Analytical computation of the off-axis effective area of grazing incidence X-ray mirrors

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 505, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 373-384

  Spiga, D ^a   Cotroneo, V ^a   Basso, S ^a   Conconi, P ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methods: analytical; Space vehicles: instruments; Telescopes; X rays: general

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION; ANALYTICAL COMPUTATIONS; ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMPLEX TASK; EFFECTIVE AREA; FOCUSING MIRRORS; FOCUSING SYSTEM; GEOMETRIC AREA; GRAZING INCIDENCE; IMAGING QUALITY; INCIDENCE ANGLES; METHODS: ANALYTICAL; OFF-AXIS; OFF-AXIS ANGLES; OPTICAL MODULES; OPTIMIZATION TASK; RAY-TRACING CODES; REFLECTING SURFACE; REFLECTION MIRRORS; SPACE VEHICLES: INSTRUMENTS; X RAY MIRRORS; X RAY PHOTONS; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY SOURCES; X-RAYS: GENERAL;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTRON SOURCES; LIGHT; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; STANDARDIZATION; VEHICLES; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY OPTICS;

X RAYS;

EID: 70349696398     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912668     Document Type: Article

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