High-density arrays of x-ray microcalorimeters for Constellation-X

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6266 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kilbourne, Caroline A ^a   Bandler, Simon R ^a,d   Brown, Ari D ^a   Chervenak, James A ^a   Figueroa Feliciano, Enectali ^b   Finkbeiner, Fred M ^a,e   Iyomoto, Naoko ^a,f   Kelley, Richard L ^a   Porter, F Scott ^a   Saab, Tarek ^c   Sadleir, John ^a,g   White, Jennifer ^a,h  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging spectroscopy; Superconducting transition edge sensor; X ray microcalorimeter

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; SENSORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION-EDGE SENSOR; X-RAY MICROCALORIMETER;

ARRAYS;

EID: 33749037713     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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