Optical demonstration model for the XMM telescope based on lightweight CFRP/EPOXY x-ray mirrors

Dieter Pauschinger; Wilhelm J. Egle; Holger Glatzel; Hubert Salmen; W. Becker

doi:10.1117/12.167194

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1 February 1994 Optical demonstration model for the XMM telescope based on lightweight CFRP/EPOXY x-ray mirrors

Dieter Pauschinger, Wilhelm J. Egle, Holger Glatzel, Hubert Salmen, W. Becker

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Proceedings Volume 2011, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167194
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The ESA High Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy Mission (XMM) is a telescope with three modules each consisting of 58 highly nested Wolter I mirrors with a focal length of 7.5 m. Envisaged resolution for an XMM module is 27 arcsec Half Energy Width at 8 keV x-ray energy. Due to the high packing density of the mirror shells within such a telescope, thin walled and light weight mirrors are required. In this paper the results of production, integration and performance tests of XMM CRFP/EPOXY mirror shells of all sizes (diameters from 300 mm to 700 mm; length equals 600 mm; wall thickness from 0.7 mm to 1.3 mm) for the XMM telescope will be reported.

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Dieter Pauschinger, Wilhelm J. Egle, Holger Glatzel, Hubert Salmen, and W. Becker "Optical demonstration model for the XMM telescope based on lightweight CFRP/EPOXY x-ray mirrors", Proc. SPIE 2011, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics II, (1 February 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167194

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