A Parameterization of the Chandra Point Spread Function

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 423-432

  Allen, Christopher L ^a   Jerius, Diab ^a   Gaetz, Terry ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chandra; Ellipses; Encircled energy function; HRMA; Moments; PSF

Indexed keywords

CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY; ELLIPSES; ENCIRCLED ENERGY FUNCTION; HIGH RESOLUTION MIRROR ASSEMBLY (HRMA); HRMA; MOMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; ORBITS; RAY TRACING; SPACE RESEARCH; X RAYS;

SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 1942519237     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.509411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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