The Role of Modeling in the Calibration of Chandra's Optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 402-410

  Jerius, D ^a   Cohen, L ^a   Edgar, R J ^a   Freeman, M ^a   Hughes, J P ^b   Nguyen, D ^a   Podgorski, W A ^a   Tibbetts, M ^a   Van Speybroeck, L ^a   Zhao, P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AXAF; Chandra; Modeling; Optics

Indexed keywords

AXAF; CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE RESEARCH; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS;

SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 11144357721     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.509378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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