High spectral resolution, high cadence, imaging X-ray microcalorimeters for solar physics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bandler, Simon R ^a,c   Bailey, Catherine N ^a,e   Bookbinder, Jay A ^b   DeLuca, Edward E ^b   Chervenak, Jay A ^a   Eckart, Megan E ^a,e   Finkbeiner, Fred M ^a,f   Kelley, Daniel P ^a,g   Kelley, Richard L ^a   Kilbourne, Caroline A ^a   Porter, Frederick S ^a   Sadleir, Jack E ^a,h   Smith, Stephen J ^a,d   Smith, Randall K ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e NASA Postdoctoral Program   (United States)

^f Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

^g MEI Technologies   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Microcalorimeter; Solar; Transition edge sensor

Indexed keywords

3-5 MICRON; ANGULAR RESOLUTION; COUNT RATES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION; MICRO-CALORIMETERS; MICROCALORIMETER; PIXEL SIZE; SILICON NITRIDE MEMBRANE; SOLAR; SOLAR CORONA; SOLAR PHYSICS; SOLID SUBSTRATES; TRANSITION-EDGE; TRANSITION-EDGE SENSORS; X-RAY ENERGIES; X-RAY MICROCALORIMETER;

ASTROPHYSICS; CALORIMETERS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NANOSENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIXELS; SILICON NITRIDE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957871285     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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