ASTRO-E2 XRT pre-collimator for stray light protection I. - Design and expected performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4851, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 684-695

  Shibata, R ^a   Mori, H ^b   Maeda, Y ^b   Misaki, K ^b   Haba, Y ^b   Itoh, K ^b   Iizuka, R ^b   Morihisa, T ^b   Kunieda, H ^b   Hayakawa, A ^c   Ishida, M ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASTRO E2; Collimator; Stray light; Vignetting; X ray telescope

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOSPHORS; RADIO TELESCOPES; STRAY LIGHT; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); X-RAY TELESCOPES (XRT);

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0038294722     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.461475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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