A novel design of X-ray optical system - concentrator for astrophysical rocket experiment is investigated. The proposed system is based on four modules with Kirkpatrick-Baez (KB) configuration allowing usage of multi-foil mirrors arranged to parabolic profile. The KB modules are supplemented by rotationally symmetrical parabolic segments. This X-ray optical system effectively uses a circular aperture. The KB modules are placed in four quadrants while the segments are set into a Cartesian cross between the KB modules. Studied optical system is under consideration for the student rocket experiment of University of Colorado that should verify function of NIST’s energy-dispersive detector based on Transition Edge Sensors (TES microcalorimeters).

Date Published: 27 September 2013
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 8848, Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components VIII, 884805 (27 September 2013); doi: 10.1117/12.2023984

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8848:
Advances in X-Ray/EUV Optics and Components VIII
Ali Khounsary; Shunji Goto; Christian Morawe, Editor(s)