Low Mass Density Wide Field Far-IR/Submillimeter Telescope Systems

Details Low Mass Density Wide Field Far-IR/Submillimeter Telescope Systems Low Mass Density Wide Field Far-IR/Submillimeter Telescope Systems

2000-01-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0001241v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 3 figures

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Fundamentally new technology is described for constructing low areal mass density (1kg/m^2), high precision (< 10micron RMS) reflectors scalable to large apertures (10 to 20 meters) for use as the primary element of a telescope system. A large reduction in mass is achieved by minimizing the mass of the reflective surface using a high reflectivity metallic membrane. A wide field diffraction limited telescope system can be constructed using the primary reflector in conjunction with secondary and tertiary optics.

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