IXPE mirror module assemblies

被引：9

作者：

Ramsey, Brian D. ^{[1
]}

Bongiorno, Stephen D. ^{[1
]}

Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J. ^{[1
]}

Kilaru, Kiranmayee ^{[2
]}

Alexander, Cheryl ^{[3
]}

Baumgartner, Wayne H. ^{[1
]}

Elsner, Ronald F. ^{[1
]}

McCracken, Jeffrey ^{[3
]}

Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki ^{[4
]}

Pavelitz, Steven D. ^{[1
]}

Ranganathan, Jaganathan ^{[2
]}

Sanchez, Javier ^{[5
]}

Speegle, Chet O. ^{[1
]}

Weddendorf, Bruce ^{[6
]}

O'Dell, Stephen L. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NASA, Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA

[2] USRA, Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA

[3] Linc Res, Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA

[4] Nagoya Univ, Chikusa Ku, Furo Cho, Nagoya, Aichi 4648602, Japan

[5] ESSCA, Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA

[6] Weddendorf Design, 14060 Valley Vista Dr, Huntsville, AL 35803 USA

来源：

OPTICS FOR EUV, X-RAY, AND GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY IX | 2019年 / 11119卷

关键词：

X-ray astronomy; grazing-incidence optics; electroformed optics; mirror alignment and assembly; polarimetry;

D O I：

10.1117/12.2531956

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Expected to launch in 2021 Spring, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Astrophysics Small Explorer Mission with significant contributions from the Italian space agency (ASI). The IXPE observatory features three identical x-ray telescopes, each comprised of a 4-m-focal-length mirror module assembly (MMA, provided by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) that focuses x rays onto a polarization-sensitive, imaging detector (contributed by ASI-funded institutions). This paper summarizes the MMA's design, fabrication, alignment and assembly, expected performance, and calibration plans.

引用

页数：8

共 11 条

[1]

GLESENER L, 2016, SPIE, V9905

[2]

Gubarev M., 2014, P SOC PHOTO-OPT INS, V9144, P6

[3]

Muleri F., 2017, SPIE, V10397

[4]

Nasimi H., 2018, SPIE, V10699

[5]

O'Dell S. L., 2019, SPIE, V11118

[6]

O'Dell S. L., 2018, SPIE, V10699

[7]

Ramsey B. D., 2017, SPIE, V10399

[8] HERO: program status and first images from a balloon-borne focusing hard-x-ray telescope [J].

Ramsey, BD ;

Alexander, CD ;

Apple, JA ;

Benson, CM ;

Dietz, KL ;

Elsner, RF ;

Engelhaupt, DE ;

Ghosh, KK ;

Kolodziejczak, JJ ;

O'Dell, SL ;

Speegle, CO ;

Swartz, DA ;

Weisskopf, MC .

X-RAY OPTICS FOR ASTRONOMY: TELESCOPES, MULTILAYERS, SPECTROMETERS, AND MISSIONS, 2002, 4496 :140-145

[9]

Sgro C., 2017, SPIE, V10397

[10]

Soffitta P., 2017, SPIE, V10397

← 1 2 →