Laue lens development for hard X-rays (>60 keV)

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 253-258

  Pellicciotta, D ^a   Frontera, F ^a,b   Loffredo, G ^a   Pisa, A ^a   Andersen, K ^c   Courtois, P ^c   Hamelin, B ^c   Carassiti, V ^d   Melchiorri, M ^d   Squerzanti, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Bragg; Crystals; Laue; Telescope; X ray

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LENSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ASTROPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS; BRAGG; LAUE; MOSAIC CRYSTALS;

X RAYS;

EID: 33645658930     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.869823     Document Type: Article

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