The focusing optics x-ray solar imager: FOXSI

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7437, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Krucker, Säm ^a   Christe, Steven ^b   Glesener, Lindsay ^a,b   McBride, Steve ^a   Turin, Paul ^a   Glaser, David ^a   Saint Hilaire, Pascal ^a   Delory, Gregory ^a   Lin, R P ^a,b   Gubarev, Mikhail ^c   Ramsey, Brian ^c   Terada, Yukikatsu ^d   Ishikawae, Shin Nosuke ^e,f   Kokubun, Motohide ^e   Saito, Shinya ^e,f   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^e,f   Watanabe, Shin ^e   Nakazawa, Kazuhiro ^f   Tajima, Hiroyasu ^g   Masuda, Satoshi ^h   Minoshima, Takashi ^h   Shomojo, Masumi ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroform nickel replication; Grazing incidence optics; High energy x ray optics; Silicon strip detectors; Solar flares; Solar physics; Sounding rocket payload

Indexed keywords

ELECTROFORM-NICKEL REPLICATION; GRAZING-INCIDENCE OPTICS; HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY OPTICS; SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; SOLAR FLARES; SOLAR PHYSICS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; DETECTORS; FOCUSING; IMAGE SENSORS; NASA; NICKEL ALLOYS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; SILICON DETECTORS; SILICON SENSORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; SOUNDING ROCKETS; SPACE FLIGHT; THERMIONIC EMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 70449413797     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.827950     Document Type: Conference Paper

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