Optics For The X-Ray Imaging Concentrators Aboard The X-Ray Astronomy Satellite SAX

Oberto Citterio; Giuseppe Bonelli; G. Conti; E. Mattaini; E. Santambrogio; B. Sacco; E. Lanzara; Heinrich Brauninger; Wolfgang Burkert

doi:10.1117/12.942174

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9 August 1988 Optics For The X-Ray Imaging Concentrators Aboard The X-Ray Astronomy Satellite SAX

Oberto Citterio, Giuseppe Bonelli, G. Conti, E. Mattaini, E. Santambrogio, B. Sacco, E. Lanzara, Heinrich Brauninger, Wolfgang Burkert

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Proceedings Volume 0830, Grazing Incidence Optics for Astronomical and Laboratory Applications; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942174
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The scientific instrumentation onboard the Italian satellite for x-ray astronomy (SAX) foresees x-ray imaging concentrators operating in the 0.1-10-keV energy range with a spatial resolution of 1 min of arc. The optics is composed of thirty confocal-nested very thin double-cone mirrors. To achieve good optical quality and to allow the construction of several concentrators at an acceptable cost, a replica technique by electroforming the mirrors from masters is used. This paper presents the results obtained from a set of electroformed mirrors mounted on a concentrator prototype.

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Oberto Citterio, Giuseppe Bonelli, G. Conti, E. Mattaini, E. Santambrogio, B. Sacco, E. Lanzara, Heinrich Brauninger, and Wolfgang Burkert "Optics For The X-Ray Imaging Concentrators Aboard The X-Ray Astronomy Satellite SAX", Proc. SPIE 0830, Grazing Incidence Optics for Astronomical and Laboratory Applications, (9 August 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.942174

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