Predicted And Preliminary Evaluation Of The X-Ray Performance Of The AXAF Technology Mirror Assembly

Leon Van Speybroeck; Paul Reid; Daniel Schwartz; James Bilbro

doi:10.1117/12.962631

28 July 1989 Predicted And Preliminary Evaluation Of The X-Ray Performance Of The AXAF Technology Mirror Assembly

Leon Van Speybroeck, Paul Reid, Daniel Schwartz, James Bilbro

Proceedings Volume 1160, X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy and Microscopy; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962631
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The fabrication of the Technology Mirror Assembly (TMA) is complete, and performance predictions were made based upon mechanical and visible light measurements of the surface properties. An X-ray calibration program has been executed, and a preliminary analysis of a portion of the data is presented. The X-ray image distribution results are in reasonable agreement with the performance predictions which were calculated prior the start of the X-ray tests. The measured X-ray imaging performance approaches that expected for the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF).

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Leon Van Speybroeck, Paul Reid, Daniel Schwartz, and James Bilbro "Predicted And Preliminary Evaluation Of The X-Ray Performance Of The AXAF Technology Mirror Assembly", Proc. SPIE 1160, X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy and Microscopy, (28 July 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962631

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