Wide-field all-sky monitor for X-ray astronomy

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作者
Borozdin, KN [1 ]
Priedhorsky, WC [1 ]
Arefiev, VA [1 ]
Kaniovsky, AS [1 ]
Black, K [1 ]
Brandt, S [1 ]
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[1] Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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SMALL MISSIONS FOR ENERGETIC ASTROPHYSICS: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA-RAY | 1999年 / 499卷
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10.1063/1.1302217
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V [航空、航天];
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08 ; 0825 ;
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The concept of using a pinhole camera as wide field-of-view detector for an X-ray all-sky monitor was first proposed qv S.Holt and W.Priedhorsky in 1987 [1]. The hardware for such a monitor is ready to be launched. Here we discuss scientific tasks for such an experiment. its main parameters and possibilities to install it on platforms/satellites of different types.
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