Active and passive shielding design optimization and technical solutions for deep sensitivity hard X-ray focusing telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5900, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-13

  Malaguti, G ^a   Pareschi, G ^b   Ferrando, P ^c   Caroli, E ^a   Di Cocco, G ^a   Foschini, L ^a   Basso, S ^b   Del Sordo, S ^d   Fiore, F ^e   Bonati, A ^f   Lesci, G ^f   Poulsen, J M ^f   Monzani, F ^f   Stevoli, A ^f   Negri, B ^g  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f Alenia Spazio SpA LABEN   (Italy)

^g ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Background; X ray optics; X ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BACKGROUND; X-RAY TELESCOPES;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 29844451057     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.620235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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