Mr. Chet O. Speegle Profile

Chet O. Speegle

at NASA Marshall Space Flight Ctr

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Publications (22)

Proceedings Article | 6 October 2023 Presentation

High resolution full shell replicated x-ray optics for FOXSI-4

Wayne Baumgartner, Stephen Bongiorno, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Srikanth Singam, Danielle Gurgew, Chet Speegle, David Banks, Patrick Champey, Nicholas Thomas, C. Grant Davis

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126790C (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2680486

KEYWORDS: X-ray optics, X-rays, Polishing, X-ray imaging, Sun, Spatial resolution, Rockets, Polishing equipment, Mirrors, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Poster + Paper

Achieving large-scale, high-resolution, full-shell replicated x-ray optics: budgeting for sources of angular-resolution errors

J. Kolodziejczak, J. Gaskin, W. Baumgartner, S. Bongiorno, P. Champey, D. Gurgew, B. Ramsey, S. P. Singam, C. Speegle, N. Thomas

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126791D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2683603

KEYWORDS: Polishing, X-ray optics, Spatial resolution, X-rays, Simulations, Metrology, Optical surfaces, Mirrors, Plating, Error analysis

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation + Paper

Optimizing the electroforming process to enhance the thickness uniformity of full shell x-ray optics

Panini Singam, Chet Speegle, Amy Meekham, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Wayne Baumgartner, Grant Davis, David Banks, Jessica Gaskin, Stephen Bongiorno, Brian Ramsey

Proceedings Volume 12679, 126790B (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677698

KEYWORDS: Copper, Simulations, Mirrors, Electric fields, X-ray optics, Nickel, Polishing, Mirror surfaces, Plating, Anodes, X-ray astronomy

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SPIE Journal Paper | 19 May 2022 Open Access

Optics for the imaging x-ray polarimetry explorer

Brian Ramsey, Stephen Bongiorno, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Cheryl Alexander, Wayne Baumgartner, Shawn Breeding, Ronald Elsner, Shelley Le Roy, Jeff McCracken, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Stephen O'Dell, Steven Pavelitz, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Javier Sanchez, Chet Speegle, Nicholas Thomas, Bruce Weddendorf, Martin Weisskopf

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 02, 024003, (May 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.024003

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, Sensors, X-ray imaging, Polarimetry, X-ray optics, Calibration, Spatial resolution, Optical fabrication, Optical alignment

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SPIE Journal Paper | 14 April 2022 Open Access

Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer: prelaunch

Martin Weisskopf, Paolo Soffitta, Luca Baldini, Brian Ramsey, Stephen O'Dell, Roger Romani, Giorgio Matt, William Deininger, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Enrico Costa, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Herman Marshall, Fabio Muleri, Stephen Bongiorno, Allyn Tennant, Niccolo Bucciantini, Michal Dovciak, Frédéric Marin, Alan Marscher, Juri Poutanen, Pat Slane, Roberto Turolla, William Kalinowski, Alessandro Di Marco, Sergio Fabiani, Massimo Minuti, Fabio La Monaca, Michele Pinchera, John Rankin, Carmelo Sgrò, Alessio Trois, Fei Xie, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Jason Andersen, Angelo Antonelli, Spencer Antoniak, Primo Attiná, Mattia Barbanera, Matteo Bachetti , Randy Baggett, Jeff Bladt, Alessandro Brez, Raffaella Bonino, Christopher Boree, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Bygott, Ciro Caporale, Claudia Cardelli, Rita Carpentiero, Simone Castellano, Marco Castronuovo, Luca Cavalli, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, Saverio Citraro, Fabio D'Amico, Elisa D'Alba, Laura Di Gesu, Ettore Del Monte, Kurtis Dietz, Niccolò Di Lalla, Giuseppe Di Persio, David Dolan, Immacolata Donnarumma, Yuri Evangelista, Kevin Ferrant, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, MacKenzie Ferrie, Joseph Footdale, Brent Forsyth, Michelle Foster, Benjamin Garelick, Shuichi Gunji, Eli Gurnee, Michael Head, Grant Hibbard, Samantha Johnson, Erik Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Carlo Lefevre, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Loffredo, Paolo Lorenzi, Leonardo Lucchesi, Tyler Maddox, Guido Magazzu, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Elio Mangraviti, Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, David Mauger, Jeffery McCracken, Michael McEachen, Rondal Mize, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Hikmat Nasimi, Barbara Negri, Michela Negro, Toan Nguyen, Isaac Nitschke, Alessio Nuti, Mitch Onizuka, Chiara Oppedisano, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Will Painter, Steven Pavelitz, Christina Pentz, Raffaele Piazzolla, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Maura Pilia, Alessandro Profeti, Simonetta Puccetti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Ajay Ratheesh, Lee Reedy, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Paolo Sarra, Francesco Santoli, Emanuele Scalise, Andrea Sciortino, Christopher Schroeder, Tim Seek, Kalie Sosdian, Gloria Spandre, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Antonino Tobia, Nicholas Thomas, Robert Valerie, Marco Vimercati, Amy Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, Jeffrey Wedmore, David Welch, Davide Zanetti, Francesco Zanetti

