Development of cold-slumping glass mirrors for imaging Cherenkov telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vernani, D ^a   Banham, R ^a   Citterio, O ^a   Sanvito, F ^a   Valsecchi, G ^a   Pareschi, G ^b   Ghigo, M ^b   Giro, E ^c   Doro, M ^d   Mariotti, M ^d  

^a Media Lario Technologies   (Italy)

^b INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advance Optics; Cherenkov Telescope; Sandwich Mirror; Segmented Mirror

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; GLASS; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TELESCOPES; VACUUM DEPOSITION;

ACCELERATED AGEING; ADVANCE OPTICS; ALUMINUM CORES; ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; CHERENKOV TELESCOPE; CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; COATING ADHESIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATIONS; GLASS MIRRORS; GLASS SHEETS; HIGH VACUUMS; IMAGING ATMOSPHERIC CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCES; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; REFLECTING COATINGS; SANDWICH MIRROR; SEGMENTED MIRROR;

MIRRORS;

EID: 56249146051     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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