The Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) on board of the EXIST mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7437, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tagliaferri, G ^a   Basso, S ^a   Conconi, P ^a   Pareschi, G ^a   Bazzano, A ^b   Caraveo, P ^c   Grindlay, J E ^d   Natalucci, L ^b   Ubertini, P ^b   Uslenghi, M ^c   Villa, G ^c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^c INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

EXIST; X ray instrumentation; X ray mirrors; X ray telescope

Indexed keywords

CODED MASKS; EFFECTIVE AREA; EXIST; HIGH ENERGY; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; SOFT X-RAY; X-RAY INSTRUMENTATION; X-RAY MIRRORS; X-RAY TELESCOPE; XMM-NEWTON; XRAY IMAGING;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; IMAGE SENSORS; INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; NASA; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; STARS; SURVEYS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 70449378994     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.827372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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