Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Oct 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981aipc...75..200z&link_type=abstract
AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 75, pp. 200-209 (1981).
Physics
Optics
Image Processing, X-Ray
Scientific paper
In slightly less than twenty years, from its birth in 1962, X-ray astronomy has developed into a major branch of astronomy, equalling in importance the more established disciplines for the study of astrophysical problems. This has resulted from two major technological advances: 1) the capability of placing into space, above the Earth's attenuating atmosphere, large and sophisticated scientific payloads, and 2) the development of high resolution X-ray imaging optics and associated detectors. This paper illustrates the rapid development of X-ray imaging optics and discusses their application to astrophysical observations, both solar and non-solar. In conjunction with various spectroscopic techniques, X-ray telescopes are being used for astrophysical plasma diagnostics, obtainig elemental abundances, temperatures, and densities. Several examples are given. Further advances in X-ray imaging optics will require the development of new metrology techniques in order to determine and control mirror figure and scattering. Future programs are discussed.
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