Toward active x-ray telescopes II

Stephen L. O'Dell; Thomas L. Aldcroft; Carolyn Atkins; Timothy W. Button; Vincenzo Cotroneo; William N. Davis; Peter Doel; Charlotte H. Feldman; Mark D. Freeman; Mikhail V. Gubarev; Raegan L. Johnson-Wilke; Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak; Charles F. Lillie; Alan G. Michette; Brian D. Ramsey; Paul B. Reid; Daniel Rodriguez Sanmartin; Timo T. Saha; Daniel A. Schwartz; Susan E. Trolier-McKinstry; Melville P. Ulmer; Rudeger H.T. Wilke; Richard Willingale; William W. Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.930090

Toward active x-ray telescopes II

Stephen L. O'Dell^*, Thomas L. Aldcroft, Carolyn Atkins, Timothy W. Button, Vincenzo Cotroneo, William N. Davis, Peter Doel, Charlotte H. Feldman, Mark D. Freeman, Mikhail V. Gubarev, Raegan L. Johnson-Wilke, Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak, Charles F. Lillie, Alan G. Michette, Brian D. Ramsey, Paul B. Reid, Daniel Rodriguez Sanmartin, Timo T. Saha, Daniel A. Schwartz, Susan E. Trolier-McKinstryMelville P. Ulmer, Rudeger H.T. Wilke, Richard Willingale, William W. Zhang

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Abstract

In the half century since the initial discovery of an astronomical (non-solar) x-ray source, the observation time required to achieve a given sensitivity has decreased by eight orders of magnitude. Largely responsible for this dramatic progress has been the refinement of the (grazing-incidence) focusing x-ray telescope, culminating with the exquisite subarcsecond imaging performance of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The future of x-ray astronomy relies upon the development of x-ray telescopes with larger aperture areas (> 1 m²) and comparable or finer angular resolution (< 1″). Combined with the special requirements of grazing-incidence optics, the mass and envelope constraints of space-borne telescopes render such advances technologically challenging-requiring precision fabrication, alignment, and assembly of large areas (> 200 m²) of lightweight (≈ 1 kg m^-2 areal density) mirrors. Achieving precise and stable alignment and figure control may entail active (in-space adjustable) x-ray optics. This paper discusses relevant programmatic and technological issues and summarizes current progress toward active x-ray telescopes.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Adaptive X-Ray Optics II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930090
State	Published - 2012
Event	Adaptive X-Ray Optics II - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 14 2012 → Aug 14 2012

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8503
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Adaptive X-Ray Optics II
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	8/14/12 → 8/14/12

Keywords

Active optics
Adjustable optics
Bimorph actuators
Electrostrictive devices
Magnetostrictive devices
Piezoelectric devices
X-ray optics
X-ray telescopes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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O'Dell, S. L., Aldcroft, T. L., Atkins, C., Button, T. W., Cotroneo, V., Davis, W. N., Doel, P., Feldman, C. H., Freeman, M. D., Gubarev, M. V., Johnson-Wilke, R. L., Kolodziejczak, J. J., Lillie, C. F., Michette, A. G., Ramsey, B. D., Reid, P. B., Sanmartin, D. R., Saha, T. T., Schwartz, D. A., ... Zhang, W. W. (2012). Toward active x-ray telescopes II. In Adaptive X-Ray Optics II Article 850307 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 8503). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930090

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