Status of the qualification model of the x-ray optics for the JET-X telescope aboard the Spectrum X-Gamma satellite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2515, Issue , 1995, Pages 44-54

  Citterio, Oberto ^a   Conconi, Paolo ^a   Ghigo, Mauro ^a   Mazzoleni, Francesco ^a   Poretti, Ennio ^a   Conti, Giancarlo ^b   Cusumano, Giancarlo ^b   Sacco, Bruno ^b   Braeuninger, Heinrich W ^c   Burkert, Wolfgang ^c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

grazing incidence optics; JET X; X ray optics; X ray telescope

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; MIRRORS; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TELESCOPES; X RAY OPTICS;

ASTROPHYSICS MISSIONS; EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY; FOCAL-PLANE IMAGING; GRAZING INCIDENCE OPTICS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NICKEL ELECTROFORMING; QUALIFICATION MODEL; X RAY TELESCOPE;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 20544460887     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.212627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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