Iridium optical constants for the Chandra X-ray Observatory from reflectance measurements of 0.05-12 keV

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Feb 2004

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X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Instrumentation for Astronomy XIII. Edited by Flanagan, Kathryn A.; Siegmund, Oswald H. W. Proceedings o

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We present optical constants derived from synchrotron reflectance measurements of iridium-coated X-ray witness mirrors over 0.05-12 keV, relevant to the Chandra X-ray Observatory effective area calibration. In particular we present for the first time analysis of measurements taken at the Advanced Light Source Beamline 6.3.2 over 50-1000 eV, Chandra's lower-energy range. Refinements to the currently tabulated iridium optical constants (B. L. Henke et al., At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 54, 181-343, 1993 and on the Web at http://www-cxro.lbl.gov/optical_constants/) will become important as the low-energy calibration of Chandra's X-ray detectors and gratings are further improved, and as possible contaminants on the Chandra mirror assembly are considered in the refinement of the in-flight Ir absorption edge depths. The goal of this work has been to provide an improved tabulation of the Ir optical constants over the full range of Chandra using a self-consistent mirror model, including metallic layers, interface roughness, contaminating overlayer, and substrate. The low-energy data present us with a considerable challenge in the modeling of the overlayer composition, as the K-absorption features of C, O, and N are likely to be present in the ~10A overlayer. The haphazard contamination and chemical shifts may significantly affect optical constants attributed to this overlayer, which will distort the iridium optical constants derived. Furthermore, the witness mirror contamination may be considerably different from that deposited on the flight optics. The more complex modeling required to deal with low-energy effects must reduce to the simpler model applied at the higher energies, which has successfully derived optical constants for iridium in the higher energy range, including the iridium M-edges, already used in the Chandra calibration. We present our current results, and the state of our modeling and analysis, and our approach to a self-consistent tabulation.

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