NASA NTRS · 19880062607
An electroformed mirror array for high energy X-ray astronomy
Abstract
A design for a mirror array telescope for high energies with almost 1000 sq cm effective area at 7 keV is described. Briefly, it consists of 36 modules. Each module contains Wolter I mirrors nested 6 deep. The system is small enough to be flown on an Aries rocket. With the current mirrors, the angular resolution at high contrast is 20 arcsec and the half power diameter for images is 1.5 arcmin at 1.5 keV and 3.5 arcmin - 4 arcmin at 7 keV. Plans to improve upon this performance are discussed.
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Ulmer, Melville P.. 1988-01-01. An electroformed mirror array for high energy X-ray astronomy. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19880062607
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