Thermal control of telescope apertures by optimized baffle heating

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Baffles, Optimization, Radiative Heat Transfer, Spaceborne Telescopes, Temperature Control, Algorithms, Mathematical Models, Mirrors, Systems Engineering, X Ray Astronomy

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Observational instruments in space put hard requirements on temperature stability and thermal gradients due to their sensitive detector equipment. The thermal subsystem has to take into account that direct heating of the optical instruments is not often possible due to geometrical or technical reasons. An indirect heating concept including an optimization approach to design heated thermal baffles in front of telescope apertures is described. The optimization is formulated for arbitrary geometrical configurations, and verification aspects are discussed together with an alternative optimization approach. An application to practical problems is given in terms of tradeoff studies for the configurational design of the X-ray Multi Mirror Mission (XMM) thermal baffle.

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