Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Jan 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979spie..184...50z&link_type=abstract
In: Space optics: Imaging X-ray optics workshop; Proceedings of the Seminar, Huntsville, Ala., May 22-24, 1979. (A80-17469 05-89
Computer Science
Performance
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Spaceborne Astronomy, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Telescopes, Design Analysis, Focal Plane Devices, High Resolution, Mirrors, Performance Prediction, Service Life
Scientific paper
The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) is to be a free flying national X-ray observatory that is Shuttle-launched (in mid-1987), maintainable on-orbit, and retrievable. The design lifetime is over 10 years. The AXAF is conceived as an X-ray telescope with six nested Wolter type I mirrors (maximum aperture of 1.2 m), a focal length of 10 m, and interchangeable and replaceable focal plane instruments. The optics will provide 0.5-arcsec imagery over a several arcminute field and somewhat reduced resolution over 1 deg in the X-ray band from 0.1 to 8 keV. The performance requirements and design of the facility are discussed and comparisons made with present X-ray observatories. The scientific objectives of the AXAF is also discussed briefly.
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