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Summary of Chandra-related Project Science Publications

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Experimental Astrophysics

High Energy Replicated Optics

  • First Images from HERO, a Hard X-ray Focusing Telescope B.D. Ramsey, C.D. Alexander, J.A. Apple, C.M. Benson, K.L. Dietz, R.F. Elsner, D.E. Engelhaupt, K.K. Ghosh, J.J. Kolodziejczak, S.L. O'Dell, C.O. Speegle, D.A. Swartz & M.C. Weisskopf
  • The HERO Program, high-energy replicated optics for a hard-x-ray balloon payload B.D. Ramsey, D. Engelhaupt, C.O. Speegle, S.L. O'Dell, R.A. Austin, J.J. Kolodziejczak & M.C. Weisskopf.
  • HERO: High-Energy Replicated Optics for a Hard-X-Ray Balloon Payload B.D. Ramsey, C.D. Alexander, J.A. Apple, R.A. Austin, C.M. Benson, K.L. Dietz, R.F. Elsner, D.E. Engelhaupt, J.J. Kolodziejczak, S.L. O'Dell, C.O. Speegle, D. A. Swartz, M.C. Weisskopf & G. Zirnstein.
  • The Development of Hard-X-Ray Optics at MSFC B. Ramsey, R. Elsner, D. Engelhaupt, M. Gubarev, J. Kolodziejczak, S. O'Dell, C. Speegle & M. Weisskopf
  • X-ray Detector Development

  • A Study of Charge Sharing in Pixellated Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride Detectors D.P. Sharma, B.D. Ramsey, P. Seller, T. Tumer
  • Preliminary performance of CdZnTe imaging detector prototypes B.D. Ramsey, D.P. Sharma, R. Austin, V. Gostilo, V. Ivanov, A. Loupilov, A. Sokolov, H. Sipila
  • (Fine-Pixel) Imaging CdZnTe Arrays for Space Applications B.D. Ramsey
  • Background simulation for a Balloon-bourne gas scintillation proportional counter D.A. Swartz, Y.Z. Chen, B.D. Ramsey
  • Gas Scintillation Proportional Counters for High-Energy X-ray Astronomy M. Gubarev, B. Ramsey, J. Apple
  • Characterization of a 16x16 Fine-Pixel CZT Detector D.P. Sharma, J.A. Gaskin, B.D. Ramsey & P. Seller
  • Preliminary results from small-pixel CdZnTe arrays D.P. Sharma, B.D. Ramsey, J. Meisner, R.A. Austin, H. Sipila, V. Gostilo, V. Ivanov, A. Loupilov & A. Sokolov
  • Daytime aspect camera for balloon altitudes K.L. Dietz, B.D. Ramsey, C.D. Alexander, J.A. Apple, K.K. Ghosh & W.R. Swift
  • A High-Pressure Gas-Scintillation-Proportional Counter for the Focus of a Hard-X-Ray Telescope R.A Austin, B.D Ramsey, C.L Tse, & C.G. Zirnstein
  • A Hard X-Ray Imaging Polarimeter for Balloon-Borne Astronomy R.A. Austin, T. Minamitani, B.D. Ramsey
  • Theory & Observations

    Chandra Project Science Studies

  • The role of project science in the Chandra X-ray Observatory Stephen L. O'Dell & Martin C. Weisskopf
  • An Overview of the Preformance and Scientific Results from the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CX0) M.C. Weisskopf, B. Brinkman, C. Canizares, G. Garmire, S. Murray & L.P. Van Speybroeck
  • Chandra X-Ray Observatory CXO: Overview M.C. Weisskopf, H.D. Tananbaum, L.P. Van Speybroeck, and S.L. O'Dell
  • Managing radiation degradation of CCDs on the Chandra X-ray Observatory - II
    S.L. O'Dell et al.
  • Modeling contamination migration on the Chandra X-ray Observatory
    S.L. O'Dell et al.
  • Measurements with the Chandra X-ray Observatory's flight contamination monitor R.F. Elsner, J.J. Kolodziejczak, S.L. O'Dell, D.A. Swartz, A.F. Tennant and M.C. Weisskopf
  • Radiation Environment of the Chandra X-ray Observatory S. L. O'Dell, et al.
  • Modeling the Chandra Space Environment W.C. Blackwell, Jr., J.I. Minow, S.L. O'Dell, R.M. Suggs, D.A. Swartz, A.F. Tennant, S.N. Virani, & K.M. Warren
  • Ion transmission to the focal plane of the Chandra X-ray Observatory J.J. Kolodziejczak, R.F. Elsner, R.A. Austin, S.L. O'Dell
  • Managing radiation degradation of CCDs on the Chandra X-ray Observatory S.L. O'Dell, W.C. Blackwell, R.A. Cameron, J.I. Minow, D.C. Morris, B.J. Spitzbart, D.A. Swartz, S.N. Virani, & S.J. Wolk
  • Managing radiation degradation of CCDs on the Chandra X-ray Observatory slide presentation version S.L. O'Dell, W.C. Blackwell, R.A. Cameron, J.I. Minow, D.C. Morris, B.J. Spitzbart, D.A. Swartz, S.N. Virani, & S.J. Wolk
  • Chandra Science

