Effects of the coating optimization on the field of view for a Wolter X-ray telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cotroneo, V ^a   Pareschi, G ^a   Spiga, D ^a   Tagliaferri, G ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field of view; Multilayer optimization; Wolter telescopes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; BROAD BANDS; COATING STRUCTURES; EFFECTIVE AREA; FIELD OF VIEWS; MULTI-LAYER-COATING; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; OFF-AXIS; REFLECTING LAYERS; WOLTER TELESCOPES; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY FOCUSING OPTICS;

COATINGS; INSTRUMENTS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; SPACE TELESCOPES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957876435     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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