JATIS, Vol. 8, Issue 02, 026002, (April 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.8.2.026002

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Calibration, Polarimetry, X-ray imaging, Polarization, Modulation, Space operations, X-ray sources, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2021 Presentation + Paper

The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview IV

Brian Ramsey, Primo Attina, Luca Baldini, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Jeff Bladt, Stephen Bongiorno, Alessandro Brez, Simone Castellano, Rita Carpentiero, Marco Castronuovo, Luca Cavalli, Elisabetta Cavazutti, Fabio D'Amico, Saverio Citraro, Enrico Costa, William Deininger, Elisa D'Alba, Ettore Delmonte, Kurtis Dietz, Niccolo Di Lalla, Alessandro Di Marco, Giusseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Joseph Footdale, Michael Head, William Kalinowski, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Carlo Lefevre, Paolo Lorenzi, Leonardo Lucchesi, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Elio Mangravati, Herman Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Massimo Minuti, Rondal Mize, Fabio Muleri, Hikmat Nasimi, Barbara Negri, Alessio Nuti, Stephen O'Dell, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Christina Pentz, Maura Pilia, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, John Rankin, Ajay Ratheesh, Roger Romani, Paolo Sarra, Francesco Santoli, Andrea Sciortino, Christopher Schroeder, Carmelo Sgro, Paolo Soffitta, Gloria Spandre, Allyn Tennant, Antonino Tobia, Nicholas Thomas, Alessio Trois, Marco Vimercati, Jeffery Wedmore, Martin Weisskopf, Fei Xie, Francesco Zanetti, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Jason Andersen, Angelo Antonelli, Spencer Antoniak, Matteo Bachetti, Randy Baggett, Rafaella Bonino, Christopher Boree, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Byggott, Ciro Caporale, Claudia Cardelli, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, David Dolan, Yuri Evangelista, Kevin Ferrant, MacKenzie Ferrie, Brent Forsyth, Michelle Foster, Benjamin Garelick, Shuichi Gunji, Eli Gurnee, Grant Hibbard, Samantha Johnson, Eric Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Fabio La Monaca, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Lofredo, Tyler Maddox, Guido Magazzu, Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, David Mauger, Jeffrey McCracken, Michael McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Toan Nguyen, Michela Negro, Isaac Nitschke, Mitch Onizuka, Chiara Oppedisano, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Will Painter, Steven Pavelitz, Raffaele Piazzolla, Alessandro Profeti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Lee Reedy, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Emanuele Scalise, Tim Seek, Kalie Sosdian, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Robert Valerie, Amy Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, David Welch

Proceedings Volume 11821, 118210M (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595302

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Space operations, Mirrors, X-rays, Observatories, Polarization, Polarimetry, X-ray imaging, X-ray sources

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Proceedings Article | 17 December 2020 Poster + Paper

