The X-Ray camera of the EXIST/SXI telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Uslenghi, Michela ^a   Fiorini, Mauro ^a   Mereghetti, Sandro ^a   Villa, Gabriele E ^a   Bazzano, Angela ^b   Caraveo, Patrizia A ^a   Fiorini, Carlo E ^a,c   Grindlay, Jonathan E ^d   Natalucci, Lorenzo ^b   Pareschi, Giovanni ^e   Tagliaferri, Gianpiero ^e   Ubertini, Pietro ^b  

^a INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^b INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EXIST; X Ray Astronomy; X Ray Camera; X ray detector

Indexed keywords

BASELINE DESIGN; EXIST; FOCAL PLANE DETECTOR; FRAME RATE; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION; ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY; MASSIVE BLACK HOLES; MULTIWAVELENGTH; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTON-COUNTING MODE; SILICON PIXEL SENSORS; SOFT X-RAY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; X-RAY DETECTOR; XRAY IMAGING;

CAMERAS; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SENSORS; SPACE TELESCOPES; STARS; SURVEYS; X RAY CAMERAS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957885240     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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