Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF): An overview

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2515, Issue , 1995, Pages 312-329

  Weisskopf, Martin C ^a   O'Dell, Stephen L ^a   Elsner, Ronald F ^a   Van Speybroeck, Leon P ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

space missions; x ray astronomy; x ray instrumentation; x ray optics; x ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

NASA; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; SPACE MISSIONS; X RAY BANDS; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS; X-RAY INSTRUMENTATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 85011260510     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.212599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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