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20092020
most citedMiniature lightweight x-ray optics (MiXO) for surface elemental composition mapping of asteroids and comets

14 citations · 26 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.IM2020★ 2 cited

X-ray Studies of Planetary Systems: A 2020 Decadal Survey White Paper

Jaesub Hong, Suzanne Romaine, Larry Nittler +5

Whether it is fluorescence emission from asteroids and moons, solar wind charge exchange from comets, exospheric escape from Mars, pion reactions on Venus, sprite lighting on Satur…

astro-ph.IM2019

SmallSat Solar Axion and Activity X-ray Imager (SSAXI)

Jaesub Hong, Suzanne Romaine, Almus Kenter +8

Axions are a promising dark matter candidate as well as a solution to the strong charge-parity (CP) problem in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). We describe a new mission concept for S…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 14 cited

Miniature lightweight x-ray optics (MiXO) for surface elemental composition mapping of asteroids and comets

Jaesub Hong, Suzanne Romaine, the MiXO team

The compositions of diverse planetary bodies are of fundamental interest to planetary science, providing clues to the formation and evolutionary history of the target bodies and th…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 1 cited

The Extreme Physics Explorer and Large Area Micro-Channel Plate Optics

Michael Garcia, Martin Elvis, Jon Chappell +10

The Extreme Physics Explorer (EPE) is a concept timing/spectroscopy mission that would use micro-channel plate optics (MCPO) to provide 4 square meters effective area focused to ~1…

astro-ph.IM2009★ 5 cited

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)…

astro-ph.IM2009★ 4 cited

Simbol-X Hard X-ray Focusing Mirrors: Results Obtained During the Phase A Study

G. Tagliaferri, S. Basso, G. Borghi +16

Simbol-X will push grazing incidence imaging up to 80 keV, providing a strong improvement both in sensitivity and angular resolution compared to all instruments that have operated…