Calibration of Chandra's Near On-Axis Performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5165, Issue , 2004, Pages 433-444

  Jerius, D ^a   Gaetz, T J ^a   Karovska, M ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chandra; PSF; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAVITATION; MIRRORS; ORBITS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TELESCOPES; X RAY OPTICS;

BLACK HOLES; X-RAY ENERGIES;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 1942519242     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.509359     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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