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A Vigorous Explorer Program
Martin Elvis, Matthew Beasley, Roger Brissenden +47
Explorers have made breakthroughs in many fields of astrophysics. The science from both these missions contributed to three Nobel Prizes - Giacconi (2002), Mather, and Smoot (2006)…
The SXI telescope on board EXIST: scientific performances
L. Natalucci, A. Bazzano, S. Campana +9
The SXI telescope is one of the three instruments on board EXIST, a multiwavelength observatory in charge of performing a global survey of the sky in hard X-rays searching for Supe…
The Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor
Charles Meegan, Giselher Lichti, P. N. Bhat +18
The Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) will significantly augment the science return from the Fermi Observatory in the study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). The primary objective of GBM is…
The 10 Meter South Pole Telescope
J. E. Carlstrom, P. A. R. Ade, K. A. Aird +41
The South Pole Telescope (SPT) is a 10 m diameter, wide-field, offset Gregorian telescope with a 966-pixel, multi-color, millimeter-wave, bolometer camera. It is located at the Amu…
X-Ray Polarimetry: Historical Remarks and Other Considerations
Martin C. Weisskopf
We briefly discuss the history of X-ray polarimetry for astronomical applications including a guide to the appropriate statistics. We also provide an introduction to some of the ne…