1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702697303321

Autore

Vallerga John Vincent

Titolo

Development of a mercuric iodide solid state spectrometer for X-ray Astronomy / / Prepared for NASA Headquarters by Dr. John B. Vallerga for Dr. George R. Ricker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Cambridge, MA : , : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Space Research]

[Washington, D.C.] : , : NASA Headquarters, , September 1983

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 unnumbered pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA-CR ; ; 175330

Altri autori (Persone)

RickerG. R (George R.)

Soggetti

Iodides

Mercury compounds

Monte Carlo method

Spectrometers

X ray astronomy

X ray telescopes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 12, 2014).

"September 1983."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

X-ray observations of the 1980 Cygnus X-1 "high state" -- Studies of new hard X-ray detection methods and observations of cosmic X-ray sources.