| タイトル | Status of MSFC X-ray Shell Optics Fabrication Capability |
| 著者（英） | Ramsey, Brian; Speegle, Chet; Sthal, H. Philip; Englehaupt, Darell; Gubarev, Mikhail |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2006-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | We present details of an MSFC development program of electroformed-nickel replicated grazing incidence optics for x-ray imaging. To date a wide variety of mirrors has been produced with diameters ranging from 2.5 cm, for small animal imaging, up to 112 meter, for x-ray astronomy. Around 100 intermediate size shells are currently aboard the HERO x-ray astronomy balloon payload awaiting launch in Fort Sumner, New mexico. Details of the program are presented together with developments currently underway to improve mirror-shell quality from the current approx. 15 arcsec resolution to below 10 arcsec for future x-ray astronomy missions. |
| NASA分類 | Optics |
| 権利 | No Copyright |
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