ksec

English

Etymology

From k- +‎ sec.

Noun

ksec (plural ksecs)

1. 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.

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• Ecks, Seck, seck