High resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy for Constellation X

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6686, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lillie, Charles ^a   Cash, Webster ^b   Arav, Nahum ^b   Shull, J Michael ^b   Linsky, Jeffrey ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; High resolution; Observatory; Off plane; Reflection grating; Spectroscopy; X ray

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; REFLECTION GRATINGS; SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; X-RAY SOURCES;

ASTRONOMY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; NASA; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

EID: 42249112845     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.735473     Document Type: Conference Paper

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