Development of arrays of position-sensitive microcalorimeters for Constellation-X

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7011, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smith, Stephen J ^a,b   Bandler, Simon R ^a,c   Brekosky, Regis P ^a,d   Brown, Ari D ^a,b   Chervenak, James A ^a   Eckart, Megan E ^a,b   Eigueroa Feliciano, Enectali ^e   Finkbeiner, Fred M ^a,f   Kelley, Richard L ^a   Kilbourne, Caroline A ^a   Porter, F Scott ^a   Sadleir, John E ^a,g  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

^g University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Constellation X; Imaging array; Microcalorimeter; Position sensitive detector; Transition edge sensor

Indexed keywords

CONSTELLATION-X; IMAGING ARRAY; MICROCALORIMETER; POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTOR; TRANSITION-EDGE SENSOR;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; CALORIMETERS; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOCUSING; GAMMA RAYS; NASA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIXELS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; X RAY CAMERAS;

NANOSENSORS;

EID: 68649094741     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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