The Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating: Design, Fabrication, Ground Calibration and Five Years in Flight

The Chandra High Energy Transmission Grating: Design, Fabrication, Ground Calibration and Five Years in Flight

Details of the design, fabrication, and ground and flight calibration of the High Energy Transmission Grating (HETG) on the Chandra X‐Ray Observatory are presented after 5 years of flight experience. Specifics include the theory of phased transmission gratings as applied to the HETG, the Rowland des...

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Main Authors: Canizares, Claude R. (Contributor), Davis, John E. (Contributor), Dewey, Dan (Contributor), Flanagan, Kathryn A. (Contributor), Galton, Eugene B. (Contributor), Huenemoerder, David P. (Contributor), Ishibashi, Kazunori (Contributor), Markert, Thomas H. (Contributor), McGuirk, Michael (Contributor), Schattenburg, Mark Lee (Contributor), Schulz, Norbert S. (Contributor), Smith, Henry Ignatius (Contributor), Wise, Michael (Contributor), Marshall, Herman (Author)
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Marshall, Herman Lee (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press, The, 2012-07-31T17:23:03Z.
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