A soft X-ray polarimeter designed for broad-band X-ray telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6688, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Marshall, Herman L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Grating; Mirror; Multilayer; Polarimeter; X ray

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ASTRONOMY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SPACE TELESCOPES; X RAY OPTICS;

ANGLE TRANSMISSION; X RAY POLARIMETERS; X RAY TELESCOPES;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 42249093016     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.746957     Document Type: Conference Paper

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