihiro ^b   Watanabe, Manabu ^b   Terashima, Yuichi ^b   Yoshioka, Tsutomu ^b   Okajima, Takashi ^b   Yamashita, Koujun ^b   Serlemitsos, Peter J ^c   Soong, Yang ^c   Chan, Kai Wing ^c   more..

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NASAyGoddard Space Flight Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; SATELLITES; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

X-RAY TELESCOPES (XRT);

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038045247     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003762     Document Type: Article

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