The on-ground calibrations of superAGILE: I. X-ray pencil beam

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Evangelista, Y ^a   Costa, E ^a   Del Monte, E ^a   Di Persio, G ^a   Donnarumma, I ^a   Feroci, M ^a   Frutti, M ^a   Generosi, A ^b   Lapshov, I ^a   Lazzarotto, F ^a   Mastropietro, M ^b   Morelli, E ^c   Pacciani, L ^a   Porrovecchio, G ^a   Rapisarda, M ^a   Rossi Albertini, V ^d   Rubini, A ^b   Sabatino, G ^a   Soffitta, P ^a  

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AGILE mission; Calibration; Coded Mask; High Energy Astrophysics; X ray monitor

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MASKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

AGILE MISSION; CODED MASK; HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS; X-RAY MONITORS;

X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749012277     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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