Abstract
A design for a mirror array telescope for high energies (MARTHE) with almost 1000 cm2 effective area at 7 keV is described. Briefly, it consists of 36 modules. Each module contains Wolter I mirrors nested 6 deep. The system is small enough to be flown on an Aries rocket. With the current mirrors, the angular resolution at high contrast is 20" and the half power diameter for images is 1.5' at 1.5 keV and 3.5'-4' at 7 keV. Plans to improve upon this performance are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 135-138 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 830 |
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| State | Published - Aug 9 1988 |
Funding
We thank Alan DeCew, Jr. of Diamond Electro-Optics for comments on the mandrel design and production, Don DuPree for insights into the electroforming process, and Yutaka Matsui for his efforts to make this all work and his comments on the manuscript. This work was supported in part by NASA grant NAG5-181.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering