Grazing Incidence Optics For The U.S. High-Resolution X-Ray Astronomy Program

Leon P. Van Speybroeck

doi:10.1117/12.942182

9 August 1988 Grazing Incidence Optics For The U.S. High-Resolution X-Ray Astronomy Program

Leon P. Van Speybroeck

Proceedings Volume 0830, Grazing Incidence Optics for Astronomical and Laboratory Applications; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942182
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The major telescopes in this program are the one flown on the Einstein or HEAO-B satellite in 1978 and the one planned for the AXAF which should be launched in late 1995. The x-ray performance of the Einstein mirror is reviewed briefly, and its surface properties are inferred from a combination of its x-ray properties and the information available from the limited fabrication metrology of that era. The improvements necessary for satisfying the AXAF specification are summarized. Much of this technology already has been demonstrated in the TMA program, and this progress is reviewed.

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Leon P. Van Speybroeck "Grazing Incidence Optics For The U.S. High-Resolution X-Ray Astronomy Program", Proc. SPIE 0830, Grazing Incidence Optics for Astronomical and Laboratory Applications, (9 August 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942182

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