The SXI telescope on board EXIST: Scientific performances

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7435, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Natalucci, L ^a   Bazzano, A ^a   Campana, S ^b   Caraveo, P ^c   Della Ceca, R ^b   Grindlay, J E ^d   Panessa, F ^a   Pareschi, G ^b   Ramsey, B ^e   Tagliaferri, G ^b   Ubertini, P ^a   Villa, G ^c  

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium Zinc Telluride; Gamma ray detectors; Gamma ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

AFTERGLOW EMISSION; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDES; EFFECTIVE AREA; EMISSION MODEL; ENERGY BAND; GAMMA RAY DETECTOR; GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE; HARD X RAY; HIGH-ENERGY SOURCES; HIGH-REDSHIFT; IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCES; LIMITING FLUX; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE; SKY COVERAGE; SOFT X-RAY; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES; TRANSIENT EVENTS;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STARS; SURVEYS; X RAYS; ZINC;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957861742     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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