Prof. Nicholas E. White Profile

Prof. Nicholas E. White

Research Professor of Physics at George Washington Univ

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Publications (34)

Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Gamow Explorer: a Gamma-Ray Burst Observatory to study the high redshift universe and enable multi-messenger astrophysics

N. White, F. Bauer, W. Baumgartner, M. Bautz, E. Berger, B. Cenko, T.-C. Chang, A. Falcone, H. Fausey, C. Feldman, D. Fox, O. Fox, A. Fruchter, C. Fryer, G. Ghirlanda, K. Gorski, C. Grant, S. Guiriec, M. Hart, D. Hartmann, J. Hennawi, D. Kann, D. Kaplan, J. Kennea, D. Kocevski, C. Kouveliotou, C. Lawrence, A. Levan, A. Lidz, A. Lien, T. Littenberg, L. Mas-Ribas, M. Moss, P. O'Brien, J. O'Meara, D. Palmer, D. Pasham, J. Racusin, R. Remillard, O. Roberts, P. Roming, M. Rud, R. Salvaterra, R. Sambruna, M. Seiffert, G. Sun, N. R. Tanvir, R. Terrile, N. Thomas, A. van der Horst, W. T. Verstrand, P. Willems, C. Wilson-Hodge, E. Young, L. Amati, E. Bozzo, O. Karczewski, C. Hernandez-Monteagudo, R. Rebolo Lopez, R. Genova-Santos, A. Martin, J. Granot, P. Bemiamini, R. Gil, E. Burns

Proceedings Volume 11821, 1182109 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599293

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, X-rays, Stars, Observatories, James Webb Space Telescope, Astrophysics, Sensors, Metals, Absorption, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2021 Poster + Paper

Poster + Paper

LEXT: a lobster eye optic for Gamow

Charlotte Feldman, Paul O'Brien, Nicholas White, Wayne Baumgartner, Nicholas Thomas, Alexander Lodge, Marshall Bautz, Erik Hinrichsen

Proceedings Volume 11822, 118221D (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2596854

KEYWORDS: X-ray telescopes, Reflection, X-ray optics, Point spread functions, Iridium, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

The Photo-z Infrared Telescope (PIRT) – a space instrument for rapid follow up of high-redshift gamma-ray bursts and electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave events

M. Seiffert, A. Balady, T.-C. Chang, R. Dyer, H. Fausey, S. Guiriec, M. Hart, R. O. Morris, J. I. Rodriguez, P. Roming, M. Rud, D. Russel, R. Sambruna, R. Terrile, V. Torossian, A. van der Horst, N. White, P. Willems, A. Woodmansee, E.T. Young

Proceedings Volume 11819, 1181906 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599088

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Electronics, James Webb Space Telescope, Gamma radiation, Infrared telescopes, Monte Carlo methods, Electromagnetism, Control systems, Aerospace engineering

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Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

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The ASTRO-H X-ray astronomy satellite

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Marshall Bautz, Thomas Bialas, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Laura Brenneman, Gregory Brown, Ed Cackett, Edgar Canavan, Maria Chernyakova, Meng Chiao, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jelle de Plaa, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Kirk Gilmore, Matteo Guainazzi, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Atsushi Harayama, Isamu Hatsukade, Katsuhiro Hayashi, Takayuki Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kumi Ishikawa, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Itoh, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Chris Jewell, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Junichiro Katsuta, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Taro Kawano, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Mark Kimball, Masashi Kimura, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Saori Konami, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alexander Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Stephanie LaMassa, Philippe Laurent, François Lebrun, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Candace Masters, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Daniel McGuinness, Brian McNamara, Joseph Miko, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Franco Moroso, Theodore Muench, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Housei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Shinya Nakashima, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Hirofumi Noda, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frits Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Ciro Pinto, Martin Pohl, James Pontius, F. Porter, Katja Pottschmidt, Brian Ramsey, Rubens Reis, Christopher Reynolds, Claudio Ricci, Helena Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shinya Saito, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Kosuke Sato, Rie Sato, Goro Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiroaki Takahashi, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin-ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Keisuke Tamura, Takayuki Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuyuki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yoko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Hideki Uchiyama, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shutaro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Tomomi Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Nicholas White, Dan Wilkins, Shinya Yamada, Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Tahir Yaqoob, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa, Irina Zhuravleva, Abderahmen Zoghbi, John ZuHone

