Bragg reflection concentrators for hard X-ray astronomy

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Mar 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apopt..20.1089s&link_type=abstract

Applied Optics, vol. 20, Mar. 15, 1981, p. 1089-1093. Research supported by the Smithsonian Institution.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Bragg Angle, Concentrators, Crystals, Lithium Fluorides, Parabolic Reflectors, Pyrolytic Graphite, X Ray Astronomy, Cyclotrons, Reflectance, Spaceborne Astronomy, X Ray Sources, X Ray Spectroscopy

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Design parameters which relate to the sensitivity and resolution (both spatial and spectral) of Bragg reflection concentrators for hard X-ray astronomy are discussed. The Bragg concentrator offers a practical method of source (continuum) and cyclotron line emission detection. It is shown that for broad continuum detection in 1 deg Bragg angle increments over roughly equivalent energy ranges, graphite, the most sensitive crystal, is more sensitive than lithium fluoride only by about a factor of two. Lithium fluoride has the advantages of being much more inexpensive and has a smaller mosaic spread than graphite, thus making possible coarse (0.05 resolution) surface brightness distribution studies.

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