NASA NTRS · 20190033504
IXPE Mirror Module Assemblies
Abstract
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.
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Ramsey, Brian D., Bongiorno, Stephen D., Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., Kilaru, Kiranmayee, Alexander, Cheryl, Baumgartner, Wayne H., Elsner, Ronald F., McCracken, Jeffrey, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Pavelitz, Steven D., Ranganathan, Jaganathan, Sanchez, Javier, Speegle, Chet O., Weddendorf, Bruce, O’Dell, Stephen L.. 2019-08-12. IXPE Mirror Module Assemblies. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20190033504
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