The aluminizing system for the 8.4 meter diameter LBT primary mirrors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6273 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Atwood, Bruce ^a   Pappalardo, Daniel ^a   O'Brien, Thomas ^a   Hill, John M ^b   Mason, Jerry ^a   Belville, Ralph ^a   Steinbrecher, David ^a   Brewer, David ^a   Teiga, Ed ^a   Sabol, Barry ^c   Howard, James ^b   Miglietta, L ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIZATION; EDGE SEAL; PRIMARY MIRRORS;

BINOCULAR VISION; BORON COMPOUNDS; CRUCIBLES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 33749266359     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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