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Title:
An alignment and integration scheme for the XEUS mirror plates
Authors:
Willingale, Richard
Affiliation:
AA(Univ. of Leicester (United Kingdom))
Publication:
Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy. Edited by Citterio, Oberto; O'Dell, Stephen L. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5168, pp. 235-238 (2004). (SPIE Homepage)
Publication Date:
02/2004
Origin:
SPIE
DOI:
10.1117/12.504747
Bibliographic Code:
2004SPIE.5168..235W

Abstract

This paper describes optical metrology and an alignment/integration sequence which has the potential to secure sub arc second accuracy for a single focus Wolter type I telescope like XEUS. The same basic principle could be used for any grazing incidence Wolter type I design in which the aperture is divided into sectors and the Wolter surfaces are manufactured as sector plates rather than continuous surfaces of revolution. If such a scheme could be implemented then the performance of XEUS would be limited by the quality of the mirror plates and the plate mounting rather than the integration and alignment procedure.
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