Cipher, a polarimeter telescope concept for hard X-ray astronomy

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-65

  Da Silva, R M Curado ^a,b   Caroli, E ^c   Stephen, J B ^c   Siffert, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrophysics; Flight instruments; Monte Carlo; Polarimetry; Semiconductor detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544467268     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EXPA.0000028172.78709.1e     Document Type: Review

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