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Aug 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978amsci..66..476u&link_type=abstract

American Scientist, vol. 66, July-Aug. 1978, p. 476-486.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Imaging Techniques, Optical Measurement, Reflected Waves, X Ray Imagery, Grazing Incidence, Laser Fusion, Microdensitometers, Mirrors, Solar X-Rays, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Telescopes

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Developments related to X-ray reflection are considered. The discovery that X-rays could be reflected at glancing incidence from polished surfaces opened up the possibility of making true X-ray imaging optics. However, to design usable X-ray optical systems, approaches had to be found for overcoming difficulties related to aberrations. The first X-ray microscope was constructed in 1948. Attention is also given to solar X-ray studies, X-ray astronomy, the use of X-ray microscopes for pellet X-ray photography in laser fusion studies, the application of X-ray optics in X-ray spectroscopy, and the development of a technique that promises to reduce the cost of X-ray optical elements considerably.

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