EXIST: Mission design concept and technology program

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 331-344

  Grindlay, J E ^a,e   Craig, W W ^b   Gehrels, N ^c   Harrison, F A ^d   Hong, J ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e The Harvard College Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Black holes; Coded aperture imaging; CZT arrays; EXIST; Gamma ray bursts; Hard x ray imaging detectors; Hard x ray surveys

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE SENSORS; SPACE RESEARCH;

BLACK HOLES;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0038634568     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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