Ezoe, Y;
Miyoshi, Y;
Kasahara, S;
Kimura, T;
Ishikawa, K;
Fujimoto, M;
Mitsuda, K;
... Branduardi-Raymont, G; + view all
(2018)
Small satellites with MEMS x-ray telescopes for x-ray astronomy and solar system exploration.
In:
Proceedings of SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2018.
(pp. 106990V-1).
SPIE: Austin, TX, USA.
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Abstract
Toward a new era of X-ray astronomy, next generation X-ray optics are indispensable. To meet a demand for telescopes lighter than the foil optics but with a better angular resolution less than 1 arcmin, we are developing micropore X-ray optics based on micromaching technologies. Using sidewalls of micropores through a thin silicon wafer, this type can be the lightest X-ray telescope ever achieved. Two new Japanese missions ORBIS and GEOX will carry this optics. ORBIS is a small X-ray astronomy mission to monitor supermassive blackholes, while GEO-X is a small exploration mission of the Earth's magnetosphere. Both missions need a ultra light-weight (<1 kg) telescope with moderately good angular resolution (<10 arcmin) at an extremely short focal length (<30 cm). We plan to demonstrate this optics in these two missions around 2020, aiming at future other astronomy and exploration missions.
Type: | Proceedings paper |
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Title: | Small satellites with MEMS x-ray telescopes for x-ray astronomy and solar system exploration |
Event: | SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2018 |
ISBN-13: | 9781510619517 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1117/12.2311422 |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2311422 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © 2018 SPIE. This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Micropore X-ray optics, Small satellites, ORBIS, GEO-X |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055616 |
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