Status Of The Development Of A Thin Foil High Throughput X-Ray Telescope For The Soviet Spectrum X-Gamma Mission

NJ WESTERGAARD; BP BYRNAK; Finn Erland Christensen; P GRUNDSOE; Allan Hornstrup; S HENRICHSEN; U HENRIKSEN; E JESPERSEN; Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen; Josef Polny; HW SCHNOPPER; P ORUP

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Status Of The Development Of A Thin Foil High Throughput X-Ray Telescope For The Soviet Spectrum X-Gamma Mission

NJ WESTERGAARD, BP BYRNAK, Finn Erland Christensen, P GRUNDSOE, Allan Hornstrup, S HENRICHSEN, U HENRIKSEN, E JESPERSEN, Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen, Josef Polny, HW SCHNOPPER, P ORUP

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Abstract

The first satellite in a planned series of Soviet X- and gamma ray satellites will be equipped with two high throughput telescopes to be delivered by the Danish Space Research Institute. The thin foil tech-nology was originally developed by P. Serlemitsos at Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S.A. Our modification of this design is optimized with respect to high energy throughput of the telescope. The mechanical design and the status of the surface preparation technologies are described. Various X-ray and optical test facilities for the measurement of surface roughness, "orange peel", and figure errors are described. An optical parallel beam has been established and results from the first mounted mirrors are discussed. The design goal is an angular resolution of 2 arcminutes (HEW). The first results seem to indicate that this is feasible and the possibility of going down to 1.5 arcminutes exits.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	1160
ISSN	0277-786X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962673
Publication status	Published - 1989
Event	33rd Annual Technical Symposium: X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy and Microscopy - San Diego, United States Duration: 7 Aug 1989 → 11 Aug 1989 Conference number: 33

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Conference	33rd Annual Technical Symposium
Number	33
Country	United States
City	San Diego
Period	07/08/1989 → 11/08/1989

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WESTERGAARD, NJ., BYRNAK, BP., Christensen, F. E., GRUNDSOE, P., Hornstrup, A., HENRICHSEN, S., HENRIKSEN, U., JESPERSEN, E., Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U., Polny, J., SCHNOPPER, HW., & ORUP, P. (1989). Status Of The Development Of A Thin Foil High Throughput X-Ray Telescope For The Soviet Spectrum X-Gamma Mission. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering, 1160. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962673

WESTERGAARD, NJ ; BYRNAK, BP ; Christensen, Finn Erland ; GRUNDSOE, P ; Hornstrup, Allan ; HENRICHSEN, S ; HENRIKSEN, U ; JESPERSEN, E ; Nørgaard-Nielsen, Hans Ulrik ; Polny, Josef ; SCHNOPPER, HW ; ORUP, P. / Status Of The Development Of A Thin Foil High Throughput X-Ray Telescope For The Soviet Spectrum X-Gamma Mission. In: Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering. 1989 ; Vol. 1160.

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WESTERGAARD, NJ, BYRNAK, BP, Christensen, FE, GRUNDSOE, P, Hornstrup, A, HENRICHSEN, S, HENRIKSEN, U, JESPERSEN, E, Nørgaard-Nielsen, HU , Polny, J, SCHNOPPER, HW & ORUP, P 1989, 'Status Of The Development Of A Thin Foil High Throughput X-Ray Telescope For The Soviet Spectrum X-Gamma Mission', Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 1160. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962673

Status Of The Development Of A Thin Foil High Throughput X-Ray Telescope For The Soviet Spectrum X-Gamma Mission. / WESTERGAARD, NJ; BYRNAK, BP; Christensen, Finn Erland; GRUNDSOE, P; Hornstrup, Allan; HENRICHSEN, S; HENRIKSEN, U; JESPERSEN, E; Nørgaard-Nielsen, Hans Ulrik ; Polny, Josef; SCHNOPPER, HW; ORUP, P.

In: Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 1160, 1989.

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