Initial Results from the C1xs X-ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1
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1 , B. J. Kellett 2 , B..J. Maddison 2 , P. Sreekumar 3 , J Huovelin4, C.J. Howe 2 , I. A. Crawford 5 , S Narendranath 3 , and the C1XS Team 6 . 1 Institute of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3BZ, UK. 2 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, UK, 3 Space Astronomy & Instrumentation Division, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, India, 4The Observatory, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland, 5 School of Earth Sciences, Birkbeck College London, London, UK. 6 The other members of the C1XS Team are identified in the Acknowledgments. (Email [email protected])
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