Simbol-X: Mission overview

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ferrando, P ^a   Arnaud, M ^a   Briel, U ^b   Citterio, O ^c   Cledassou R ^d   Duchon, P ^d   Fiore, F ^e   Giommi, P ^f   Goldwurm, A ^a   Hasinger, G ^b   Kendziorra, E ^g   Laurent, P ^a   Lebrun, F ^a   Limousin, O ^a   Malaguti, G ^h   Mereghetti, S ⁱ   Micela, G ^j   Pareschi, G ^c   Rio, Y ^a   Roques, J P ^k   Struder L ^b   Tagliaferri, G ^c   more..

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^d CNES   (France)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^h OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^j INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^k IRAP   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Black Holes; Formation flight; Particle acceleration; X ray detectors; X ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GALAXIES; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BLACK HOLES; FORMATION FLIGHT; PARTICLE ACCELERATION; X-RAY DETECTORS; X-RAY TELESCOPES;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 33749003203     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.673266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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