Proceedings Volume 9144, 914425 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055681

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, X-ray astronomy, Physics, Space telescopes, Satellites, Astronomy, Spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

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The ASTRO-H X-ray Observatory

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Henri Aarts, Felix Aharonian, Hiroki Akamatsu, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Makoto Asai, Marc Audard, Hisamitsu Awaki, Philipp Azzarello, Chris Baluta, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Mark Bautz, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Greg Brown, Ed Cackett, Mara Chernyakova, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jelle de Plaa, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, John Doty, Ken Ebisawa, Megan Eckart, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Carlo Ferrigno, Adam Foster, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Luigi Gallo, Poshak Gandhi, Keith Gendreau, Kirk Gilmore, Daniel Haas, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Takayuki Hayashi, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, Akio Hoshino, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Masayuki Ito, Naoko Iwata, Naoko Iyomoto, Jelle Kaastra, Timothy Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Hajime Kawahara, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Masashi Kimura, Kenzo Kinugasa, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Tatsuro Kosaka, Alex Koujelev, Katsuji Koyama, Hans Krimm, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Stephanie LaMassa, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Maurice Leutenegger, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, David Lumb, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Genevieve Marchand, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Brian McNamara, Jon Miller, Eric Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mori, Koji Mukai, Toshio Murakami, Hiroshi Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Hosei Nagano, Ryo Nagino, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Chikara Natsukari, Yusuke Nishioka, Masayoshi Nobukawa, Masaharu Nomachi, Steve O'Dell, Hirokazu Odaka, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Fritzs Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Martin Pohl, F. Scott Porter, Brian Ramsey, Rubens Reis, Christopher Reynolds, Helen Russell, Samar Safi-Harb, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Hiroaki Sameshima, Jeremy Sanders, Goro Sato, Rie Sato, Yohichi Sato, Kosuke Sato, Makoto Sawada, Peter Serlemitsos, Hiromi Seta, Yasuko Shibano, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Aurora Simionescu, Cynthia Simmons, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Yasuharu Sugawara, Hiroyuki Sugita, Satoshi Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Shin-ichiro Takeda, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shiro Ueno, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Eugenio Ursino, Cor de Vries, Atsushi Wada, Shin Watanabe, Norbert Werner, Nicholas White, Takahiro Yamada, Shinya Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Noriko Yamasaki, Shigeo Yamauchi, Makoto Yamauchi, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida, Takayuki Yuasa

Proceedings Volume 8443, 84431Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926190

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, Physics, X-ray astronomy, Iron, Spectroscopy, X-ray imaging, Galaxy groups and clusters

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Proceedings Article | 31 July 2010 Paper