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview III

Paolo Soffitta, Primo Attinà, Luca Baldini, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Jeff Bladt, Stephen Bongiorno, Alessandro Brez, Simone Castellano, Rita Carpentiero, Marco Castronuovo, Luca Cavalli, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Fabio D'Amico, Saverio Citraro, Enrico Costa, William Deininger, Elsa D'Alba, Ettore Del Monte, Kutis Diets, Niccolo' Di Lalla, Alessandro Di Marco, Giuseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Ronald Elsner, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Larry Guy, William Kalinowski, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Carlo Lefevre, Paolo Lorenzi, Leonardo Lucchesi, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Elio Mangraviti, Herman Marshall, James Masciarelli, Giorgio Matt, Massimo Minuti, Fabio Muleri, Hikmat Nasimi, Barbara Negri, Alessio Nuti, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Maura Pilia, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian Ramsey, Ajay Ratheesh, Roger Romani, Paolo Sarra, Francesco Santoli, Andrea Sciortino, Carmelo Sgrò, Brian Smith, Gloria Spandre, Allyn Tennant, Antonino Tobia, Alessio Trois, Marco Vimercati, Jeffrey Wedmnore, Martin Weisskopf, Fei Xie, Francesco Zanetti, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Spencer Antoniak, Matteo Bachetti, Raffaella Bonino, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Bygott, Claudia Cardelli, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, Yuri Evangelista, MacKenzie Ferrie, Brent Forsyth, Michele Foster, Eli Gurnee, Grant Hibbard, Sandra Johnson, Erik Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Fabio La Monaca, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Loffredo, Guido Magazzu', Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, Alfredo Morbidini, Jeffrey McCracken, Michael McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Federico Mosti, Michela Nigro, Chiara Oppedisano, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Steven Pavelitz, Cristina Pentz, Raffaele Piazzolla, Brad Porter, Alessandro Profeti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, John Rankin, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Emanuele Scalise, Sara Schindhelm, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Amy Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, David Welch, Michael Head, Stuart Gray, Rondal Mize, Stephen O'Dell, Christopher Schroeder, Nicholas Thomas, Randy Bagget, David Dolan, Kevin Ferrant, Joseph Footdale, Benjamin Garelick, Samantha Johnson, Timothy Seek

Proceedings Volume 11444, 1144462 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2567001

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Proceedings Article | 17 January 2020 Presentation + Paper

IXPE mirror module assemblies

Brian Ramsey, Stephen Bongiorno, Jeffrey Kolodziejczak, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Cheryl Alexander, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronald Elsner, Jeffery McCracken, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Steven Pavelitz, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Javier Sanchez, Chet Speegle, Bruce Weddendorf, Stephen O'Dell

Proceedings Volume 11119, 1111903 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2531956

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Lithium

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Paper

The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview II

Stephen O'Dell, Primo Attinà, Luca Baldini, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne Baumgartner, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Jeff Bladt, Stephen Bongiorno, Alessandro Brez, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Saverio Citraro, Enrico Costa, William Deininger, Ettore Del Monte, Kurtis Dietz, Niccolò Di Lalla, Immacolata Donnarumma, Ronald Elsner, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Larry Guy, William Kalinowski, Victoria Kaspi, Anthony Kelley, Jeffrey Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Carlo Lefevre, Leonardo Lucchesi, Alberto Manfreda, Herman Marshall, James Masciarelli, Giorgio Matt, Massimo Minuti, Fabio Muleri, Hikmat Nasimi, Alessio Nuti, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, Brian Ramsey, Ajay Ratheesh, Roger Romani, Francesco Santoli, Andrea Sciortino, Carmelo Sgrò, Brian Smith, Gloria Spandre, Paolo Soffitta, Allyn Tennant, Antonino Tobia, Alessio Trois, Jeffrey Wedmore, Martin Weisskopf, Fei Xie, Francesco Zanetti, Cheryl Alexander, D. Zachery Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Spencer Antoniak, Raffaella Bonino, Fabio Borotto, Shawn Breeding, Daniele Brienza, H. Kyle Bygott, Ciro Caporale, Claudia Cardelli, Marco Ceccanti, Mauro Centrone, Giuseppe Di Persio, Yuri Evangelista, MacKenzie Ferrie, Joseph Footdale, Brent Forsyth, Michelle Foster, Shuichi Gunji, Eli Gurnee, Grant Hibbard, Sandra Johnson, Eric Kelly, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Fabio La Monaca, Shelley Le Roy, Pasqualino Loffredo, Guido Magazzu, Marco Marengo, Alessandra Marrocchesi, Francesco Massaro, Jeffery McCracken, Michael McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Michela Negro, Chiara Oppedisano, Richard Pacheco, Alessandro Paggi, Steven Pavelitz, Christina Pentz, Raffaele Piazzola, Brad Porter, Alessandro Profeti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, John Rankin, Noah Root, Alda Rubini, Stephanie Ruswick, Javier Sanchez, Emanuele Scalise, Sarah Schindhelm, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Amy Walden, Bruce Weddendorf, David Welch

