Mechanical and thermal analysis of the spectroscopy x-ray telescopes for the Constellation-X mission | Zendy

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Mechanical and thermal analysis of the spectroscopy x-ray telescopes for the Constellation-X mission

Author(s) -

Kai-Wing Chan,

Jeffrey Bolognese,

Timo T. Saha,

James Sturm,

William Zhang

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.737180

Subject(s) - constellation , x ray telescope , metrology , optics , angular resolution (graph drawing) , spectroscopy , micrometer , x ray optics , materials science , telescope , physics , remote sensing , x ray , astronomy , geology , mathematics , combinatorics

Area and mass requirements for the Constellation-X Spectroscopy X-Ray Telescopes restrict the thickness of the mirror segment to below a mm. Requirement of angular resolution of 15" over the soft x-ray band implies that allowable optic deformation is sub-micrometer for these thin segments. These requirements place stringent constraint on the mounting, alignment and affixing of these mirror segments in both the metrology and integration processes. We present analyses and optimization of the Constellation-X mirrors under relevant mechanical and thermal environments.

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