Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21345704r&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #457.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.358
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
The International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is envisioned as the next large X-ray telescope mission. A joint program between the United States, Europe, and Japan, the mission will have approximately 3 square meters of effective area at 1 keV and 1 square meter at 6 keV. Imaging resolution will be 5 arc-sec half power diameter (HPD). Two mirror designs are being pursued; a slumped glass option by NASA and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and a silicon pore option by ESA. We discuss here the design of the slumped glass mirror, including performance trades with focal length, imaging resolution budgets, effective area as a function of energy, and vignetting as a function of field.
This work was supported by NASA contract NNX08AB46A.
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