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Kenneth S. K. Lum
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 2
Citations - 50
Kenneth S. K. Lum is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spectrometer & Diffraction grating. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 49 citations.
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Transmission grating spectroscopy and the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility
Mark L. Schattenburg,Claude R. Canizares,Daniel Dewey,Kathryn A. Flanagan,Margaret A. Hamnett,Alan M. Levine,Kenneth S. K. Lum,Ramanujam Manikkalingam,Thomas H. Markert,Henry I. Smith +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the use of transmission gratings with grazing-incidence telescopes in celestial x-ray astronomy is reviewed, and the basic properties of transmission grating spectrometers and use of "phased" gratings to enhance the diffraction efficiency are outlined.
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The spectral archive of cosmic X-ray sources observed by the Einstein Observatory Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer
Kenneth S. K. Lum,Claude R. Canizares,George W. Clark,Joan M. Coyne,Thomas H. Markert,Pablo J. Saez,Mark L. Schattenburg,P. F. Winkler +7 more
TL;DR: The Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer (FPCS) as mentioned in this paper used the technique of Bragg spectroscopy to study cosmic X-ray sources in the 0.2-3 keV energy range.