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The ASTRO-H Mission

Tadayuki Takahashi, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard Kelley, Felix Aharonian, Fumie Akimoto, Steve Allen, Naohisa Anabuki, Lorella Angelini, Keith Arnaud, Hisamitsu Awaki, Aya Bamba, Nobutaka Bando, Mark Bautz, Roger Blandford, Kevin Boyce, Greg Brown, Mara Chernyakova, Paolo Coppi, Elisa Costantini, Jean Cottam, John Crow, Jelle de Plaa, Cor de Vries, Jan-Willem den Herder, Michael DiPirro, Chris Done, Tadayasu Dotani, Ken Ebisawa, Teruaki Enoto, Yuichiro Ezoe, Andrew Fabian, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Stefan Funk, Akihiro Furuzawa, Massimiliano Galeazzi, Poshak Gandhi, Keith Gendreau, Kirk Gilmore, Yoshito Haba, Kenji Hamaguchi, Isamu Hatsukade, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Junko Hiraga, Kazuyuki Hirose, Ann Hornschemeier, John Hughes, Una Hwang, Ryo Iizuka, Kazunori Ishibashi, Manabu Ishida, Kosei Ishimura, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Naoki Isobe, Masayuki Ito, Naoko Iwata, Jelle Kaastra, Tim Kallman, Tuneyoshi Kamae, Hideaki Katagiri, Jun Kataoka, Satoru Katsuda, Madoka Kawaharada, Nobuyuki Kawai, Shigeo Kawasaki, Dmitry Khangaluyan, Caroline Kilbourne, Kenzo Kinugasa, Shunji Kitamoto, Tetsu Kitayama, Takayoshi Kohmura, Motohide Kokubun, Tatsuro Kosaka, Taro Kotani, Katsuji Koyama, Aya Kubota, Hideyo Kunieda, Philippe Laurent, Francois Lebrun, Olivier Limousin, Michael Loewenstein, Knox Long, Grzegorz Madejski, Yoshitomo Maeda, Kazuo Makishima, Maxim Markevitch, Hironori Matsumoto, Kyoko Matsushita, Dan McCammon, Jon Miller, Shin Mineshige, Kenji Minesugi, Takuya Miyazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Koji Mori, Hideyuki Mori, Koji Mukai, Hiroshi Murakami, Toshio Murakami, Richard Mushotzky, Yujin Nakagawa, Takao Nakagawa, Hiroshi Nakajima, Takeshi Nakamori, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yoshiharu Namba, Masaharu Nomachi, Stephen O'Dell, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Mina Ogawa, Keiji Ogi, Takaya Ohashi, Masanori Ohno, Masayuki Ohta, Takashi Okajima, Naomi Ota, Masanobu Ozaki, Frederik Paerels, Stéphane Paltani, Arvind Parmar, Robert Petre, Martin Pohl, S. Porter, Brian Ramsey, Christopher Reynolds, Shin-ichiro Sakai, Rita Sambruna, Goro Sato, Yoichi Sato, Peter Serlemitsos, Maki Shida, Takanobu Shimada, Keisuke Shinozaki, Peter Shirron, Randall Smith, Gary Sneiderman, Yang Soong, Lukasz Stawarz, Hiroyuki Sugita, Andrew Szymkowiak, Hiroyasu Tajima, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Yoh Takei, Tohru Tamagawa, Takayuki Tamura, Keisuke Tamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Yasayuki Tanaka, Yasuo Tanaka, Makoto Tashiro, Yuzuru Tawara, Yukikatsu Terada, Yuichi Terashima, Francesco Tombesi, Hiroshi Tomida, Miyako Tozuka, Yohko Tsuboi, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Tsuru, Hiroyuki Uchida, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Hideki Uchiyama, Yoshihiro Ueda, Shinichiro Uno, Meg Urry, Shin Watanabe, Nicholas White, Takahiro Yamada, Hiroya Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Noriko Yamasaki, Makoto Yamauchi, Shigeo Yamauchi, Yoichi Yatsu, Daisuke Yonetoku, Atsumasa Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 7732, 77320Z (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857875

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Physics, X-ray telescopes, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Imaging systems, Iron

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Proceedings Article | 16 July 2008 Paper

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The Constellation-X Observatory

Jay Bookbinder, Randall Smith, Anne Hornschemeier, Michael Garcia, Nicholas White, Harvey Tananbaum, Robert Petre, Suzanne Romaine, Paul Reid

Proceedings Volume 7011, 701102 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.796906

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Stars, Spectral resolution, Observatories, Iron, Mirrors, Absorption, X-ray telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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The NeXT Mission

