Adjustable X-ray optics: Correction for gravity-induced figure errors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8147, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Schwartz, Daniel A ^a   Cotroneo, Vincenzo ^a   Davis, William ^a   Freeman, Mark ^a   Reid, Paul ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustable optics; grazing incidence telescopes; X ray astronomy; X ray optics

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE OPTICS; CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY; CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS; CONTROLLED ELECTRODE; FIGURE ERROR; GLASS PIECES; GRAZING INCIDENCE; INFLUENCE FUNCTIONS; ON-ORBIT; PIEZOELECTRIC CRYSTALS; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SLOPE ERRORS; THIN GLASS; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; XRAY IMAGING;

ASTRONOMY; BUILDINGS; ERRORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; SUBSIDENCE; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 80355142459     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.895557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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