Technology development for the Constellation-X hard-x-ray telescope

Fiona A. Harrison; Walter R. Cook III; Finn Erland Christensen; Oberto Citterio; William W. Craig; Neil A. Gehrels; Paul Gorenstein; Jonathan E. Grindlay; Charles J. Hailey; Richard A. Kroeger; Hideyo Kunieda; Giovanni Pareschi; Ann M. Parsons; Robert Petre; Suzanne E. Romaine; Brian D. Ramsey; Jack Tueller; Melville P. Ulmer; Martin C. Weisskopf; David L. Windt

doi:10.1117/12.366492

22 October 1999 Technology development for the Constellation-X hard-x-ray telescope

Fiona A. Harrison, Walter R. Cook III, Finn Erland Christensen, Oberto Citterio, William W. Craig, Neil A. Gehrels, Paul Gorenstein, Jonathan E. Grindlay, Charles J. Hailey, Richard A. Kroeger, Hideyo Kunieda, Giovanni Pareschi, Ann M. Parsons, Robert Petre, Suzanne E. Romaine, Brian D. Ramsey, Jack Tueller, Melville P. Ulmer, Martin C. Weisskopf, David L. Windt

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Proceedings Volume 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366492
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

In addition to high resolving power in the traditional x-ray band, the Constellation X-ray scientific goals require broad bandpass, with response extending to E >= 40 keV. To achieve this objective, Constellation-X will incorporate a hard x-ray telescope (HXT) based on depth graded multilayer- coated grazing incidence optics and position-sensitive solid state detectors. This paper describes the HXT performance requires, provides an overview of the HXT optics and detector technology development efforts, and present example designs.

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Fiona A. Harrison, Walter R. Cook III, Finn Erland Christensen, Oberto Citterio, William W. Craig, Neil A. Gehrels, Paul Gorenstein, Jonathan E. Grindlay, Charles J. Hailey, Richard A. Kroeger, Hideyo Kunieda, Giovanni Pareschi, Ann M. Parsons, Robert Petre, Suzanne E. Romaine, Brian D. Ramsey, Jack Tueller, Melville P. Ulmer, Martin C. Weisskopf, and David L. Windt "Technology development for the Constellation-X hard-x-ray telescope", Proc. SPIE 3765, EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy X, (22 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.366492

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