ksec
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ksec (plural ksecs)
- Alternative form of ks (“kilosecond”)
- 2015, S. Puccetti, A. Comastri, F. E. Bauer, W. N. Brandt, F. Fiore, F. A. Harrison, B. Luo, D. Stern, C. M. Urry, D. M. Alexander, A. Annuar, P. Arévalo, M. Baloković, S. E. Boggs, M. Brightman, F. E. Christensen, W. W. Craig, P. Gandhi, C. J. Hailey, M. J. Koss, S. La Massa, A. Marinucci, C. Ricci, D. J. Walton, L. Zappacosta, W. Zhang, “The hard X-ray emission of the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240 as observed by NuSTAR”, in arXiv[1]:
- We detect moderate hard X-ray (> 10 keV) flux variability up to 20% on short (15-20 ksec) timescales.