An application of space technology to the terrestrial search for axions: The X-ray mirror telescope at CAST

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 518, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 201-206

  Lutz, Gerhard ^a   Brauninger H ^b   Englhauser, J ^b   Hartmann, R ^c   Kang, D ^d   Kotthaus, R ^a   Kuster, M ^b   Serber, W ^a   Struder L ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABRIXAS; Axions; CAST; Semiconductor detectors; Wolter telescope; X ray CCD; XMM

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COSMIC RAYS; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MIRRORS; PHOTONS; RADIOACTIVITY; X RAYS;

ABRIXAS; AXIONS; CERN AXION SOLAR TELESCOPES (CAST); SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; WOLTER TELESCOPES; X-RAY CCD; XMM;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0942288175     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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