Thin absorbers for large-area soft X-ray
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L. Rocks; M.B. Anderson; N. Bilgri; R. Brekosky; S. Gwynne Crowder; E. Figueroa-
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Article
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2006
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The X-ray Quantum Calorimeter (XQC) sounding rocket experiment utilizes a microcalorimeter array for observing the diffuse soft X-ray background. Observations of such low surface-brightness targets require a large-area detector. We will be using an array of large absorbers. Good absorbers must rapid