Concept of the ROSITA X-ray camera

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 849-856

  Pfeffermann, Elmar ^a   Bonerz, Stefan ^a   Bräuninger, Heinrich ^a   Briel, Ulrich G ^a   Friedrich, Peter ^a   Hartmann, Robert ^a   Hartner, Gisela ^a   Hasinger, Günther ^a   Hippmann, Horst ^a   Kendziorra, Eckhard ^b   Kettenring, Günther ^a   Kink, Walter ^a   Meidinger, Norbert ^a   Müller, Siegfried ^a   Predehl, Peter ^a   Soltau, Heike ^a   Strüder, Lothar ^a   Trümper, Joachim ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frame store pn CCD; Graded shielding; ROSITA; X ray astronomy; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; PHOTONS; RADIATION SHIELDING; TELESCOPES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY CAMERAS; X RAYS;

GRADED SHIELDING;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0038294691     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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