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Development of precision Wolter mirrors towards PhoENiX mission for the Sun

Authors :
Jumpei Yamada
Yoshinori Suematsu
Noriyuki Narukage
Yoshiki Kohmura
Taku Hagiwara
Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
Satoshi Matsuyama
Kazuto Yamauchi
Taro Sakao
Kentaro Hata
Takato Inoue
Nami Nakamura
Source :
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray.
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
SPIE, 2020.

Abstract

We present ongoing efforts on the development of precision Wolter mirrors for the Soft X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (SXIS) aboard PhoENiX mission proposed to JAXA for studying mechanism(s) of particle acceleration and its relationship with magnetic reconnection in solar flares. The Wolter mirrors for PhoENiX/SXIS are made by direct polishing of glass-ceramic substrates. So far, we succeeded in fabricating a small size of high precision Wolter surfaces (e.g., PSF core size of ~0.2 arcsec HPD at 8 keV) as well as good indication of extending the mirror area along the cylindrical direction. Recent status of the mirror development will be reported.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Accession number :
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