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Paper Abstract
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is a NASA Small Explorer mission scheduled for launch in
February 2012. NuSTAR will deploy two imaging CdZnTe spectrometers in the 6-79 keV energy band. The two
NuSTAR optics utilize multilayer-coated, thermally-slumped glass integrated into a titanium-glass-epoxy-graphite
composite structure, along with an extendable mast, to obtain 10.15 meter focal length. Using this approach, the
NuSTAR optics will obtain subarcminute imaging with large effective area over its entire energy band. NuSTAR's
conic-approximation Wolter-I optics are the first true hard X-ray focusing optics to be deployed on a satellite
experiment. We report on the design of the NuSTAR optics, present the status of the two flight optics under
construction, and report preliminary measurements that can be used to predict performance.
Paper Details
Date Published: 29 July 2010
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 77320T (29 July 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.857654
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7732:
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Monique Arnaud; Stephen S. Murray; Tadayuki Takahashi, Editor(s)
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 7732, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 77320T (29 July 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.857654
Show Author Affiliations
Charles J. Hailey, Columbia Univ. (United States)
HongJun An, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Kenneth L. Blaedel, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Nicolai F. Brejnholt, Danish Technical Univ. (Denmark)
Finn E. Christensen, Danish Technical Univ. (Denmark)
William W. Craig, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (United States)
Todd A. Decker, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Melanie Doll, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Jeff Gum, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
HongJun An, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Kenneth L. Blaedel, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Nicolai F. Brejnholt, Danish Technical Univ. (Denmark)
Finn E. Christensen, Danish Technical Univ. (Denmark)
William W. Craig, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (United States)
Todd A. Decker, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Melanie Doll, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Jeff Gum, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Jason E. Koglin, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Carsten P. Jensen, Danish Technical Univ. (Denmark)
Layton Hale, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Kaya Mori, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Michael J. Pivovaroff, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (United States)
Marton Sharpe, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Marcela Stern, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Gordon Tajiri, Columbia Univ. (United States)
William W. Zhang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Carsten P. Jensen, Danish Technical Univ. (Denmark)
Layton Hale, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Kaya Mori, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Michael J. Pivovaroff, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (United States)
Marton Sharpe, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Marcela Stern, Columbia Univ. (United States)
Gordon Tajiri, Columbia Univ. (United States)
William W. Zhang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7732:
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Monique Arnaud; Stephen S. Murray; Tadayuki Takahashi, Editor(s)
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