The Swift-XRT imaging performances and serendipitous survey

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6688, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Moretti, A ^a   Perri, M ^b   Capalbi, M ^b   Abbey, A F ^c   Angelini, L ^d   Beardmore, A ^c   Burrows, D N ^e   Campana, S ^a   Chincarini, G ^a,f   Citterio, O ^e   Cusumano, G ^d   Evans, P A ^e   Giommi, P ^b   Goad, M R ^c   Godet, O ^c   Guidorzi, C ^a,f   Grupe, D ^e   Hill, J E ^d   Kennea, J A ^e   La Parola, V ^g   Mangano, V ^g   Mineo, T ^g   Morris, D C ^e   Nousek, J A ^e   Osborne, J P ^c   Page, K L ^c   Pagani, C ^e   Racusin, J ^e   Romano, P ^a,f   Tagliaferri, G ^a   Tamburelli, F ^b   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b ASI ASDC   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^g INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Survey; Swift; XRT

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; GALAXIES; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE RENDEZVOUS; X RAY OPTICS;

OPERATIONAL MISSION; X-RAY BACKGROUND (XRB); X-RAY TELESCOPE (XRT);

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 42249086123     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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