MSFC research in lightweight x-ray mirrors for the Constellation-X mission

William D. Jones; Stephen L. O’Dell

doi:10.1364/OFT.2000.OMD3

Optical Fabrication and Testing
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2000),
paper OMD3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OFT.2000.OMD3

MSFC research in lightweight x-ray mirrors for the Constellation-X mission

William D. Jones and Stephen L. O’Dell

Optical Fabrication and Testing 2000

Québec City Canada
ISBN: 1-55752-637-0

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W. D. Jones and S. L. O’Dell, "MSFC research in lightweight x-ray mirrors for the Constellation-X mission," in Optical Fabrication and Testing, OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2000), paper OMD3.

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Abstract

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center is developing enabling technologies for large, lightweight x-ray optics for the Constellation-X mission. We report on progress in replicating full- shell mirrors with an areal density of 1 kg m⁻².

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