Preparing the optics technology to observe the hot universe

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9144, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bavdaz, Marcos ^a   Wille, Eric ^a   Wallace, Kotska ^a   Shortt, Brian ^a   Fransen, Sebastiaan ^a   Collon, Maximilien ^b   Ackermann, Marcelo ^b   Vacanti, Giuseppe ^b   Guenther, Ramses ^b   Haneveld, Jeroen ^c   Riekerink, Mark Olde ^c   Van Baren, Coen ^d   Kampf, Dirk ^e   Zuknik, Karl Heinz ^e   Christensen, Finn ^f   Della Monica Ferreira, Desiree ^f   Jakobsen, Anders Clemen ^f   Krumrey, Michael ^g   Müller, Peter ^g   Burwitz, Vadim ^h   Pareschi, Giovanni ⁱ   Ghigo, Mauro ⁱ   more..

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b Cosine Research BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Micronit Microfluidics   (Netherlands)

^d SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^h MPI F Extraterrestrische Physik   (Germany)

ⁱ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athena; Silicon Pore Optics; Technology preparation; X ray astronomy; X ray optics; X ray telescopes; X ray testing

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SILICON; SPACE TELESCOPES; X RAY OPTICS;

ATHENA; PORE OPTICS; X RAY TELESCOPE; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; X-RAY TESTING;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 84916604247     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2055920     Document Type: Conference Paper

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