Lightweight and high angular resolution X-ray optics for astronomy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8076, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhang, William W ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

lightweight optics; x ray astronomy; x ray mirrors; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGING OPTICS; LIGHT WEIGHT OPTICS; X RAY BANDS; X RAY MIRRORS; X RAY PHOTONS; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; ASTRONOMICAL MISSION; EARLY UNIVERSE; GLASS SLUMPING; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; LIGHT WEIGHT; MIRROR ALIGNMENT; PHOTON COLLECTION; TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS; X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS; X-RAY OBSERVATIONS;

ASTRONOMY; LIGHT; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE PLATFORMS; X RAY OPTICS; ASTROPHYSICS; MIRRORS; STARS; X RAYS;

X RAYS; GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 79958223381     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.890690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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