Design study for support of thin glass optical elements for x-ray telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7011, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Freeman, Mark D ^a   Reid, Paul B ^a   Davis, William N ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element modeling and analysis; Mirror support systems; Parametric study; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

BOND PAD; DESIGN STUDIES; DETAILED MODELS; DISCRETE SUPPORT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING AND ANALYSIS; GLASS THICKNESS; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY; LAUNCH LOADS; MIRROR SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PARAMETERIZED; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SHELLS OF REVOLUTION; SOFT X-RAY; THIN GLASS; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS; X-RAY FLUX;

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS; INSTRUMENTS; LAUNCHING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY CAMERAS; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 70249117183     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.787984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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