NuSTAR on-ground calibration I: Imaging quality

Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt Westergaard; Kristin K. Madsen; Nicolai Brejnholt; Jason E. Koglin; Finn Erland Christensen; Michael J. Pivovaroff; Julia K. Vogel

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NuSTAR on-ground calibration I: Imaging quality

Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt Westergaard, Kristin K. Madsen, Nicolai Brejnholt, Jason E. Koglin, Finn Erland Christensen, Michael J. Pivovaroff, Julia K. Vogel

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The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched in June 2012 carries the first focusing hard Xray (5 - 80 keV) telescope to orbit. The on-ground calibration was performed at the RaMCaF facility at Nevis, Columbia University. During the assembly of the telescopes, mechanical surface metrology provided surface maps of the reflecting surfaces. Several flight coated mirrors were brought to BNL for scattering measurements. The information from both sources is fed to a raytracing code that is tested against the on-ground calibration data. The code is subsequently used for predicting the imaging properties for X-ray sources at infinite distance. © 2012 SPIE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE : SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012
Number of pages	10
Publisher	SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Publication date	2012
Pages	84431X
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819491442
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927076
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012 - Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 1 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012 Conference number: 8443

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Conference	SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012
Number	8443
Location	Amsterdam RAI Convention Center
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	01/07/2012 → 06/07/2012

Series	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
ISSN	0277-786X

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Westergaard, NJS, Madsen, KK, Brejnholt, N, Koglin, JE, Christensen, FE, Pivovaroff, MJ & Vogel, JK 2012, NuSTAR on-ground calibration I: Imaging quality. in Proceedings of SPIE: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012. SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, pp. 84431X, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 01/07/2012. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927076

NuSTAR on-ground calibration I: Imaging quality. / Westergaard, Niels Jørgen Stenfeldt; Madsen, Kristin K.; Brejnholt, Nicolai et al.
Proceedings of SPIE: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012. SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering, 2012. p. 84431X (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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Westergaard NJS, Madsen KK, Brejnholt N, Koglin JE, Christensen FE, Pivovaroff MJ et al. NuSTAR on-ground calibration I: Imaging quality. In Proceedings of SPIE: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2012. SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. 2012. p. 84431X. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.927076

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