Development of the EUV detector for the BepiColombo mission

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1392-1396

  Yoshioka, K ^a   Hikosaka, K ^a   Murakami, G ^a   Yoshikawa, I ^a   Yamazaki, A ^b   Nozawa, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; BepiColombo; MCP; Mercury; Photocathode

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; PHOTOCATHODES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

BEPICOLOMBO; ESIUM IODIDE PHOTOCATHODES; MERCURY PLANETARY ORBITER;

ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

EID: 41349104666     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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