The MPE X-ray test facility PANTER: Calibration of hard X-ray (15-50 kev) optics

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 20, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 405-412

  Freyberg, M J ^a   Brauninger H ^a   Burkert, W ^a   Hartner, G D ^a   Citterio, O ^b   Mazzoleni, F ^b   Pareschi, G ^b   Spiga, D ^b   Romaine, S ^c   Gorenstein, P ^c   Ramsey, B D ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Multilayers; X ray astronomy; X ray detectors; X ray optics; X ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751098010     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-006-9068-8     Document Type: Article

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