Testing of the mirrors for the Constellation-X spectroscopy x-ray telescope with a refractive null

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6688, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lehan, J P ^a,b   Hadjimichael, T ^b,c   Skocik, C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Ball Aerospace   (United States)

^d ManTech Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Constellation X; Cylindrical optics; Kinematic mounting; Optical metrology; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL OPTICS; KINEMATIC MOUNTING; OPTICAL METROLOGY; TESTING GRAZING;

GLASS; MIRRORS; REFRACTION; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE TELESCOPES;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 42249100176     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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