The XEUS focal plane instruments

Piet A. J. de Korte; Lothar Strüder; Didier Barret; Ronaldo Bellazzini; Lionel Duband; Didier Martin; Arvind Parmar; Luigi Piro; Tadayuki Takahashi; Dick Willingale

doi:10.1117/12.790357

15 July 2008 The XEUS focal plane instruments

Piet A. J. de Korte, Lothar Strüder, Didier Barret, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Lionel Duband, Didier Martin, Arvind Parmar, Luigi Piro, Tadayuki Takahashi, Dick Willingale

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Proceedings Volume 7011, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 70110A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790357
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

This paper describes the focal plane instrumentation of the XEUS mission as proposed for ESA's Cosmic Vision program. Each of the instruments is described in some detail with its performance characteristics given. The development status of the instrument complement and the items requiring further development are indicated.

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Piet A. J. de Korte, Lothar Strüder, Didier Barret, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Lionel Duband, Didier Martin, Arvind Parmar, Luigi Piro, Tadayuki Takahashi, and Dick Willingale "The XEUS focal plane instruments", Proc. SPIE 7011, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 70110A (15 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790357

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