SWIFT XRT Point Spread Function measured at the Panter end-to-end tests

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 232-240

  Moretti, A ^a   Campana, S ^a   Tagliaferri, G ^a   Abbey, A F ^c   Ambrosi, R M ^c   Angelini, L ^g,h   Beardmore, A ^c   Brauninger H W ^e   Burkert, W ^e   Burrows, D N ^b   Capalbi, M ^d   Chincarini, G ^a   Citterio, O ^a   Cusumano, G ^f   Freyberg, M J ^e   Giommi, P ^d   Hartner, G D ^e   Hill, J E ^b   Mori, K ^b   Morris, D ^b   Mukerjee, K ^c   Nousek, J A ^b   Osborne, J ^c   Short, A D T ^c   Tamburelli, F ^d   Watson, D J ^c   Wells, A ^c   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g GSFC/NASA   (United States)

^h USRA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

PSF; Swift; XRT

Indexed keywords

PSF; SWIFT; XRT;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; GAMMA RAYS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RAY TRACING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 11144354208     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.504857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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