Imaging characteristics of the development model of the SAX x-ray imaging concentrators

Oberto Citterio; Paolo Conconi; Giancarlo Conti; E. Mattaini; E. Santambrogio; Giancarlo Cusumano; Bruno Sacco; Heinrich W. Braeuninger; Wolfgang Burkert

doi:10.1117/12.23187

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1 February 1991 Imaging characteristics of the development model of the SAX x-ray imaging concentrators

Oberto Citterio, Paolo Conconi, Giancarlo Conti, E. Mattaini, E. Santambrogio, Giancarlo Cusumano, Bruno Sacco, Heinrich W. Braeuninger, Wolfgang Burkert

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Proceedings Volume 1343, X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy, Microscopy, Polarimetry, and Projection Lithography; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23187
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A development model of the X-ray imaging concentrators designed for the Italian satellite for X-ray astronomy (SAX) was used to verify the thermomechanical and imaging properties of the optical system. The development model has a set of 29 mirrors (of the total of 30 mirrors of SAX), which are representative of the final mirrors except for the microroughness, which is about 3 nm instead of less than 1 nm. Results are presented of the optical system tests with low-energy X-ray beam (E = 0.27 KeV) and with visible light.

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Oberto Citterio, Paolo Conconi, Giancarlo Conti, E. Mattaini, E. Santambrogio, Giancarlo Cusumano, Bruno Sacco, Heinrich W. Braeuninger, and Wolfgang Burkert "Imaging characteristics of the development model of the SAX x-ray imaging concentrators", Proc. SPIE 1343, X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy, Microscopy, Polarimetry, and Projection Lithography, (1 February 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23187

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