Lightweight and High Angular Resolution X-ray Optics for Astronomy

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Sep 2011

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American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #12, #36.21

Physics

Optics

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Astronomical observation in the x-ray band (wavelength from 100 - 0.1 Angstroms) must take place above the atmosphere on a space platform. The most effective means of collecting x-ray photons is with imaging optics. As such lightweight and high angular resolution optics are essential for continued success of x-ray astronomy in coming years and decades. In this paper, I will briefly review the development of x-ray optics for astronomy in the past few decades and outline the technical approaches that we have adopted at the Goddard Space Flight Center for developing lightweight and high resolution x-ray optics to enable small and medium missions that can be implemented in the current decade as well flagship missions that can be implemented in the 2020's.

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