Fabrication and Performance of Constellation-X Hard X-ray Telescope Prototype Optics Using Segmented Glass

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5168, Issue , 2004, Pages 90-99

  Hailey, Charles J ^a   Christensen, Finn E ^c   Craig, William W ^d   Harrison, Fiona A ^b   Koglin, Jason E ^a   Petre, Robert ^e   Yu, Haitao ^a   Zhang, William W ^e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Constellation X; Hard X ray telescope; Segmented glass; Thermally slumped; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

ERROR COMPENSATION; GRAPHITE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY OPTICS;

CONSTELLATION-X; HARD X-RAY TELESCOPE; SEGMENTED GLASS; THERMALLY-SLUMPED;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 1842739947     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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