The SIMBOL-X hard X-ray mission

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 20, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 139-149

  Pareschi, Giovanni ^a   Ferrando, Philippe ^b  

^a INAF/Brera Astronomical Observatory   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Formation flying; Hard X ray telescopes; Multilayer mirrors; X ray astronomical optics; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751075203     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-006-9062-1     Document Type: Article

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