Proceedings Volume 11118, 111180V (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530646

KEYWORDS: X-ray astronomy, X-ray imaging, X-rays, Polarimetry, Space operations, Polarization, Data communications, Astrophysics, Observatories, X-ray telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2018 Presentation + Paper

The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): technical overview

Stephen O'Dell, Luca Baldini, Ronaldo Bellazzini, Enrico Costa, Ronald Elsner, Victoria Kaspi, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Luca Latronico, Herman Marshall, Giorgio Matt, Fabio Mulieri, Brian Ramsey, Roger Romani, Paolo Soffitta, Allyn Tennant, Martin Weisskopf, D. Zachary Allen, Fabrizio Amici, Spencer Antoniak, Primo Attina, Matteo Bachetti, Mattia Barbanera, Wayne Baumgartner, Jeff Bladt, Stephen Bongiorno, Fabio Borotto, Thomas Brooks, Scott Bussinger, H. Kyle Bygott, Elisabetta Cavazzuti, Marco Ceccanti, Saverio Citraro, William Deininger, Ettore Del Monte, Kurtis Dietz, Niccolò Di Lalla, Giuseppe Di Persio, Immacolata Donnarumma, Jennifer Erickson, Yuri Evangelista, Sergio Fabiani, Riccardo Ferrazzoli, Michele Foster, Manuela Giusti, Shuichi Gunji, Larry Guy, Sandra Johnson, William Kalinowski, Anthony Kelley, Kiranmayee Kilaru, Carlo Lefevre, Simone Maldera, Alberto Manfreda, Marco Marengo, James Masciarelli, Mike McEachen, Paolo Mereu, Massimo Minuti, Mark Mitchell, Scott Mitchell, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Alfredo Morbidini, Federico Mosti, Hikmat Nasimi, Barbara Negri, Leonardo Orsini, Darren Osborne, Steven Pavelitz, Christina Pentz, Matteo Perri, Melissa Pesce-Rollins, Colin Peterson, Raffaele Piazzolla, Stefano Pieraccini, Maura Pilia, Michele Pinchera, Simonetta Puccetti, Jaganathan Ranganathan, Tim Read, Alda Rubini, Francesco Santoli, Paolo Sarra, Sarah Schindhelm, Andrea Sciortino, Chris Seckar, Carmelo Sgrò, Brian Smith, Chet Speegle, Toru Tamagawa, Marcello Tardiola, Antonino Tobia, Alessia Tortosa, Alessio Trois, Bruce Weddendorf, Jeff Wedmore, Davide Zanetti

Proceedings Volume 10699, 106991X (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314146

KEYWORDS: X-rays, Sensors, Calibration, Space operations, X-ray telescopes, Polarization, Telescopes, Observatories, X-ray detectors, Polarimetry

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2010 Paper

Computer-controlled cylindrical polishing process for development of grazing incidence optics for the hard x-ray region

Gufran Khan, Mikhail Gubarev, Chet Speegle, Brian Ramsey

Proceedings Volume 7802, 78020H (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.862635

KEYWORDS: Polishing, Surface finishing, X-ray optics, Mathematical modeling, Hard x-rays, Grazing incidence, Mirrors, Polishing equipment, Software development, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2007 Paper

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope

S. Romaine, S. Basso, R. Bruni, W. Burkert, O. Citterio, V. Cotroneo, D. Engelhaupt, M. Freyberg, P. Gorenstein, M. Gubarev, G. Hartner, F. Mazzoleni, S. O'Dell, G. Pareschi, B. Ramsey, C. Speegle, D. Spiga

Proceedings Volume 6688, 668804 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.736063

KEYWORDS: X-ray telescopes, Nickel, X-ray optics, Atomic force microscopy, Space telescopes, Hard x-rays, Titanium, Gold, Prototyping, Polishing

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2006 Paper

Technology development for high-energy x-ray optics

Mikhail Gubarev, Brian Ramsey, Darell Engelhaupt, Thomas Kester, Chet Speegle

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62661I (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671736

