1. The Extreme Physics Explorer and large area micro-channel plate optics
- Author
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Suzanne Romaine, Brian D. Ramsey, Daniel J. Patnaude, Martin Elvis, Jon H. Chappell, Ian N. Evans, Richard Willingale, Laura Brenneman, George W. Fraser, Eric H. Silver, T. J. Turner, Michael R. Garcia, and Ricardo J. Bruni
- Subjects
Physics ,X-ray astronomy ,Calorimeter (particle physics) ,business.industry ,Antenna aperture ,FOS: Physical sciences ,X-ray optics ,Neutron star ,Optics ,Microchannel plate detector ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,business ,Spectroscopy ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) - Abstract
The Extreme Physics Explorer (EPE) is a concept timing/spectroscopy mission that would use micro-channel plate optics (MCPO) to provide 4 square meters effective area focused to ~1 arc-min onto an X-ray calorimeter. We describe science drivers for such a mission, possible designs for the large area MCPO needed for EPE, and the challenges of the large area MCPO design., Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures, to appear in proceedings of SPIE V8147, "Optics for EUV, X-ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy V"
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- 2011