Development of a prototype nickel optic for the constellation-X hard X-ray telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6688, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Romaine, S ^a   Basso, S ^b   Bruni, R J ^a   Burkert, W ^f   Citterio, O ^b   Cotroneo, V ^b   Engelhaupt, D ^e   Freyberg, M J ^f   Gorenstein, P ^a   Gubarev, M ^d   Hartner, G ^f   Mazzoleni, F ^b   O'Dell, S ^c   Pareschi, G ^b   Ramsey, B D ^c   Speegle, C ^g   Spiga, D ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^g RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroformed optics; Multilayers; X ray optics; X ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; ELECTROFORMED OPTICS; HARD X-RAY TELESCOPE (HXT);

LAUNCHING; MULTILAYERS; NICKEL; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 42249094739     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.736063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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