The constellation-X observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7011, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bookbinder, Jay ^a   Smith, Randall ^b,c   Hornschemeier, Anne ^b   Garcia, Michael ^a   White, Nicholas ^b   Tananbaum, Harvey ^a   Petre, Robert ^b   Romaine, Suzanne ^a   Reid, Paul ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; COSMOLOGY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; RELATIVITY; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SPECTROMETERS; STARS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

EQUATION OF STATE; GALAXY FORMATIONS; GENERAL RELATIVITY; GRATING SPECTROMETERS; HARD X-RAY TELESCOPE; IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH; MICRO-CALORIMETER ARRAY; X RAY OBSERVATORIES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 68649118156     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.796906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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