Instruments of RT-2 experiment onboard CORONAS-PHOTON and their test and evaluation II: RT-2/CZT payload

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-54

  Kotoch, Tilak B ^a   Nandi, Anuj ^a,b   Debnath, D ^a   Malkar, J P ^c   Rao, A R ^c   Hingar, M K ^c   Madhav, Vaibhav P ^c   Sreekumar, S ^d   Chakrabarti, Sandip K ^a,e  

^a INDIAN CENTRE FOR SPACE PHYSICS   (India)

^b ISRO Head Quarters ^*  (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^e S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Gamma ray detectors; Laboratory experiments; Solar flares; X and ray telescopes and instrumentation; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651482791     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-010-9189-y     Document Type: Article

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