Detector response of GSC/MAXI and its expected performance in orbit

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5898, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Tsuchiya, Y ^a   Yoshida, A ^a   Yamaoka, K ^a   Arakuni, T ^a   Miyakawa, T ^a   Matsuoka, M ^a   Ueno, S ^b   Tomida, H ^b   Yokota, T ^b   Kawasaki, K ^b   Kuramata, N ^b   Katayama, H ^b   Morii, M ^b   Mihara, T ^c   Nakajima, M ^c   Isobe, N ^c   Kohama, M ^c   Tsunemi, H ^d   Miyata, E ^d   Kawai, N ^e   Kataoka, J ^e   Negoro, H ^f   more..

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^f NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

All sky monitor; MAXI; X ray

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DETECTORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; X RAY CAMERAS;

ALL SKY MONITOR; GAS SLIT CAMERAS (GSC); JAPANESE EXPERIMENT MODULE (JEM); MAXI;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 29344449471     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.616434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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