Tadayuki Takahashi, Richard Kelley, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hideyo Kunieda, Robert Petre, Nicholas White, Tadayasu Dotani, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukazawa, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Manabu Ishida, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Motohide Kokubun, Kazuo Makishima, Katsuji Koyama, Greg Madejski, Koji Mori, Richard Mushotzky, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Yasushi Ogasaka, Takaya Ohashi, Masanobu Ozaki, Hiroyasu Tajima, Makoto Tashiro, Yukikatsu Terada, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Takeshi Go Tsuru, Yoshihiro Ueda, Noriko Yamasaki, Shin Watanabe

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70110O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789640

KEYWORDS: Sensors, X-rays, Hard x-rays, X-ray telescopes, X-ray imaging, Spectroscopy, Spatial resolution, Imaging systems, Iron, X-ray detectors

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2008 Paper

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The Spektr-RG x-ray calorimeter

J. W. den Herder, R. Kelley, D. McCammon, K. Mitsuda, H. Aarts, C. van Baren, M. Buntov, E. Churazov, E. Costantini, J. Cottam, L. Dubbeldam, Y. Ezoe, P. Friedrichs, R. Fujimoto, M. Gilvanov, Y. Ishisaki, J. Kaastra, C. Kilbourne, K. Kuntz, R. Mushotzky, M. Murakami, T. Nakagawa, T. Ohashi, M. Pavlinsky, R. Petre, F. Scott Porter, P. Predehl, Y. Sato, N. Semena, K. Shinozaki, R. Smith, S. Snowden, R. Sunyaev, H. Sugita, Y. Takei, A. Tkachenko, J. Vink, C. de Vries, N. White, N. Yamasaki, F. Zwart

Proceedings Volume 7011, 70110K (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.786474

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Mirrors, Signal to noise ratio, Spectral resolution, Plasmas, Galaxy groups and clusters, Temperature metrology, Ionization, Iron

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2007 Paper

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EDGE: explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions

J. den Herder, L. Piro, T. Ohashi, L. Amati, J. Atteia, S. Barthelmy, M. Barbera, D. Barret, S. Basso, M. Boer, S. Borgani, O. Boyarskiy, E. Branchini, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Briggs, G. Brunetti, C. Budtz-Jorgensenf, D. Burrows, S. Campana, E. Caroli, G. Chincarini, F. Christensen, M. Cocchi, A. Comastri, A. Corsi, V. Cotroneo, P. Conconi, L. Colasanti, G. Cusamano, A. de Rosa, M. Del Santo, S. Ettori, Y. Ezoe, L. Ferrari, M. Feroci, M. Finger, G. Fishman, R. Fujimoto, M. Galeazzi, A. Galli, F. Gatti, N. Gehrels, B. Gendre, G. Ghirlanda, G. Ghisellini, P. Giommi, M. Girardi, L. Guzzo, F. Haardt, I. Hepburn, W. Hermsen, H. Hoevers, A. Holland, J. In't Zand, Y. Ishisaki, H. Kawahara, N. Kawai, J. Kaastra, M. Kippen, P. A. J. de Korte, C. Kouveliotou, A. Kusenko, C. Labanti, R. Lieu, C. Macculi, K. Makishima, G. Matt, P. Mazotta, D. McCammon, M. Méndez, T. Mineo, S. Mitchell, K. Mitsuda, S. Molendi, L. Moscardini, R. Mushotzky, L. Natalucci, F. Nicastro, P. O'Brien, J. Osborne, F. Paerels, M. Page, S. Paltani, G. Pareschi, E. Perinati, C. Perola, T. Ponman, A. Rasmussen, M. Roncarelli, P. Rosati, O. Ruchayskiy, E. Quadrini, I. Sakurai, R. Salvaterra, S. Sasaki, G. Sato, J. Schaye, J. Schmidtt, S. Scioritino, M. Shaposhnikov, K. Shinozaki, D. Spiga, Y. Suto, G. Tagliaferri, T. Takahashi, Y. Takei, Y. Tawara, P. Tozzi, H. Tsunemi, T. Tsuru, P. Ubertini, E. Ursino, M. Viel, J. Vink, N. White, R. Willingale, R. Wijers, K. Yoshikawa, N. Yamasaki

