Foil X-ray mirrors for astronomical observations: Still an evolving technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Serlemitsos, Peter J ^a   Soong, Yang ^a,b   Okajima, Takashi ^a,c   Hahne, Devin J ^a,d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Prime Circuits   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENT; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION; EARTH ORBITS; FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; LIGHT WEIGHT; SCIENCE OBJECTIVES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; X RAY MIRRORS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; REFLECTION; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTROMETERS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957882196     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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