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William W. Zhang
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 286
Citations - 13223
William W. Zhang is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Telescope & Luminosity. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 281 publications receiving 12101 citations. Previous affiliations of William W. Zhang include Marshall Space Flight Center.
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THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY (NuSTAR) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION
Fiona A. Harrison,William W. Craig,William W. Craig,Finn Erland Christensen,Charles J. Hailey,William W. Zhang,Steven E. Boggs,Daniel Stern,W. Rick Cook,Karl Forster,Paolo Giommi,Brian W. Grefenstette,Yunjin Kim,Takao Kitaguchi,Jason E. Koglin,Kristin K. Madsen,Peter H. Mao,Hiromasa Miyasaka,Kaya Mori,M. Perri,Michael J. Pivovaroff,Simonetta Puccetti,Vikram Rana,Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt Westergaard,J. L. Willis,Andreas Zoglauer,Hongjun An,Matteo Bachetti,Matteo Bachetti,Nicolas M. Barrière,Eric C. Bellm,Varun Bhalerao,Varun Bhalerao,Nicolai Brejnholt,Felix Fuerst,Carl Christian Liebe,Craig B. Markwardt,Melania Nynka,Julia Vogel,Dominic J. Walton,Daniel R. Wik,David M. Alexander,L. R. Cominsky,Ann Hornschemeier,Allan Hornstrup,Victoria M. Kaspi,Greg Madejski,Giorgio Matt,S. Molendi,David M. Smith,John A. Tomsick,Marco Ajello,David R. Ballantyne,Mislav Baloković,Didier Barret,Didier Barret,Franz E. Bauer,Roger Blandford,W. Niel Brandt,Laura Brenneman,James Chiang,Deepto Chakrabarty,Jérôme Chenevez,Andrea Comastri,Francois Dufour,Martin Elvis,Andrew C. Fabian,Duncan Farrah,Chris L. Fryer,Eric V. Gotthelf,Jonathan E. Grindlay,D. J. Helfand,Roman Krivonos,David L. Meier,Jon M. Miller,Lorenzo Natalucci,Patrick Ogle,Eran O. Ofek,Andrew Ptak,Stephen P. Reynolds,Jane R. Rigby,Gianpiero Tagliaferri,Stephen E. Thorsett,Ezequiel Treister,C. Megan Urry +84 more
TL;DR: The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) as discussed by the authors is the first focusing high-energy X-ray telescope in orbit, which operates in the band from 3 to 79 keV.
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In-orbit performance and calibration of the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) Proportional Counter Array (PCA)
Keith Jahoda,Jean H. Swank,A. B. Giles,Mike Stark,Tod E. Strohmayer,William W. Zhang,Edward H. Morgan +6 more
TL;DR: The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite was launched into a circular orbit of altitude 580 km and 23 degrees inclination on December 30, 1995.
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Calibration of the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer Proportional Counter Array
Keith Jahoda,Craig B. Markwardt,Craig B. Markwardt,Yana L. Radeva,Yana L. Radeva,Arnold H. Rots,Mike Stark,Jean H. Swank,Tod E. Strohmayer,William W. Zhang +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the calibration and background model for the Proportional Counter Array (PCA) aboard the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE).
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Millisecond X-Ray Variability from an Accreting Neutron Star System
Tod E. Strohmayer,William W. Zhang,Jean H. Swank,Alan P. Smale,Lev Titarchuk,Lev Titarchuk,Charles Day,Umin Lee +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reported the detection with the Proportional Counter Array (PCA) on board the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) of millisecond variability in the X-ray emission from the low-mass Xray binary 4U 1728-34.
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Calibration of the NuSTAR High-energy Focusing X-ray Telescope
Kristin K. Madsen,Fiona A. Harrison,Craig B. Markwardt,Hongjun An,Brian W. Grefenstette,Matteo Bachetti,Matteo Bachetti,Hiromasa Miyasaka,Takao Kitaguchi,Varun Bhalerao,S. E. Boggs,Finn Erland Christensen,William W. Craig,Karl Forster,Felix Fuerst,Charles J. Hailey,M. Perri,Simonetta Puccetti,Vikram Rana,Daniel Stern,Dominic J. Walton,Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt Westergaard,William W. Zhang +22 more
TL;DR: In this article, a piece-wise linear spline function was proposed to modify the vignetting response of the nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) X-ray satellite.