The X-ray mirrors for the EXIST/SXI telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Basso, Stefano ^a   Tagliaferri, Gianpiero ^a   Natalucci, Lorenzo ^b   Parodi, Giancarlo ^c   Villa, Gabriele E ^d   Bazzano, Angela ^b   Caraveo, Patrizia A ^d   Conconi, Paolo ^a   Della Ceca, Roberto ^a   Grindlay, Jonathan E ^e   Pareschi, Giovanni ^a   Ramsey, Brian D ^f   Ubertini, Pietro ^b   Uslenghi, Michela C A ^d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^c BCV Progetti Srl ^*  (Italy)

^d INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EXIST; Nickel shells; X ray mirrors; X ray telescope

Indexed keywords

CODED MASKS; EFFECTIVE AREA; EXIST; HIGH ENERGY; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; LOW BACKGROUND; NICKEL SHELLS; OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL DESIGNS; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; SCANNING MODE; SOFT X-RAY; THERMAL REQUIREMENTS; X RAY MIRRORS; X RAY TELESCOPE; XMM-NEWTON; XRAY IMAGING;

INSTRUMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIRRORS; NICKEL; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SURVEYS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957880667     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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