Arc-second alignment and bonding of International X-Ray Observatory mirror segments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Evans, Tyler C ^a,b   Chan, Kai Wing ^b,c   McClelland, Ryan ^a   Saha, Timo ^b  

^a SGT INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

International X Ray Observatory; IXO telescope; Mirror alignment; Mirror bonding; X Ray optics

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR RESOLUTION; EFFECTIVE AREA; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; IXO TELESCOPE; MIRROR ALIGNMENT; PERMANENT BONDING; SECOND LEVEL; SUB-ARC; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; THIN MIRRORS; VERIFICATION TESTING; X-RAY OBSERVATORY;

ALIGNMENT; BUILDINGS; INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE TELESCOPES; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957876337     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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