An approach for alignment, mounting and integration of IXO mirror segments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7437, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chan, Kai Wing ^a,b   Zhang, William ^b   Saha, Timo ^b   Robinson, David ^b   Olsen, Lawrence ^b   Mcclelland, Ryan ^b,c   Mazzarella, James ^b,c   Lozipone, Lawrence ^b,c   Lehan, John ^a,b   Hong, Melinda ^b,c   Fleetwood, Charles ^b   Evans, Tyler ^b,c   Byron, Glenn ^b,c   Larimore, Jacob ^d  

^a NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SGT INC   (United States)

^d MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

International X ray observatory; IXO telescope; Mirror mounting; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ADJUSTMENTS; ANGULAR RESOLUTION; FIGURE ERROR; FOCAL PLANE; GRAZING ANGLES; INTERNATIONAL X-RAY OBSERVATORY; IXO TELESCOPE; MIRROR MOUNTING; SOFT X-RAY; THIN GLASS; THIN MIRRORS; X-RAY OBSERVATORY;

ALIGNMENT; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; BUILDINGS; MIRRORS; MOUNTINGS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; TELESCOPES; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 70449449469     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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