The Swift X-Ray Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 201-216

  Burrows, David N ^a   Hill, J E ^a   Nousek, J A ^a   Wells, A ^b   Chincarini, G ^c   Abbey, A F ^b   Beardmore, A ^b   Bosworth, J ^f   Brauninger H W ^d   Burkert, W ^d   Campana, S ^c   Capalbi, M ^e   Chang, W ^f   Citterio, O ^c   Freyberg, M J ^d   Giommi, P ^e   Hartner, G D ^d   Killough, R ^g   Kittle, B ^f   Klar, R ^g   Mangels, C ^g   McMeekin, M ^f   Miles, B J ^a   Moretti, A ^c   Mori, K ^a   Morris, D C ^a   Mukerjee, K ^b   Osborne, J P ^b   Short, A D T ^b   Tagliaferri, G ^c   Tamburelli, F ^e   Watson, D J ^b   Willingale, R ^b   Zugger, M ^a   more..

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e ASI SCIENCE DATA CENTER   (Italy)

^f NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^g SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma ray burst; Swift; X ray CCD detector; X ray instrumentation; X ray mirrors; X ray telescope

Indexed keywords

GAMMA-RAY BURSTS; SWIFT; X-RAY CCD DETECTOR; X-RAY INSTRUMENTATION; X-RAY MIRRORS; X-RAY TELESCOPES;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE SENSORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; X RAYS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 1942484068     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.504868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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