Techniques in X-ray astronomy1. Imaging Telescopes

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作者：

Kulinder Pal Singh

机构：

[1] Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

来源：

Resonance | 2005年 / 10卷 / 6期

关键词：

X-ray astronomy; imaging telescopes;

D O I：

10.1007/BF02895791

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摘要：

X-ray astronomy has benefited enormously with the deployment of imaging X-ray telescopes in space, leading to a veritable revolution. Such telescopes require distortion free focusing of X-rays and the use of position sensitive X-ray detectors. In this article I shall describe the importance of X-ray imaging, the optical principles behind the creation of images and the instruments based on these principles. The various techniques used to fabricate such X-ray telescopes are described briefly. The many types of detectors used in X-ray astronomy will be described in the second part of this article in a subsequent issue ofResonance.

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