Toward a complete metrologic solution for the mirrors for the Constellation-X spectroscopy x-ray telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6688, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lehan, J P ^a,b   Owens, S ^b   Hadjimichael, T ^b,c   Hong, M ^b,c   Chan, K W ^a,b   Saha, T T ^b   Reid, P ^d   Zhang, W W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Ball Aerospace   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Constellation X; Optical metrology; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

CONSTELLATION-X; OPTICAL METROLOGY;

ASTRONOMY; MIRRORS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 42249097735     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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