Characterization and Prototyping of the Rotating Modulator Hard X-ray/Gamma-ray Telescope

A hard x-ray/gamma-ray telescope with high sensitivity and wide field of view would be capable of performing an all-sky census of black holes over a wide range of obscuration and accretion rates. As an example, NASA's Black Hole Finder Probe mission was designed to provide a 5-sigma flux sensit...

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Main Author: Budden, Brent
Other Authors: Stacy, Gregory J.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2011
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04212011-134645/