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JET-X A Joint European X-ray Telescope for SPECTRUM-X

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. Wells ,
D.H. Lumb ,
K.A. Pounds ,
G.C. Stewart ,
B. Aschenbach ,
H. Brauninger ,
G. Hasinger ,
J. Trumper ,
O. Citterio  and
L. Scarsi
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A. Wells
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Leicester University, Leicester, U.K.
D.H. Lumb
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Leicester University, Leicester, U.K.
K.A. Pounds
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Leicester University, Leicester, U.K.
G.C. Stewart
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Leicester University, Leicester, U.K.
B. Aschenbach
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute fur Extraterrestriche Physik, Garching, W. Germany
H. Brauninger
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute fur Extraterrestriche Physik, Garching, W. Germany
G. Hasinger
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute fur Extraterrestriche Physik, Garching, W. Germany
J. Trumper
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute fur Extraterrestriche Physik, Garching, W. Germany
O. Citterio
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomica di Brera, Merate, Italy
L. Scarsi
Affiliation:
Instituto Fisica Cosmica e Informatica del CNR, Palermo, Italy
A. Peacock
Affiliation:
Space Science Department, ESTEC, Netherlands
B. Taylor
Affiliation:
Space Science Department, ESTEC, Netherlands

Abstract

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The Joint European X-Ray Telescope, JET-X, is one of the core instruments of the scientific payload of the USSR SPECTRUM-X astrophysics mission due for launch in 1993. The JET-X instrument concept is described and its scientific performance and capability discussed.

Type
8. Future X-ray Observatories
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 115: High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic Plasmas , 1990 , pp. 318 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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