Development of thin foil substrates for an x-ray telescope: II

Details Development of thin foil substrates for an x-ray telescope: II Development of thin foil substrates for an x-ray telescope: II

Mar 2003

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X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy. Edited by Joachim E. Truemper, Harvey D. Tananbaum. Proceedings

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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We propose a method to make advanced thin-foil substrates for an X-ray telescope by press forming. Walter Type-I optics, which reflect X-rays twice with their confocal paraboloidal and hyperboloidal reflectors, have commonly been used in X-ray astronomy. However, it is difficult to make substrates for a large X-ray telescope with a high imaging quality. By forming two reflectors from one thin substrate, the accuracy of the angle between two reflectors is determined by the accuracy of a mandrel or a stamping die. We made a stamping die using a precision processing method at RIKEN. After several improvements of our pressing method, we have obtained the substrates with a figure error < 15 um, which corresponds to an angular resolution of about 2' at the focal plane, although a small waviness was found in the mirror surface. We also propose a new holding method of the foil to reduce a displacement of the foil positions. The foil is tightly held with three thin-supports with a thickness of 0.3 mm. We made the test model of a mirror housing, and found that the foil position was determined with σ~12μm.

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