Concept for an innovative wide field camera for X-ray astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Campana, R ^a,b   Feroci, M ^a,b   Vacchi, A ^c   Labanti, C ^d   Zampa, G ^c   Del Monte, E ^a,b   Evangelista, Y ^a   Muleri, F ^a   Pacciani, L ^a,b   Rubini, A ^a,b   Soffitta, P ^a   Costa, E ^a   Donnarumma, I ^a   Lazzarotto, F ^a   Mastropietro, M ^a   Morelli, E ^b,d   Rapisarda, M ^a,b   Fuschino, F ^d   Marisaldi, M ^d   Bonvicini, V ^c   Rashevsky, A ^c   Zampa, N ^c   Perotti, F ^e   Amati, L ^d   Frontera, F ^d,f   Antonelli, L A ^g   Fiore, F ^g   Israel, G L ^g   Nicastro, F ^g   Orlandini, M ^d   Baldazzi, G ^h   Picolli, L ⁱ   Grassi, M ⁱ   Malcovati, P ⁱ   more..

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detectors X rays; General; Instrumentation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; SILICON DETECTORS; X RAYS;

GENERAL; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG TERM MONITORING; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR; SILICON MICRO-STRIP DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPIC RESOLUTION;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 77957870099     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857254     Document Type: Conference Paper

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