  • Chandra Observations of Neutron Stars: An Overview M.C. Weisskopf, M. Karovska, G.G. Pavlov, V.E. Zavlin & T. Clarke
    Planetary Studies
  • The Discovery of Oxygen Ka X-ray Emission from the Rings of Saturn A. Bhardwaj, R.F. Elsner, J.H. Waite, Jr.,G.R. Gladstone, T.E. Cravens & P.G. Ford
  • Chandra Observation of an X-ray Flare at Saturn: Evidence of Direct Solar Control on Saturn's Disk X-ray Emissions A. Bhardwaj, R.F. Elsner, J.H. Waite, Jr.,G.R. Gladstone, T.E. Cravens & P.G. Ford
  • A pulsating auroral hot spot on Jupiter G.R. Gladstone, et al.
  • Soft X-ray Emissions from Planets, Moons, and Comets A. Bhardwaj, et al.
  • Solar control on Jupiter's equatorial X-ray emissions A. Bhardwaj, G. Branduardi-Raymont, R.F. Elsner, G.R. Gladstone, G. Ramsay, P. Rodriguez, R. Soria, J.H. Waite Jr., & T.E. Cravens
  • Simultaneous Chandra X ray, Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet, and Ulysses radio observations of Jupiter's aurora R. F. Elsner et al.
  • Discovery of Soft X-ray Emission from Io, Europa, and the Io Plasma Torus Ronald F. Elsner et al.
    Crab Pulsar & Nebula
  • Discovery of X-ray Emission from the Crab Pulsar at Pulse Minimum A.F. Tennant, W. Becker, M. Juda, R.F. Elsner, J.J. Kolodziejczak, S.S. Murray, S.L. O'Dell, F.Paerels, D.A. Swartz, N. Shibazaki, & M.C. Weisskopf
  • Discovery of Spatial and Spectral Structure in the X-ray Emission from the Crab Nebula M.C. Weisskopf, J.J. Hester, A.F. Tennant, R.F. Elsner, N.S. Schulz, H.L. Marshall, M. Karovska, J.S. Nichols, D.A. Swartz, J.J. Kolodziejczak & S.L. O'Dell
  • Chandra Phase-Resolved X-ray Spectroscopy of the Crab Pulsar M.C. Weisskopf, S.L. O'Dell, F. Paerels, R.F. Elsner, W. Becker, A.F. Tennant & D.A. Swartz
    Galaxies
  • Chandra X-ray Observations of the Spiral Galaxy M81 D.A. Swartz, K.K. Ghosh, M.L. McCollough, T.G. Pannuti, A.F. Tennant & K. Wu
  • The Ultraluminous X-ray Source Population from the Chandra Archive of Galaxies D.A. Swartz, K.K. Ghosh, A.F. Tennant, & K. Wu
  • Properties of the Chandra Sources in M81 A.F. Tennant, K. Wu, K.K. Ghosh, J.J. Kolodziejczak & D.A. Swartz published 2001 February 23
  • ROSAT/Chandra observations of a bright transient in M 81 K.K. Ghosh, D.A. Swartz, A.F. Tennant & K. Wu
  • Chandra Discovery of Luminous Supersoft X-ray Sources in M81 D.A. Swartz, K.K. Ghosh, V. Suleimanov, A.F. Tennant & K. Wu
  • Rosat and ASCA Observations of a Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy RX J0136.9 3510 K.K. Ghosh, D.A. Swartz, A.F. Tennant, K. Wu & B.D. Ramsey
  • On the Nature of the Bright Short-Period X-ray Source in the Circinus Galaxy Field M.C. Weisskopf, K. Wu, A.F. Tennant, D.A. Swartz & K.K. Ghosh
  • Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

  • Probing the Early Universe with the SZ Effect M. Joy & J.E. Carlstrom
  • Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect Imaging of Massive Clusters of Galaxies at Redshift z > 0.8 M. Joy, S. LaRoque, L. Grego, J.E. Carlstrom, K. Dawson, H. Ebeling, E.L. Holzapfel, D. Nagai & E.D. Reese
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