Development and qualification of the HXD-II onboard Astro-E2

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5501, Issue , 2004, Pages 286-295

  Kawaharada, Madoka ^a   Hong, Soojing ^c,f   Murashima, Mio M ^a   Kokubun, Motohide ^a   Itoh, Takeshi ^a   Makishima, Kazuo ^a   Miyawaki, Ryouhei ^a   Niko, Hisako ^a   Yanagida, Takayuki ^a   Mitani, Takefumi ^b   Nakazawa, Kazuhiro ^b   Oonuki, Kousuke ^b   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^b   Tamura, Ken'ichi ^b   Tanaka, Takaaki ^b   Terada, Yukikatsu ^c   Fukazawa, Yasushi ^d   Kawano, Naomi ^d   Kawashima, Kengo ^d   Ohno, Masanori ^d   Yamaoka, Kazutaka ^e   Abe, Keiichi ^f   Suzuki, Masaya ^f   Tashiro, Makoto ^f   Yonetoku, Daisuke ^g   Murakami, Toshio ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astro E2; HXD II; X ray astronomy

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; DETECTORS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; PHOSPHORS; PROBES; SATELLITES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD LOGIC;

ASTRO-E2 HXD-II; HARD X-RAY UNIVERSE; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 19944367586     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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