The calibration of the solar-B X-ray optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5900, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-7

  Cosmo, Mario L ^a   DeLuca, Edward E ^a   Golub, Leon ^a   Austin, Gerald K ^a   Chappell, Jon H ^a   Barbera, Marco ^b   Bookbinder, Jay A ^a   Cheimets, Peter N ^a   Cirtain, Jonathan ^a   Podgorski, William A ^a   Davis, William ^a   Varisco, Salvatore ^b   Weber, Mark A ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical testing; Solar astronomy; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICAL TESTING; SOLAR SYSTEM;

SOLAR ASTRONOMY; WAVELENGTH; X-RAY TELESCOPE (XRT);

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 29844435165     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.618822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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