Lightweight and high angular resolution x-ray optics for astronomical missions

被引：4
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作者：
Zhang, W. W. [1 ]
Biskach, M. P. [2 ]
Blake, P. N. [1 ]
Chan, K. W. [3 ]
Evans, T. C. [2 ]
Hong, M. L. [2 ]
Jones, W. D. [4 ]
Kolos, L. D. [1 ]
Mazzarella, J. M. [2 ]
McClelland, R. S. [2 ]
O'Dell, S. L. [4 ]
Saha, T. T. [1 ]
Sharpe, M. V. [2 ]
机构：
[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[2] Stinger Ghaffarian Technol Inc, Greenbelt, MD 20770 USA
[3] Univ Maryland Baltimore Cty, Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
[4] NASA, Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA
来源：
OPTICS FOR EUV, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY V | 2011年 / 8147卷
关键词：
X-ray optics; lightweight optics; glass slumping; mirror alignment; mirror bonding; GENERATION-X;
D O I：
10.1117/12.893697
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
X-ray optics of both high angular resolution and light weight are essential for advancing x-ray astrophysics. High angular resolution is important for avoiding source confusion and reducing background, thus allowing observation of the most distant objects in the early Universe. It is also important in enabling gratings to achieve high spectral resolution, to study the myriad plasmas in planetary, stellar, and galactic environments, as well as inter-planetary, inter-stellar, and inter-galactic media. Light weight is essential for further increasing photon collection area: X-ray observations must be performed from space, where mass available for a telescope has always been and is expected to continue to be quite limited. This paper reports on a program to develop x-ray optics satisfying these two requirements. The objective of this technology program is to enable Explorer-class missions in the near term and facility-class missions in the long term.
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