Experimental investigation of the X-ray capillary system for hard X-ray astronomy

M. V. Gubarev; C. Bankston; M. Joy; J. Kolodziejczak; C. A. MacDonald; C. H. Russell; W. Gibson

Experimental investigation of the X-ray capillary system for hard X-ray astronomy

M. V. Gubarev
, C. Bankston
, M. Joy
, J. Kolodziejczak
, C. A. MacDonald
, C. H. Russell
, W. Gibson

Physics

University at Albany

State University of New York (SUNY)

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Abstract

A prototype capillary optical system has been developed to further test the possible use of polycapillary optics for a hard x-ray spectrometer for astrophysical applications. It has been evaluated both as a concentrator and a collimator of x-rays with energies between 10 and 60 keV. Transmission efficiency, angular acceptance and focal spot size have been measured. Both experiment and simulation results for the prototype optic have demonstrated the potential of x-ray polycapillary optics for astrophysical applications. Further design and fabrication improvements indicated by prototype studies are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	467-478
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	3444
State	Published - 1998
Event	Proceedings of the 1998 Conference on X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions - San Diego, CA, USA Duration: Jul 19 1998 → Jul 22 1998

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Experimental investigation of the X-ray capillary system for hard X-ray astronomy

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