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4 September 2015 Indirect glass slumping for future x-ray missions: overview, status and progress
Anita Winter, Elias Breunig, Peter Friedrich, Laura Proserpio, Thorsten Döhring
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Future X-ray telescopes aim for large effective area within the given mass limits of the launcher. A promising method is the hot shaping of thin glass sheets via a thermal slumping process. This paper presents the status and progress of the indirect glass slumping technology developed at the Max-Planck-Institut for extraterrestrial Physics (MPE). Recent developments in our research include the use of the mould material Cesic under vacuum, as well as the fabrication of a high-precision slumping mould, which meets the requirements of large, high angular resolution missions like ATHENA. We describe the way forward to optimise the slumping process on these materials, the force-free integration concept and its progress, as well as the first test on reflective coating application.
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Anita Winter, Elias Breunig, Peter Friedrich, Laura Proserpio, and Thorsten Döhring "Indirect glass slumping for future x-ray missions: overview, status and progress", Proc. SPIE 9603, Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy VII, 96030S (4 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188511
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KEYWORDS
Glasses

Mirrors

Coating

X-rays

Reflectivity

Adhesives

Distortion

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