The optics system of the new hard X-ray mission: Status report

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8147, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Basso, Stefano ^a   Pareschi, Giovanni ^a   Citterio, Oberto ^a   Spiga, Daniele ^a   Tagliaferri, Gianpiero ^a   Raimondi, Lorenzo ^a   Sironi, Giorgia ^a   Cotroneo, Vincenzo ^a   Salmaso, Bianca ^a   Negri, Barbara ^b   Attinà, Primo ^c   Borghi, Giuseppe ^d   Orlandi, Alessandro ^d   Vernani, Dervis ^d   Valsecchi, Giuseppe ^d   Binda, Riccardo ^d   Marioni, Fabio ^d   Moretti, Stefano ^d   Castelnuovo, Moreno ^d   Burkert, Wolfgang ^e   Freyberg, Michael J ^e   Burwitz, Vadim ^e   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^c THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA   (Italy)

^d Media Lario Technologies   (Italy)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

electroformed shells; multilayer; NHXM; X ray mirrors; X ray telescope

Indexed keywords

CDTE; EFFECTIVE AREA; ELECTROFORMED SHELLS; ENERGY BAND; FOCAL LENGTHS; FOCAL PLANE; GRADED MULTILAYERS; HARD X RAY; HIGH ENERGY; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; LOW ENERGIES; MIRROR SHELLS; MULTILAYER DEPOSITIONS; NHXM; OPTICS SYSTEMS; REFLECTING COATINGS; X RAY MIRRORS; X RAY TELESCOPE;

ASTRONOMY; BAND STRUCTURE; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; ELLIPSOMETRY; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MANUFACTURE; MIRRORS; MULTILAYER FILMS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTICS; POLARIMETERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SILICON DETECTORS; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; TELESCOPES; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 80355139366     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.895324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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