Proceedings Volume 6688, 668805 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.729457

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Absorption, Spatial resolution, Stars, Mirrors, Gamma radiation, X-rays, Galaxy groups and clusters, Spectral resolution, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 18 September 2007 Paper

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The status of the Constellation-X mission

Robert Petre, Nicholas White, Harvey Tananbaum, Ann Hornschemeier, Jay Bookbinder, Michael Garcia, Jean Grady, Caroline Kilbourne

Proceedings Volume 6686, 66860B (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734379

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Mirrors, Spectral resolution, Observatories, Spectroscopy, Stars, Sensors, Galaxy groups and clusters, Spatial resolution, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 2006 Paper

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Current status of Suzaku and its early results

H. Kunieda, K. Mitsuda, T. Takahashi, R. Kelley, N. White

Proceedings Volume 6266, 626605 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.675944

KEYWORDS: X-rays, X-ray telescopes, Sensors, X-ray imaging, Satellites, Charge-coupled devices, Spectroscopy, Iron, CCD cameras, Plasmas

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

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NASA strategic roadmap: origin, evolution, structure, and density of the universe

Nicholas White

Proceedings Volume 5899, 589908 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.624223

KEYWORDS: Stars, Space telescopes, Galactic astronomy, James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories, Planets, Nanoimprint lithography, X-ray telescopes, Aerospace engineering, Interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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Constellation X-Ray Mission: recent developments for mission concept and technology development

Harvey Tananbaum, Nicholas White, Jay Bookbinder, Robert Petre, Kimberly Weaver

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550481

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, Sensors, Space operations, Roentgenium, Spectral resolution, Charge-coupled devices, X-ray technology, Telescopes, Germanium

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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The Dark Universe Observatory (DUO): telescope concept

Peter Friedrich, Peter Predehl, Hans Bohringer, Robert Hartmann, Guenther Hasinger, Horst Hippmann, Guenther Kettenring, Walter Kink, Norbert Meidinger, Siegfried Mueller, Elmar Pfeffermann, Lothar Struder, Eckhard Kendziorra, Richard Griffiths, Robert Petre, Nicholas White, Steven Jordan, Wilhelm Egle

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552526

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Mirrors, Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, X-rays, Sensors, CCD cameras, Galaxy groups and clusters, Electronics, Digital signal processing

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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Generation-X: mission and technology studies for an x-ray observatory vision mission

Robert Cameron, Marshall Bautz, Roger Brissenden, Martin Elvis, Giuseppina Fabbiano, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Paul Gorenstein, Robert Petre, Paul Reid, Daniel Schwartz, Nicholas White, William Zhang

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552641

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spatial resolution, Optics manufacturing, X-ray telescopes, Sensors, Spectroscopy, Actuators, X-rays

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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The SWIFT Gamma-Ray Burst Observatory

Alan Wells, Neil Gehrels, Nicholas White, Scott Barthelmy, John Nousek, David Burrows, Peter Roming, Keith Mason, Guido Chincarini, Paolo Giommi

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.583183

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Space operations, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Gamma radiation, X-rays, Mirrors, Charge-coupled devices, X-ray telescopes, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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DUO: the Dark Universe Observatory

Richard Griffiths, Robert Petre, Guenther Hasinger, Peter Predehl, Nicholas White, Bernd Aschenbach, Xavier Barcons, Hans Bohringer, Ulrich Briel, Lynn Cominsky, Michael Corcoran, Udo Dinger, Wilhelm Egle, Peter Friedrich, Zoltan Haiman, Robert Hartmann, J. Patrick Henry, Horst Hippmann, Jim Ingersoll, Keith Jahoda, Del Jenstrom, Steven Jordan, Eckhard Kendziorra, Günther Kettenring, Walter Kink, Norbert Meidinger, Takamitsu Miyaji, Joseph Mohr, Siegfried Mueller, Richard Mushotzky, Elmar Pfeffermann, Peter Schuecker, Axel Schwope, Mark Shannon, Lothar Strueder, Steven Varlese

