Mirror technology development for the International X-ray Observatory mission (IXO)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7732, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhang, W W ^a   Atanassova, M ^a   Biskach, M ^d   Blake, P N ^a   Byron, G ^d   Chan, K W ^b   Evans, T ^d   Fleetwood, C ^c   Hill, M ^a   Hong, M ^d   Jalota, L ^b   Kolos, L ^a   Mazzarella, J M ^d   McClelland, R ^d   Olsen, L ^d   Petre, R ^a   Robinson, D ^a   Saha, T T ^a   Sharpe, M ^d   Gubarev, M V ^e   Jones, W D ^e   Kester, T ^e   O'Dell, S L ^e   Caldwell, D ^f   Davis, W ^f   Freeman, M ^f   Podgorski, W ^f   Reid, P B ^f   Romaine, S ^f   more..

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^d SGT INC   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass Slumping; International X Ray Observatory; IXO; Segmented X ray Optics; X ray Optics

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS; EARLY UNIVERSE; FOCAL PLANE DETECTOR; GLASS SLUMPING; IXO; MIRROR ASSEMBLY; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; X RAY MIRRORS; X-RAY OBSERVATORY;

BUILDINGS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GLASS; INSTRUMENTS; MIRRORS; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE TELESCOPES; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; X RAY OPTICS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 77957883497     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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