The x-ray baffle of the XMM telescope: Development and results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3737, Issue , 1999, Pages 396-408

  De Chambure, Daniel ^a   Lainé, Robert ^a   Van Katwijk, Kees ^a   Ruehe, Wolfgang ^b   Schink, Dietmar ^b   Hoelzle, Edgar ^b   Gutierrez, Yolanda ^c   Domingo, Miquel ^c   Ibarretxe, Inigo ^c   Tock, Jean P ^d   Domken, Isabelle ^d   Stockman, Yvan ^d   Houbrecht, Yvette ^d   Hansen, Hebert ^d   Aschenbach, Bernd ^e  

^a European Space Research and Technology Centre of the European Space Agency   (Netherlands)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^c Université de Liège ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e Max Planck lnstitut extraterrestrische Physik   (Germany)

Author keywords

advanced manufacturing; X ray stray light; XMM; Xray baffle

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; MANUFACTURE; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; TELESCOPES; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; STRAY LIGHT;

ACTIVE - GALAXIES; ADVANCED MANUFACTURING; COLLECTION AREAS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; HIGH THROUGHPUT; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRAY LIGHT REDUCTION;

STRAY LIGHT; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

X-RAY BAFFLES;

EID: 0032661231     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.360034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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