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Paper Abstract
Photos obtained during 5 mm. of observation time from the flight of our 10 inch normal incidence
soft x-ray (1 = 63.5A) telescope on September 11, 1989 are analyzed and the data are compared to the
results expected from tests of the mirror surfaces. These tests cover a range of spatial periods from 25
cm to lÅ. The photos demonstrate a reduction in the scattering of the multilayer mirror compared to
a single surface for scattering angles above 1 arcmin, corresponding to surface irregularities with spatial
periods below 10 tim. Our results are used to predict the possible performance of future flights.
Sounding rocket observations might be able to reach a resolution around 0. 1 arcsec. Higher resolutions
will require flights of longer durations and improvements in mirror testing for the largest spatial penods.
Paper Details
Date Published: 1 February 1991
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 1343, X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy, Microscopy, Polarimetry, and Projection Lithography, (1 February 1991); doi: 10.1117/12.23186
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1343:
X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy, Microscopy, Polarimetry, and Projection Lithography
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 1343, X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy, Microscopy, Polarimetry, and Projection Lithography, (1 February 1991); doi: 10.1117/12.23186
Show Author Affiliations
Eberhard Adolf Spiller, IBM/Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. (United States)
R. McCorkle, IBM/Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. (United States)
Janusz S. Wilczynski, IBM/Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. (United States)
Leon Golub, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
R. McCorkle, IBM/Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. (United States)
Janusz S. Wilczynski, IBM/Thomas J. Watson Research Ctr. (United States)
Leon Golub, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
George U. Nystrom, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
Peter Z. Takacs, Brookhaven National Lab. (United States)
Charles W. Welch, Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc. (United States)
Peter Z. Takacs, Brookhaven National Lab. (United States)
Charles W. Welch, Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Inc. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1343:
X-Ray/EUV Optics for Astronomy, Microscopy, Polarimetry, and Projection Lithography
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