An X-ray all-sky monitor with extraordinary sensitivity

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 733-750

  Priedhorsky, W C ^a,b   Peele, A G ^b   Nugent, K A ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Instrumentation: detectors; Space vehicles; Surveys x rays: general; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; SHELLFISH; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TELESCOPES; X RAY DETECTORS;

ALL-SKY; CROSS TALKS; INSTRUMENTATION:DETECTORS; PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY LIMIT; SMALL-SATELLITE; SPACE VEHICLES; SURVEY X-RAY: GENERAL; WIDE-FIELD; X-RAY GENERAL;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 1542634850     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/279.3.733     Document Type: Article

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