Proposed SMEX to spectrally analyze the diffuse x-ray background: The Baryonic Extragalactic Structure Tracer (BEST)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 388-395

  Sanders, W T ^a   Henry, R C ^b   Bregman, J N ^c   Cen, R ^d   Cox, D P ^a   Croft, R A ^e   Hammond, E C ^f   Hurwitz, M V ^g   Kimble, R A ^h   McCammon, D ^a   McKee, C ^g   Murthy, J ⁱ   Phillips, L A ^d   Porter, F S ^h   Raymond, J C ^j   Serlemitsos, P J ^h   Shelton, R L ^b   Smith, R K ^j   Stahl, C K ^h   Szymkowiak, A E ^k  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^j HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^k Yale University   (United States)

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Author keywords

Diffuse background; Instrumentation; Intergalactic medium; Interstellar medium; Space Mission; X ray

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0038295767     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461743     Document Type: Conference Paper

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