Recent developments in transition-edge strip detectors for solar x-rays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7011, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rausch, Adam J ^a   Deiker, Steven W ^a   Hilton, Gene ^b   Irwin, Kent D ^b   Martinez Galarce, Dennis S ^a   Shing, Lawrence ^a   Stern, Robert A ^a   Ullom, Joel N ^b   Vale, Leila R ^b  

^a Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SPACE TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

CRYOGENIC DETECTORS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; MICRO-CALORIMETERS; POSITION SENSITIVE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSITION-EDGE SENSORS; WIRING REQUIREMENTS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 70249090438     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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