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Polishing, Head, Surface finishing, X-ray optics, Nickel, Plating, Prisms, Metrology, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 13 June 2006 Paper

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope: IV

S. Romaine, S. Basso, R. Bruni, W. Burkert, O. Citterio, G. Conti, D. Engelhaupt, M. Freyberg, M. Ghigo, P. Gorenstein, M. Gubarev, G. Hartner, F. Mazzoleni, S. O'Dell, G. Pareschi, B. Ramsey, C. Speegle, D. Spiga

Proceedings Volume 6266, 62661C (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672052

KEYWORDS: X-ray telescopes, Multilayers, Prototyping, X-rays, Hard x-rays, Space telescopes, Mirrors, X-ray optics, Telescopes, Optical fabrication

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Proceedings Article | 15 September 2005 Paper

Metrology for the development of high-energy x-ray optics

Mikhail Gubarev, Brian Ramsey, Darell Engelhaupt, Chet Speegle, Martin Smithers

Proceedings Volume 5921, 592108 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.621170

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, Metrology, Plating, X-ray optics, Spatial resolution, Aluminum, Temperature metrology, Head, Geometrical optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 January 2004 Paper

Figure measurements of high-energy x-ray replicated optics

Mikhail Gubarev, Brian Ramsey, Thomas Kester, Chet Speegle, Darell Engelhaupt, Greg Martin

Proceedings Volume 5168, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.508336

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, X-rays, Head, Prisms, Metrology, X-ray optics, Sensors, Grazing incidence, Profilometers, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 29 January 2004 Paper

Development of a prototype nickel optic for the Constellation-X hard x-ray telescope

Suzanne Romaine, Stefano Basso, Ricardo Bruni, Oberto Citterio, Darell Engelhaupt, Mauro Ghigo, Paul Gorenstein, Mikhail Gubarev, Francesco Mazzoleni, Stephen O'Dell, Giovanni Pareschi, Giancarlo Parodi, Brian Ramsey, Chet Speegle

Proceedings Volume 5168, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.508096

KEYWORDS: Coating, Prototyping, Optical fabrication, Multilayers, Mirrors, X-ray optics, Nickel, X-ray telescopes, Telescopes, Iridium

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Proceedings Article | 29 January 2004 Paper

The development of hard x-ray optics at MSFC

Brian Ramsey, Ron Elsner, Darell Engelhaupt, Mikhail Gubarev, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Stephen O'Dell, Chet Speegle, Martin Weisskopf

Proceedings Volume 5168, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.509619

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Nickel, Telescopes, X-ray optics, Multilayers, Sensors, Prototyping, Spatial resolution, Surface finishing, Iridium

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2003 Paper

Development of hard x-ray optics at MSFC

Brian Ramsey, Ronald Elsner, Darell Engelhaupt, Stephen O'Dell, Chet Speegle, Martin Weisskopf

Proceedings Volume 4851, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461597

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Nickel, Plating, Surface finishing, X-ray optics, Sensors, Spatial resolution, Optical fabrication, Prototyping, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 30 January 2002 Paper

HERO: program status and first images from a balloon-borne focusing hard x-ray telescope

Brian Ramsey, Cheryl Alexander, Jeff Apple, C. Benson, Kurtis Dietz, Ronald Elsner, Darell Engelhaupt, Kajal Ghosh, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Stephen O'Dell, Chet Speegle, Douglas Swartz, Martin Weisskopf

Proceedings Volume 4496, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454369

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Iridium, X-ray telescopes, Spatial resolution, Geometrical optics, Nickel, Coating, Optical benches, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 28 November 2000 Paper

HERO: high-energy replicated optics for a hard-x-ray balloon payload

Brian Ramsey, Cheryl Alexander, Jeff Apple, Robert Austin, C. Benson, Kurtis Dietz, Ronald Elsner, Darell Engelhaupt, Jeffery Kolodziejczak, Stephen O'Dell, Chet Speegle, Douglas Swartz, Martin Weisskopf, G. Zirnstein

Proceedings Volume 4138, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407554

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Nickel, Surface finishing, Spatial resolution, Optical alignment, Cameras, Polishing, Aluminum, Scintillation

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