Focusing Telescopes in Nuclear Astrophysics

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Prospects in space-based gamma-ray astronomy
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   Chapter 2 Annihilation of positrons in the Galaxy
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   Chapter 3 Prospects and requirements for measurements of extragalactic γ -ray lines
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   Chapter 4 Non-thermal cosmic backgrounds and prospects for future high-energy observations of blazars
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   Chapter 5 Rolling down from the 30 keV peak: Modelling the hard X-ray and γ -ray backgrounds
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   Chapter 6 Focusing supernova gamma rays
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   Chapter 7 Nucleosynthesis in nova explosions: Prospects for its observation with focusing telescopes
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   Chapter 8 Puzzles and potential for gamma-ray line observations of solar flare ion acceleration
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    Chapter 9 The INTEGRAL — HESS/MAGIC connection: A new class of cosmic high energy accelerators from keV to TeV
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    Chapter 10 Replicated nickel optics for the hard-x-ray region
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    Chapter 11 Small d-spacing WC/SiC multilayers for future hard X-ray telescope designs
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    Chapter 12 Design aspects of grazing angle multilayer mirrors for soft γ -rays
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    Chapter 13 Progress toward light weight high angular resolution multilayer coated optics
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    Chapter 14 InFOC μ S hard X-ray imaging telescope
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    Chapter 15 Development of the HEFT and NuSTAR focusing telescopes
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    Chapter 16 The SIMBOL-X hard X-ray mission
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    Chapter 17 Laue diffraction lenses for astrophysics: Theoretical concepts
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    Chapter 18 Laue diffraction lenses for astrophysics: From theory to experiments
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    Chapter 19 Mosaic and gradient SiGe single crystals for gamma ray Laue lenses
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    Chapter 20 Copper mosaic crystals for Laue lenses
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    Chapter 21 High diffraction efficiency, broadband, diffraction crystals for use in crystal diffraction lenses
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    Chapter 22 An “ESA-affordable” Laue-lens
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    Chapter 23 Optical properties of Laue lenses for hard X-rays (> 60 keV)
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    Chapter 24 Development of a new photon diffraction imaging system for diagnostic nuclear medicine
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    Chapter 25 HAXTEL: A Laue lens telescope development project for a deep exploration of the hard X-ray sky (>60 keV)
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    Chapter 26 CLAIRE: First light for a gamma-ray lens
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    Chapter 27 MAX, a Laue diffraction lens for nuclear astrophysics
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    Chapter 28 The gamma ray lens — an ESA technology reference study
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    Chapter 29 Gamma ray Fresnel lenses — why not?
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    Chapter 30 Development of ground-testable phase fresnel lenses in silicon
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    Chapter 31 Multiwavelength focusing with the Sun as gravitational lens
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    Chapter 32 A Si/CdTe Compton Camera for gamma-ray lens experiment
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    Chapter 33 New scintillators for focal plane detectors in gamma-ray missions
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    Chapter 34 A focal plane detector design for a wide-band Laue-lens telescope
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    Chapter 35 Polarisation measurements with a CdTe pixel array detector for Laue hard X-ray focusing telescopes
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    Chapter 36 Simulated performance of dedicated Ge-strip Compton telescopes as γ -lens focal plane instrumentation
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    Chapter 37 Monte Carlo study of detector concepts for the MAX Laue lens gamma-ray telescope
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    Chapter 38 Performance of the Nuclear Compton Telescope
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    Chapter 39 The Compton and pair creation telescope MEGA
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    Chapter 40 The MPE X-ray test facility PANTER: Calibration of hard X-ray (15–50 kev) optics
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    Chapter 41 The Ferrara hard X-ray facility for testing/calibrating hard X-ray focusing telescopes
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    Chapter 42 SIMBOL-X: An hard X-ray formation flying mission
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    Chapter 43 Distributed space segment for high energy astrophysics: Similarities and specificites
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    Chapter 44 The CLAIRE gondola: Testing the first gamma-ray lens on a stratospheric balloon
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    Chapter 45 Recent advances and low cost concept for the gamma-ray lens project MAX
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    Chapter 46 Small-sat platforms and formation flying: An opportunity for the gamma ray telescope MAX
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    Chapter 47 MAX: Formation flying for nuclear astrophysics
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    Chapter 48 Formation flying for a Fresnel lens observatory mission