The Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jahoda, Keith ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GEMS; Small Explorer; X ray polarimetry

Indexed keywords

IN-PHASE; LAUNCH READINESS DATES; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SMALL EXPLORER; X-RAY POLARIMETRY; X-RAY POLARIZATIONS;

ELLIPSOMETRY; GEMS; INSTRUMENTS; NASA; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; POLARIMETERS; SPACE TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957886052     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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