The Wide-Field Imager for IXO: Status and future activities

The Wide Field Imager (WFI) of the International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is an X-ray imaging spectrometer based on a large monolithic DePFET (Depleted P-channel Field Effect Transistor) Active Pixel Sensor. Filling an area of 10 x 10 cm2 with a format of 1024 x 1024 pixels it will cover a field of v...

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Main Authors: Struder, Lothar (Author), Aschauer, Florian (Author), Herrmann, Sven (Author), Lauf, Thomas (Author), Meuris, Aline (Author), Porro, Matteo (Author), Reiffers, Jonas (Author), de Vita, Giulio (Author), Bautz, Mark W. (Contributor), Bombelli, Luca (Author), Fiorini, Carlo (Author), Burrows, David (Author), Fraser, George (Author), Kendziorra, Eckhard (Author), Santangelo, Andrea (Author), Tenzer, Chris (Author), Kuster, Markus (Author), Lechner, Peter (Author), Lutz, Gerhard (Author), Majewski, Petra (Author), Soltau, Heike (Author), Richter, Rainer (Author), Stefanescu, Alexander (Author), Treis, Johannes (Author), Tsunemi, Hiroshi (Author), Wilms, Jorn (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Bautz, Mark (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: SPIE, 2011-07-15T13:51:00Z.
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