First results from the testing of the thin shell adaptive optic prototype for high angular resolution X-ray telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7437, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Feldman, Charlotte ^a   Willingale, Richard ^a   Atkins, Carolyn ^b   Brooks, David ^b   Button, Tim ^c   Doel, Peter ^b   James, Ady ^d   Sanmartin, Daniel Rodriguez ^c   Smith, Andy ^e   Theobald, Craig ^d   Thompson, Samantha ^b   Wang, Hongchang ^f   Zhang, Dou ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Piezoelectric actuators; Thin active mirrors; X ray astronomy; X ray telescopes

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; CHANDRA; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; INITIAL DESIGN; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; LARGE-SCALE PROTOTYPE; SMALL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; THIN ACTIVE MIRRORS; THIN SHELLS; UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER; X RAY BEAM; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; X-RAY TELESCOPES;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; CANTILEVER BEAMS; GAMMA RAYS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SIMULATORS; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 70449427792     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825860     Document Type: Conference Paper

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