Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Dec 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aas...205.0601g&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #06.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1344
Physics
Optics
Scientific paper
The 0.5 arcsec angular resolution of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory is likely to be the best that will ever be achieved with large area grazing incidence X-ray telescopes. A different technology is needed to improve upon Chandra. Diffractive-refractive optics where chromatic aberration is corrected over a finite bandwidth offers a possible solution. The efficiency of such systems is low but given that they transmit X-rays at normal incidence rather than reflect at grazing incidence the gross collecting area can be very large while the mass is quite modest. We describe some possible systems. All have extremely long focal lengths, hundreds to tens of thousands of kilometers depending on the desired angular resolution and energy band. They require formation flying between widely separated spacecraft. While the technology to support formation flying is not available today it is destined to be developed for other missions including at least one with large separations between spacecraft.
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