The NeXT mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a   Mitsuda, Kazuhisa ^a   Kunieda, Hideyo ^b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma ray; Gamma ray Astronomy; Hard X ray; X ray; X ray Astronomy

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS; SPACE TELESCOPES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY; HARD X-RAYS; X-RAY ASTRONOMY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33749001992     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.670815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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