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552171

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Galaxy groups and clusters, Observatories, Microwave radiation, Solids, X-ray imaging, Calibration, Spatial resolution, Astrophysics, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 11 October 2004 Paper

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The science goals of the Constellation-X Mission

Nicholas White, Harvey Tananbaum, Kimberly Weaver, Robert Petre, Jay Bookbinder

Proceedings Volume 5488, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550799

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, Galaxy groups and clusters, Space telescopes, General relativity, Iron, Stars, X-ray telescopes, Astronomy, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 29 January 2004 Paper

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MAXIM x-ray interferometry mission

Keith Gendreau, Webster Cash, Ann Shipley, Nicholas White

Proceedings Volume 5168, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.506198

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Space operations, Sensors, X-rays, Tolerancing, Interferometers, Space telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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MAXIM Pathfinder x-ray interferometry mission

Keith Gendreau, Webster Cash, Ann Shipley, Nicholas White

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461316

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Sensors, Mirrors, X-rays, Space telescopes, Interferometers, Charge-coupled devices, Telescopes, Spatial resolution, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

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Constellation-X mission: science objectives and implementation plan

Nicholas White, Harvey Tananbaum

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461276

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, Iron, Space telescopes, X-ray telescopes, Galaxy groups and clusters, Spectrometers, Galactic astronomy, Hard x-rays, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2002 Paper

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Classifying the high-energy universe with ClassX

Thomas McGlynn, Anatoly Suchkov, Eric Winter, Lorella Angelini, Michael Corcoran, Sebastien Derriere, Megan Donahue, Stephen Drake, Pierre Fernique, Francois Genova, Robert Hanisch, Francois Ochsenbein, William Pence, Marc Postman, Nicholas White, Richard White

Proceedings Volume 4846, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459719

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Optical correlators, X-ray optics, Stars, Observatories, Galactic astronomy, Software development, Space telescopes, Prototyping, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 17 June 2002 Paper

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Analysis of microparticle penetration into human and porcine skin: non-invasive imaging with multiphoton excitation microscopy

William Mulholland, Mark Kendall, Brian Bellhouse, Nick White

Proceedings Volume 4620, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.470685

KEYWORDS: Skin, Particles, Image processing, Multiphoton microscopy, Microscopy, Tissues, Gold, Image resolution, Ultraviolet radiation, Photonic integrated circuits

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Proceedings Article | 25 January 2002 Paper

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LOBSTER-ISS: an imaging x-ray all-sky monitor for the International Space Station

George Fraser, Adam Brunton, Nigel Bannister, James Pearson, Martin Ward, Tim Stevenson, D. Watson, Bob Warwick, S. Whitehead, Paul O'Brian, Nicholas White, Keith Jahoda, Kevin Black, Stanley Hunter, Phil Deines-Jones, William Priedhorsky, Steven Brumby, Konstantin Borozdin, Thomas Vestrand, A. Fabian, Keith Nugent, Andrew Peele, Thomas Irving, Steve Price, Steve Eckersley, Ian Renouf, Mark Smith, Arvind Parmar, I. McHardy, P. Uttley, Andrew Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 4497, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454217

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Microchannel plates, Sensors, X-ray optics, X-ray astronomy, X-ray imaging, Gamma radiation, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2000 Paper

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The Maxim Pathfinder Mission: x-ray imaging at 100 micro-arcseconds

Webster Cash, Nicholas White, Marshall Joy

Proceedings Volume 4012, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391561

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Interferometers, Sensors, Space operations, X-rays, Target acquisition, Charge-coupled devices, X-ray imaging, Interferometry, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 22 October 1999 Paper

