Optics for the X-ray imaging concentrators aboard the X-ray astronomy satellite SAX

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Apr 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988apopt..27.1470c&link_type=abstract

(SPIE, Conference on Grazing Incidence Optics for Astronomical and Laboratory Applications, San Diego, CA, Aug. 17-19, 1987) App

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

15

Concentrators, Italian Space Program, Optical Properties, Satellite-Borne Instruments, X Ray Astronomy, Electroforming, Mirrors, Prototypes

Scientific paper

The scientific instrumentation onboard the Italian satellite for x-ray astronomy (SAX) will employ X-ray imaging concentrators operating in the 0.1-10-keV energy range with a spatial resolution of 1 min of arc. The optics consist of thirty confocal-nested very thin double-cone mirrors. To achieve good optical quality and to allow the construction of several concentrators at an acceptable cost, a replica technique by electroforming the mirrors from masters is used. This paper presents the results obtained from a set of electroformed mirrors mounted on a concentrator prototype.

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