TY - CONF
T1 - Thin, plastic shell, X-ray optics: An update
AU - Barbera, Marco
AU - Silver, Eric
AU - Collura, Alfonso
AU - Schnopper, Herbert W.
AU - Romaine, Suzanne
AU - Barbera, Marco
AU - Christensen, Finn E.
AU - Ingram, Russell
AU - Murray, Stephen S.
AU - Cohen, Lester
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We present new results from a program to develop large area X-ray telescopes that are made from thin plastic shells. We use multi-shell cylindrical lenses in a point-to-point configuration to form full aperture images of the small focal spot in a an X-ray tube on a microchannel plate detector. The image data are analyzed to yield radial profiles and encircled energy curves. The derived parameters can be extrapolated to the case of a telescope that is a conical approximation to Wolter 1 optics. The plastic shells can be coated with suitable mono- or multilayers that allow for a wideband coverage of X-ray energies. Our current program is focused on the development of a large area, hard X-ray telescope for a balloon payload (see the paper 4851 -107 by E. Silver, et al at this conference).
AB - We present new results from a program to develop large area X-ray telescopes that are made from thin plastic shells. We use multi-shell cylindrical lenses in a point-to-point configuration to form full aperture images of the small focal spot in a an X-ray tube on a microchannel plate detector. The image data are analyzed to yield radial profiles and encircled energy curves. The derived parameters can be extrapolated to the case of a telescope that is a conical approximation to Wolter 1 optics. The plastic shells can be coated with suitable mono- or multilayers that allow for a wideband coverage of X-ray energies. Our current program is focused on the development of a large area, hard X-ray telescope for a balloon payload (see the paper 4851 -107 by E. Silver, et al at this conference).
KW - Approximate X-ray optics
KW - Condensed Matter Physics
KW - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
KW - Plastic shell X-ray optics
KW - Point-to-point X-ray imaging
KW - X-ray optics
KW - Approximate X-ray optics
KW - Condensed Matter Physics
KW - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
KW - Plastic shell X-ray optics
KW - Point-to-point X-ray imaging
KW - X-ray optics
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/214861
M3 - Other
SP - 480
EP - 490
ER -