Soft (0.1 - 10 keV) and hard (> 10 keV) X-ray multilayer mirrors for the XEUS astronomical mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5168, Issue , 2004, Pages 53-64

  Pareschi, Giovanni ^a   Cotroneo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hard and soft X ray multilayer mirrors; X ray astronomical instrumentation; X ray astronomical optics; XEUS X ray mission

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GOLD; MIRRORS; MULTILAYERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

HARD AND SOFT X-RAY MULTILAYER MIRRORS; X-RAY ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION; X-RAY ASTRONOMICAL OPTICS; XEUS X-RAY MISSION;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 1842689676     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.509470     Document Type: Conference Paper

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