Novel design of a large x-ray optical system for astrophysical application

Autor: Ann F. Shipley, A. Inneman, V. Marsikova, V. Tichy, D. Cerna, Webster Cash, René Hudec, J. Marsik, B. R. Zeiger, Ladislav Pina, R. Melich, Thomas Rogers
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.929591
Popis: In this work, we investigate a novel design of optical system for astrophysics. In addition, a new testing method in the X-ray laboratory was verified. The proposed optical system is composed of modules with Kirkpatrick-Baez configuration allowing usage of multi-foil mirrors arranged along a parabolic profile. This system effectively uses a circular aperture, which is divided into petals. Individual petals consist of diagonally oriented KB cells with a common focus. This optical system can be improved by a set of nested rotationally symmetric X-ray mirrors in order to achieve higher reflection efficiency in harder part of considered spectrum.
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