OSO-3

Orbiting Solar Observatory-3

Orbiting Solar Observatory OSO-3

Publications

Hicks, D.B., Reid Jr., L. & Peterson, L. 1965, "X-Ray Telescope for an Orbiting Solar Observatory", IEEE Trans. on Nuclear Sci., NS-12,1, 54.

Peterson, L.E., Schwartz, D.A., Pelling, R.M., & McKenzie, D. 1966, "The Upper Limit Solar Gamma Ray Spectrum to 10 MeV", J.G.R., 71, 5778.

Zirin, H., Ingham, W., Hudson, H.S., & McKenzie, D. 1969, "De-occultation X-Ray Events of 2 December, 1967", Solar Phys., 9, 269.

Hudson, H.S., Peterson, L.E., & Schwartz, D.A. 1969, "Hard Solar X-Ray Bursts Observed by OSO-III", Astron. J., 73, 1360.

Hudson, H.S., Peterson, L.E., & Schwartz, D.A. 1969, "The Time Structure of Solar X-Ray Bursts Above 7.7 keV", in Solar Flares and Space Research, Z. Svestka and C. de Jager eds, (North Holland Publishing Co.: Amsterdam), 113.

Hudson, H.S., Peterson, L.E., & Schwartz, D.A. 1969, "Solar and Cosmic X-Rays Above 7.7 keV", Solar Physics, 6, 205.

Hudson, H.S., Peterson, L.E., & Schwartz, D.A. 1969, "The Hard Solar X-Ray Spectrum Observed from the Third Orbiting Solar Observatory", Ap. J., 157, 389.

Hudson, H.S., Peterson, L.E., & Schwartz, D.A. 1970, "Simultaneous X-Ray and Optical Observations of Sco X-1 Flares", Ap. J., 159, L51.

Peterson, L.E. 1970, "Properties of Individual X-Ray Sources", in Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 37 Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Gratton ed., (D. Reidel Publishing Co.: Dordrecht), 59.

Schwartz, D.A., Hudson, H.S., & Peterson, L.E. 1970, "The Spectrum of Diffuse Cosmic X-rays: 7.7-113 keV", Ap. J., 162, 431.

Hudson, H.S., Peterson, L.E., & Schwartz, D.A. 1971, "Observations of Unresolved Galactic X-Ray Sources", Nature, 230, 117.

Schwartz, D.A., Peterson, L.E., & Hudson, H.S. 1972, "Long-Term Temporal Variations of the Hard Flux from the Centaurus Region", Ap. J., 174, 549.

Schwartz, D.A. & Peterson, L.E. 1974, "The Spectrum of Diffuse Cosmic X-Rays Observed by OSO-3 Between 7 and 100 keV", Ap. J., 190, 297.

Peterson, L.E., Hudson, H.S., & Tsikoudi, V. 1976, "New Upper Limits on Jovian X-rays", Icarus, 29, 419.

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X-Ray Telescope
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