The Dark Energy Survey Camera (DECam)

Physics Procedia

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 1332-1340

  Diehl, Thomas ^a  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blanco Telescope; Cerro Tolo Inter American Observatory; Dark Energy; Dark Energy Camera

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995478740     PISSN: 18753884     EISSN: 18753892     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2012.02.472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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