Glass mirrors by cold slumping to cover 100 m2 of the MAGIC II Cherenkov telescope reflecting surface

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Pareschi, G ^a   Giro, E ^b,d   Banham, R ^c   Basso, S ^c   Bastieri, D ^d   Canestrari, R ^a   Ceppatelli, G ^e   Citterio, O ^c   Doro, M ^d   Ghigo, M ^a   Marioni, F ^c   Mariotti, M ^d   Salvati, M ^f   Sanvito, F ^c   Vernani, D ^a,c  

^a INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Media Lario Technologies Srl   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^e FUNDACIÓN GALILEO GALILEI INAF   (Spain)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cherenkov telescopes; Glass cold slumping; Mirror production

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CLONING; DIAMONDS; GLUING; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; INSTRUMENTS; LANTHANUM; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; QUARTZ; TELESCOPES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WINDSHIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; GLASS MIRRORS; GLASS PANELS; GLASS SHEETS; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; PRIMARY MIRRORS; RADIUS OF CURVATURES; REFLECTING COATINGS; REFLECTING SURFACES; TECHNOLOGY BASED; THIN GLASS SHEETS; THIN PROTECTIVE COATINGS; VACUUM SUCTIONS;

GLASS;

EID: 56249092135     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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