Maxim: The micro-arcsecond x-ray imaging mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4852, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 196-209

  Cash, Webster ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing incidence optics; Interferometry; X ray astronomy; X ray optics; X rays

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PROBES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

GRAZING INCIDENCE OPTICS; MICRO-ARCSECOND X RAY IMAGING MISSION; PATHFINDER MISSION; SURFACE BRIGHTNESS; X RAY ASTRONOMY MISSIONS; X RAY INTERFEROMETRY;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0038701751     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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