Grazing Angle Proton Scattering: Effects on Chandra and XMM-Newton X-Ray Telescopes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2292-2295

  Dichter, Bronislaw K ^a   Woolf, Stanley ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARCON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chandra X ray telescope CCD radiation damage

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTRON TRAPS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IONIZING RADIATION; PROTONS; RADIATION DAMAGE; SCATTERING;

CHANDRA X-RAY TELESCOPE; IONIZING ENERGY LOSS; NONIONIZING ENERGY LOSS (NIEL);

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 1242287890     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.822092     Document Type: Conference Paper

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