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Published March 11, 2003 | Published
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Overview of segmented glass optics development for the Constellation-X hard X-ray telescope

Abstract

We report recent work on segmented glass optics for the Constellation-H hard x-ray telescope. This effort seeks to both improve the figure of the free-standing glass substrates, and to refine a newly-developed mounting technology for the substrates. We discuss metrology on recently characterized glass shells both unmounted and mounted. We also present plans for several prototype optics to be constructed in the upcoming year.

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© 2003 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). This work is supported by a NASA grant to Columbia University: NAG5-5260 (Thermally Formed Optics for X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Astronomy), and by NASA grants to the California Institute of Technology with subawards to Columbia: Caltech No. 1019776 (High Energy Focussing Telescope) and Caltech No. 1046806 (Critical Technologies for theConstellation Hard X-Ray Telescope).

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