In-Flight Calibration of the Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating Spectrometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 457-468

  Marshall, Herman L ^a   Dewey, Daniel ^a   Ishibashi, Kazunori ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Spectrometers; X rays

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DETECTORS; HIGH ENERGY TRANSMISSION GRATING SPECTROMETER (HETGS);

CALIBRATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MIRRORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SPECTROMETERS; X RAY OPTICS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 1942519238     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.508320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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