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Constellation X-ray mission: implementation concept and science overview

Harvey Tananbaum, Nicholas White, Jay Bookbinder, F. Marshall, F. Cordova

Proceedings Volume 3765, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366555

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectroscopy, X-ray telescopes, Galactic astronomy, Spectrometers, Space telescopes, Stars, Hard x-rays, Iron, Satellites

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Proceedings Article | 19 November 1998 Paper

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Recent studies of lobster-eye optics

Andrew Peele, George Fraser, Adam Brunton, Adrian Martin, Rob Rideout, Nicholas White, Robert Petre, W. Bruce Feller

Proceedings Volume 3444, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.331255

KEYWORDS: Microchannel plates, Reflectivity, X-rays, Optics manufacturing, X-ray optics, Sensors, Reflectors, Hard x-rays, X-ray astronomy, Manufacturing

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Proceedings Article | 19 November 1998 Paper

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Practical implementation of lobster-eye optics

William Zhang, Andrew Peele, Robert Petre, Yang Soong, Nicholas White

Proceedings Volume 3444, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.331256

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Mirrors, Eye, Spatial resolution, X-ray optics, X-ray astronomy, Flat glass, Sensors, Glasses, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 1997 Paper

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XBSS: the X-Ray Background Spectroscopic Survey

Wilton Sanders, Donald Cox, Dan McCammon, Robert Paulos, Nancy Brickhouse, Richard Edgar, John Raymond, Duane Liedahl, E. Boldt, Keith Jahoda, T. Kallman, Richard Kelley, Richard Mushotzky, Frederick Porter, Robin Shelton, Randy Smith, Steve Snowden, Caroline Stahle, Andrew Szymkowiak, Nicholas White

Proceedings Volume 3114, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283799

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Cryogenics, Spectroscopy, Ions, Data modeling, Plasma, Signal to noise ratio, Neon, Temperature metrology

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Proceedings Article | 15 October 1997 Paper

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Broadband and large-area x-ray omni sky monitor (BLOSM)

William Zhang, Robert Petre, Andrew Peele, Keith Jahoda, F. Marshall, Yang Soong, Nicholas White

Proceedings Volume 3114, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.283787

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Reflectors, Sensors, Satellites, Gamma radiation, Sun, Glasses, X-ray detectors, Absorption, X-ray optics

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 1996 Paper

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High throughput x-ray spectroscopy mission

Jay Bookbinder, Harvey Tananbaum, Leon Van Speybroeck, Nicholas White, Steven Kahn, Tom Guffin

Proceedings Volume 2807, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.255093

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Spectral resolution, Spectroscopy, X-ray telescopes, Spectrometers, Satellites, X-ray astronomy, Spatial resolution, Charge-coupled devices, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 1996 Paper

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Deposition and characterization of multilayers on thin foil x-ray mirrors for high-throughput x-ray telescopes

Ahsen Hussain, Karsten Joensen, P. Hoeghoej, Finn Christensen, Eric Louis, Harm-Jan Voorma, Yang Soong, Nicholas White, Ian Anderson

Proceedings Volume 2805, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.245113

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, X-ray telescopes, Gold, Glasses, Reflectivity, Space telescopes, Silicon, Semiconducting wafers, Multilayers

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 1995 Paper

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Next-generation x-ray observatory

Nicholas White, Robert Petre, E. Boldt, Stephen Holt, Peter Serlemitsos, F. Marshall, Caroline Stahle, Richard Kelley, Keith Arnaud, Andrew Szymkowiak, Richard Mushotzky, Yang Soong, Neil Gehrels, Ann Parsons, Keith Jahoda, Jean Swank, T. Kallman, K. Mukai, Stephen Drake, I. George

Proceedings Volume 2518, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218404

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Iron, Spectral resolution, Spectrometers, Mirrors, Hard x-rays, Telescopes, Spatial resolution, X-ray telescopes

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