The wide field imager for the international X-ray observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7435, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Treis, J ^a,d   Bombelli, L ^g   Fiorini, C ^g   Herrmann, S ^a,b   Lauf, T ^a,b   Lechner, P ^a,e   Lutz, G ^a,e   Majewski, P ^a,e   Porro, M ^a,b   Richter, R H ^a,c   Stefanescu, A ^a,f   Struder L ^a,b   De Vita, G ^a,b  

^a MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e PNSENSOR GMBH   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active Pixel Sensor; Astronomy; DEPFET; Imaging spectroscopy; IXO; Macropixel; X Ray; XEUS

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; DEPFET; IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY; IXO; MACROPIXEL; XEUS;

ASTRONOMY; BUILDINGS; INSTRUMENTS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PIXELS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SENSORS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77956207549     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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