The Constellation-X reflection grating spectrometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cottam, Jean ^a   Cash, Webster ^a   Flanagan, Kathryn A ^c   Heilmann, Ralf K ^c   Prigozhin, Gregory Y ^c   Rasmussen, Andrew P ^d   Ricker, George R ^c   Schattenburg, Mark L ^c   Schindhelm, Eric ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Constellation X; Grating; Spectrometer; X ray

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DETECTORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SPACE TELESCOPES;

CONICAL CONFIGURATION; CONSTELLATION-X REFLECTION GRATING SPECTROMETER (RGS); HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTRA; MIRROR MODULE;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 33749029668     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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